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Dec 15, 2022

Reflecting on UNC CAUSE 2022

The UNC Cause conference returned to an in-person event for the first time since 2019. It was held in Charlotte, NC and 14 DELTA staff members were in attendance. Additionally, eight of the presentations were led by DELTA staff in conjunction with other members of the NC State community. 
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Dec 15, 2022

Capture the Energy: 5 Tips for the Beginning of the Semester

Instructional Technologist Kerri Brown Parker is an educator with over 20 years of experience. She understands the importance of your first impression at the beginning of each semester and shares practical tips to help you start strong. She also highlights tools you can use to bring these tips to life in your classroom or on your website! 

Dec 15, 2022

Teaching Tech Tips: Use Moodle Gradebook Categories

DELTA Instructional Technologist Kerri Brown Parker shares Teaching Tech Tips each month to help streamline your tech skills. 
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Dec 13, 2022

WolfWare News ~ January 2023

WolfWare is NC State’s enterprise suite of academic technologies and tools that provide instructors, students and staff with a cohesive online environment for course enhancement and delivery. 

Nov 21, 2022

Using IntelliBoard Reports to Gather Student Moodle Data

A new analytics tool is now available for instructors in Moodle! IntelliBoard — a data visualization tool that displays reports of student Moodle data — provides additional insight into your Moodle course, including how your students are progressing. 
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Nov 21, 2022

Teaching Tech Tips: Stealth Activities in Moodle

Have you ever wanted to link to a Moodle activity like a quiz or feedback survey from within a Page, NC State Book, or another resource? Reduce the scroll and connect content to activities with Stealth Activities! 

Nov 21, 2022

Accessibility Tip: Literacy Support for Deaf Learners

Did you know many deaf individuals consider American Sign Language (ASL) to be their first/primary language? They often face many of the same challenges as any other English language learner. While captioning is a common solution, sometimes it is at a higher reading level than the average Deaf student is comfortable reading. 

Nov 17, 2022

DELTA Team Members Attend Global Conference

Members of the DELTA team attend the Global Moodle Moot conference in Barcelona, Spain and have four proposals about NC State’s migration to Moodle 4.0 accepted. They share their thoughts about the interesting presentations and workshops. 
Map within the Spanish dialect app created with a DELTA Grant

Oct 27, 2022

DELTA Grant Used to Create Spanish Dialect App

How do you help students discern multiple dialects when learning a new language? Lecturer Inma Navarro, with the NC State Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, received a DELTA Grant to develop a better way for students to hear native speakers from different regions. 
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Oct 27, 2022

Engage Students Socially in Course Texts with Perusall

If you wish you could increase student engagement with your course content in a social, user-friendly fashion, check out the Perusall tool! Students can post social/collaborative annotations to a wide range of content from articles and documents to videos and podcasts. It is now available in Moodle.