CIT: A new look for Google Apps
Monday, July 11, 2011
From the CIT Google Apps Team: “Google is rolling out a new look and feel across Google’s products, and these interface changes will also be released to Google Apps services, such as Calendar and Docs, over the next months.”
“We encourage you preview the new look over the next few weeks to gain familiarity with upcoming changes.”
“On the Google Apps What’s New site (http://whatsnew.googleapps.com/new-look), you’ll find information about the release process.”
Posted in: Announcements: Technology Tips
Fall and interim Moodle courses going away on March 1
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Fall and interim Moodle courses will be available until Tuesday, March 1; however, you can request a course be extended if you have a student with an incomplete.
Request an extension
Before you copy your semester Moodle course(s) back into your Master course(s), you need to make sure the Master course(s) is/are EMPTY. (Once a course is purged, you’ll also want to make sure there is the same number of topic areas in both your Master and fall semester courses.)
Request your course(s) be purged (emptied)
(Note: Request to have your courses purged may take up to 36 hours to process, so we recommend you make your requests very soon.)
Importing (copying) your semester Moodle course(s) into your Master course(s)
Reminder: All courses need to be out of KnightVision by June 10, 2011. After June 10, faculty will no longer have access to their courses in KnightVision.
Posted in: MOODLE: Technology Tips
Moodle Tip: Using groups
Monday, February 14, 2011
Using groups for an activity
Once you’ve set up your groups (click Groups link from Admin block), you can designate different activities (such as forums) be completed by groups when you set up the activities. There are three group options:
- No groups (default) - means only individual students will complete the activity
- Visible groups - groups of students will complete the activity PLUS be able to see the work of other groups (but not edit or contribute)
- Separate groups - groups of students will complete the activity AND no other groups can see their work.
If you use groups for an activity, students will access the activity by clicking on the activity link. This will take them directly to their group’s area for that activity.
Communicating with groups
Once you’ve set up your groups, you can send groups of students emails using the QuickMail block. QuickMail will detect the groups you’ve already created so you can designate groups to which to send an email. (Note about QuickMail: When you use the QuickMail block, the formatting of the email doesn’t “stick” for those receiving the email. They end up only seeing one big paragraph of information.)
Another option for communicating with groups
Set up a separate forum for each group. When you need to communicate with them, post the message to their discussion board and select Mail now before you submit. Postings to a forum are usually received by students within the hour.
Posted in: MOODLE: Technology Tips
Moodle Tip: Is your course list on your My Moodle page ever so long? (Mine too!)
Wednesday, January 05, 2011
While you are not able to delete any of these courses, we do have a tip for making your My Moodle page more manageable.
Only the courses that are available to students (shown in blue) are listed at the top of your My Moodle page. Courses that are unavailable (shown in gray) are pushed down to the bottom. So…by making your Master and Master Collaborative courses unavailable to students (even though there are no students enrolled them) will send them to the bottom of the page.
To make a course unavailable, go into the course > select Settings from the Administration block > change Availability to This course is not available to students > click Save changes.
Now, Victor Norman has come up with a nifty script that lets you choose the courses you want to see (...hiding all the rest). If you bring him a coffee or a little something tasty…he might be willing to share! : )
Posted in: MOODLE: Technology Tips
Don’t have class time to teach students a new technology?
Monday, December 07, 2009
Would you like your students to learn a new technology in your spring course(s), but don’t want to take class time to teach it? Maybe Atomic Learning (AL) can help you out!
Atomic Learning is an online technology training library that provides thousands of short, video tutorials on more than one-hundred of the most commonly used software applications. You can even link to these tutorials right from within your KnightVision course(s).
To see a list of the tutorials, log into KnightVision > click on the T&L tab > click on the Access Atomic Learning icon. The Atomic Learning home page will open. Click the down arrow to the right of the Applications dialogue box and scroll through the list to view the available titles.
If you have any questions about Atomic Learning or would like to integrate AL resources into your KnightVision course(s), please contact Krista Spahr (x6-6855).
Additional information about Atomic Learning
Posted in: Best Practices: Technology Tips
