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The Moodle Quiz activity is a powerful tool that allows you to use various question types for formative and summative assessments.
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Amidst an international lockdown and in response to educational Pandemic demands, the first ever University of Plymouth Digital Assistant was born. Wave first came into life as a way to answer a multitude of questions from students scattered across the country and isolating due to a pandemic. The first ever embodiment of Wave supported students in transitioning to a completely virtual learning experience and answered their pandemic concerns.
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Ally for Moodle is now live and integrated into all teaching and learning sites on the DLE. What is Ally and how does it work? Ally is a new feature which scans all original content in Moodle and performs a series of steps to make the content more accessible. You will then be provided with a detailed insight and guidance […]
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Since 1 August 2019, the University has formed a new Digital Education team, which sees an alliance between Academic Support, Technology & Innovation and TELMeD (Technology Enhanced Learning for Medicine & Dentistry). The Digital Education team will support the University with enhancing teaching and learning through technology. Learning Technologies support and advice We support and […]
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Workshop – Peer Assessment Tool in Moodle The Workshop activity in Moodle is a powerful tool which allows both self-assessment and peer assessment on an electronic submission of work. Students submit their work and receive two grades: one for their own work submitted and assessed by their peers and one for their own assessment of […]
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What is the group choice activity? The group choice activity allows students to enrol themselves in a group within a Moodle course. The tutor can choose the groups offered, and the maximum number of students allowed in each group. The students can view the members of each group before making a selection, and (if the […]
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With the recent upgrade to Moodle, there is now a set of new features and activities available to use within your Moodle courses. Here is a quick overview of the new tools. More question types The Quiz activity now has more question types (e.g. Select missing words, Drag and drop into text, etc) offering greater […]
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Importing and repurposing your Moodle course content for the next academic year If you want to repurpose course material from last year’s courses, it is possible to import some or all of the content to your new 2015/16 courses. For guidance on how to do this, please access the importing content from another moodle course guidance sheet. […]
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As many of you know there is a new tool for electronic submission (eSubmission) in Moodle, called ‘Assignment’. This replaces SCOLAR. The new help resources can guide you through all stages of the eSubmission process. They can be viewed online, or printed, and most have accompanying videos. Help and guidance materials include: How to set […]
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Did you know that Moodle has an inbuilt quiz editor which will enable you to create polished online assessments to complement and enhance both the student learning experience and deliver powerful metrics which can feed in to learning analytics at department, school, faculty or university wide level? Using online assessment can be a way of […]
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Some tools and activities within Moodle enable users to receive notifications. These can be useful for monitoring activity in an area or task, and can provide useful information or prompts for both lecturers and students. Subscribing to such activities also eliminates the need to regularly check for posts or submissions, as notifications are automatically generated […]
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The quiz activity enables users to create quizzes comprising questions of various types, a list of which can be found further down in this article. The user can allow the quiz to be attempted multiple times, with the questions shuffled or randomly selected from the question bank. A time limit may be set. Each attempt […]
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Tips and traps for Quiz questions in Moodle
The Moodle Quiz activity is a powerful tool that allows you to use various question types for formative and summative assessments.
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Making a ‘Wave’ in Moodle!
Amidst an international lockdown and in response to educational Pandemic demands, the first ever University of Plymouth Digital Assistant was born. Wave first came into life as a way to answer a multitude of questions from students scattered across the country and isolating due to a pandemic. The first ever embodiment of Wave supported students in transitioning to a completely virtual learning experience and answered their pandemic concerns.
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Ally for Moodle now live!
Ally for Moodle is now live and integrated into all teaching and learning sites on the DLE. What is Ally and how does it work? Ally is a new feature which scans all original content in Moodle and performs a series of steps to make the content more accessible. You will then be provided with a detailed insight and guidance […]
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Introducing the new Digital Education team
Since 1 August 2019, the University has formed a new Digital Education team, which sees an alliance between Academic Support, Technology & Innovation and TELMeD (Technology Enhanced Learning for Medicine & Dentistry). The Digital Education team will support the University with enhancing teaching and learning through technology. Learning Technologies support and advice We support and […]
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Workshop activity in Moodle
Workshop – Peer Assessment Tool in Moodle The Workshop activity in Moodle is a powerful tool which allows both self-assessment and peer assessment on an electronic submission of work. Students submit their work and receive two grades: one for their own work submitted and assessed by their peers and one for their own assessment of […]
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Group choice activity in Moodle
What is the group choice activity? The group choice activity allows students to enrol themselves in a group within a Moodle course. The tutor can choose the groups offered, and the maximum number of students allowed in each group. The students can view the members of each group before making a selection, and (if the […]
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New features and activities in Moodle
With the recent upgrade to Moodle, there is now a set of new features and activities available to use within your Moodle courses. Here is a quick overview of the new tools. More question types The Quiz activity now has more question types (e.g. Select missing words, Drag and drop into text, etc) offering greater […]
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Preparing your courses for the new academic year
Importing and repurposing your Moodle course content for the next academic year If you want to repurpose course material from last year’s courses, it is possible to import some or all of the content to your new 2015/16 courses. For guidance on how to do this, please access the importing content from another moodle course guidance sheet. […]
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eSubmission help and guidance
As many of you know there is a new tool for electronic submission (eSubmission) in Moodle, called ‘Assignment’. This replaces SCOLAR. The new help resources can guide you through all stages of the eSubmission process. They can be viewed online, or printed, and most have accompanying videos. Help and guidance materials include: How to set […]
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Getting the most out of Moodle Quizzes
Did you know that Moodle has an inbuilt quiz editor which will enable you to create polished online assessments to complement and enhance both the student learning experience and deliver powerful metrics which can feed in to learning analytics at department, school, faculty or university wide level? Using online assessment can be a way of […]
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Moodle Tips: Notifications
Some tools and activities within Moodle enable users to receive notifications. These can be useful for monitoring activity in an area or task, and can provide useful information or prompts for both lecturers and students. Subscribing to such activities also eliminates the need to regularly check for posts or submissions, as notifications are automatically generated […]
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Creating quizzes (Assessments) using Moodle
The quiz activity enables users to create quizzes comprising questions of various types, a list of which can be found further down in this article. The user can allow the quiz to be attempted multiple times, with the questions shuffled or randomly selected from the question bank. A time limit may be set. Each attempt […]