Author: Ms Kerri Brown Parker

Feb 28, 2024

What’s New in Moodle: Part One

Wondering what enhancements will be available in Moodle for Summer 2024? Check out some of the updates featured this month and learn about DELTA workshops and resources that guide you through these new options. 

Dec 20, 2023

Leverage AI to Complement Your Teaching

Looking for a few quick tips on using AI to enhance your teaching? Think of AI as your teaching assistant and brainstorming partner — ease into using it as just another tool in your teaching. 

Dec 20, 2023

Registration Now Open: Women in Technology Interest Group AI Panel

Engage with leading thinkers about how AI is reshaping the landscapes of education, work and research. Widely accessible generative AI platforms allows instructors to find new ways to integrate technologies into classrooms, influences career prospects and has fascinating research potential. Registration Opening Soon! 

Nov 22, 2023

Grade Me: A Shortcut to Finding What Needs to be Graded

Add the new Grade Me block to individual courses or the Moodle Dashboard to get quick access to Moodle Assignments and Moodle Quiz Essay questions that have been submitted but not yet graded. If you add it to the Dashboard, you will see what needs to be graded across all of your courses. You can… 

Nov 22, 2023

VoiceThread: Bring Voices, Images and Text Together

This new multimedia tool is available for the spring 2024 semester! It integrates with Moodle and will provide you with a new way to engage students online in lectures, discussions, and student presentations. 

Oct 25, 2023

Moodle’s Hot Question Activity

Use “Hot Question” to activate students’ thinking and discover their questions about course readings, guest speakers, presentations, and more. Students can submit questions and then vote up questions from their peers. Questions can be anonymous to classmates, and you can moderate them to help prioritize critical course concepts to dive into. Learn more about how… 

Sep 26, 2023

When is it Due???

Surveys are often conducted to discover how we can foster student success. In a recent survey, students reported that in order for them to succeed in classes, they need due dates that are clearly communicated.  Adding dates to assignments, quizzes, and other interactive activities is a common practice. However, you can also add “expect completed… 

Sep 5, 2023

Helping TAs Survive and Thrive in Teaching!

Calling all TAs! Your teaching journey is about to receive a powerful boost! The TA Toolkit is a collaborative creation brought to you by The Graduate School, the Libraries and DELTA. If you are a graduate student or you know one, let them know about our new TA Toolkit.  We had a great Open House… 

Aug 22, 2023

ChatGPT, Bard, and Bing! AI — Oh My!

Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools like ChatGPT can simplify and enhance academic work by automating content creation, providing personalized feedback, assisting in writing course objectives, summarizing course content and more.  Using generative AI tools in education by students and instructors is also a controversial topic leading to lots of conversation and concern about ethics, what… 

Jul 18, 2023

Teaching Tech Tip: Save Time and Bulk Change Due Dates in Moodle!

Why waste time updating due dates for assignments and activities one at a time when you can update in bulk? Moodle Dates report offers a bulk change due date option after you copy a course.