This includes all UAL learning platforms as well as some additional digital tools. There is also general info for preparing your teaching for hybrid teaching.
Let’s adorn your Moodle site with contextual snowflakes! Provide clear instructions within resources and activities, making the learning experience a delightful snowfall of understanding for every student. Providing a short description of what a file is for, or instructions can really help students understand what they should do.
Today, lets add a touch of sparkle to your Moodle pages! Discover the magic of adding short description at the top of the page, that can guide your students’ journey through the site without a flurry of confusion.
Let’s Make a Merry Start to Inclusive Learning in Moodle … Welcome to the festive journey of 12 Days of Accessibility Joy in Moodle! In the spirit of the season, we embark on a merry exploration of creating an inclusive learning environment for all our students: Day 1: A Festive Start to Accessibility Today, we kick […]
Have you thought about recording your in-person teaching? Are your students asking you about recordings? Not sure how to go about it? Admittedly things have been a bit of a whirlwind over the last few years, so, I don’t blame you if you don’t want to try something new. But maybe if we can just […]
Getting off to a good start Do you need a bit of help to gear up to the new term? Do you feel Moodle is there to support you and your students? Are you confident using Collaborate Ultra and Teams? Are you planning to record sessions this year? This Autumn term we have three strands […]
a blog post by Martin Weller. As part of the launch of the new Digital Learning Season, Jorge Freire organised a reading group to discuss Online Learning Environments. Colleagues at CSM met to talks about their experience of the constrains and benefits of both instution-led VLEs (Virtual Learning Environments) and PLEs (Personal Learning Environments). We discussed the […]
Preparing your Moodle page checklist There is a lot of preparation that takes place in order to get your Moodle page ready for your students. Some of this is done by the administration team and some by academics. The Digital Learning team (CSM DLt) have put together a checklist to support you with this. We […]
Focus: making Moodle better Throughout this year, the Digital learning have been working on projects across CSM to redesign Moodle pages to better reflect the learner journey and improve accessibility. In staff development week, we are offering a range of sessions to help support your use of Moodle to improve the learner experience. Whether you […]
Summative Video Assignment submissions The Digital Learning team created a supported process to help students submit videos to Moodle. Panopto is UAL’s video hosting and recording platform and replaces the ad hoc work arounds that staff have had to rely on in the past. However, unlike staff, students are not able to create video content […]
Accessibility Resource The Digital Learning team are delighted to release our Accessibility Resource. In this new resource, we discuss why accessibility matters, as well as looking at the Social Model of Disability, adopted by UAL. We have included top tips to help you consider what things are important when creating a document and we have […]