Moodle

Jun 13, 2014

Supporting Our Faculty: One Instructor’s Experiences with Instructional Support Services

NC State faculty are world-renowned experts in many areas, but they are not always familiar with using learning technologies. That’s why they turn to DELTA’s Instructional Support Services (ISS) team for help. This team of instructional technologists helps build instructors’ skills and confidence as they incorporate technology into their teaching. ISS assists hundreds of instructors each… 

Jun 11, 2014

LMS Updates: Spring 2014

We are always working to improve the performance, usability and robustness of our learning management system (LMS) Tools. Here is a summary of work performed during the spring 2014 semester. January 2014 Updated WolfWare servers to WolfWare 2 Updated Moodle NCSU Book to check legacy files before eliminating pluginfile (same as Moodle book). Moodle subqueries… 

Jun 11, 2014

Moodle Grade Book: Feedback Needed

The Moodle grade book can be a difficult tool to master and, based on faculty feedback, is daunting to use without training. The developers of Moodle are surveying the international Moodle user base about the grade book, hoping for feedback to make version 2.8 of Moodle better. NC State will begin using 2.8 in May 2015.… 

May 20, 2014

Moodle News: May 2014

As part of DELTA’s ongoing efforts to keep you informed, here’s the latest Moodle News to help you make the most effective use of Moodle in your courses. Moodle Upgrade We have upgraded Moodle to version 2.6, which applies to both courses and project spaces. For the most part, this a small upgrade focused on… 

May 9, 2014

Important Moodle Project Space Information

As summer approaches, we would like to make all Moodle Project Space owners aware of important Moodle upgrades and changes. Upcoming Outage for Moodle Upgrade Moodle 2 Project Spaces are being upgraded to Moodle 2.6 beginning at 8:00 a.m., on May 12, and will be unavailable for most of the day. During this time, we will be… 

May 7, 2014

May 2014 Maintenance for WolfWare

As the spring 2014 semester winds down, we have a long maintenance window coming up. From May 9-16 we will be upgrading, updating and patching our learning technologies within WolfWare. To help you plan around service outages, here is our anticipated timeline for when we will be servicing the various technologies we provide: May 9:… 

May 2, 2014

Register for DELTA’s Summer Workshops and Seminars!(Archive)

Looking to improve your instructional technology and online teaching skills? Join us for our summer workshops and seminars, where we’ll explore the various learning technologies available at NC State. Topics include: creating instructional videos with My Mediasite building your online course with Moodle flipping your course conducting engaging synchronous online sessions with Collaborate For a complete… 

Mar 14, 2014

Moodle News: March 2014

As part of DELTA’s ongoing efforts to keep you informed, here’s the latest Moodle News to help you make the most effective use of Moodle in your courses. Moodle Upgrade Moodle 2.6 is now available for you to begin preparing summer and fall courses. Expect to see only minor changes in the Moodle user interface,… 

Jan 10, 2014

Highlights from the November Moodle Moot

DELTA’s Scott Watkins and Marty Dulberg attended the 2013 Moodle Moot conference in New Orleans, on Nov. 5 and 6. They learned about the future direction of Moodle, heard about the innovative uses of Moodle on other campuses and brought home some great ideas for future features in our own Moodle. Here are some of… 

Jan 10, 2014

Moodle News

As the new semester gets underway, here’s the latest Moodle News to help you make the most effective use of Moodle as you’re teaching your courses. New Features in Moodle WeBWorK block to create and administer online homework in Moodle. (more info) Nanogong plug-in to record audio clips within Moodle. (more info) Moodle Workshop module…