Derby College, Roundhouse

Moodle User Group 23rd May 201412/04/2023

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Agenda

»9-30-10.00 Coffee/networking

»10.00-10-15 Housekeeping/Introductions

»10.15-11.00 News, updates, info

»11.00-11.15 Coffee/networking

»11.20-12.00 Canvas VLE• Richard Horton & Jas Kalsi

»12.00-12.30 My Moodle/Plans for the summer & next term

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Moodle 2.7

• Atto, a new, simple-to-use editor

• Modern appearance with improved responsiveness

• Mathematics improvements

For all users:

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Moodle 2.7

• Create better customised learning paths with enhanced Conditional Activities

• Improved Assignment features• Easily create and manage Quiz &

Question bank

For teachers

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Moodle 2.7

• A long term support release• Improved logging for better reporting• More theme: Easily style and brand your

Moodle site• Scheduled tasks management• Improved Events system• Log in with your email address

For administrators:

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For more info:

• http://docs.moodle.org/27/en/New_features

New features:

• http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxcO_MFWQBDcxGul-CY1SiOke6Jkg2NPK

Youtube summary

• http://docs.moodle.org/dev/Moodle_2.7_release_notes

Release notes:

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News, updates, info

»Adding revolving pictures to a front page, course page or HTML block Use Google presentation, share, put loop on it.

»Monitoring Moodle use› Piwik – http://piwik.org

»Real time collaborative text editor› http://www.moodlenews.com/2011/the-real-ti

me-collaboration-text-editor-just-like-google-docs-for-moodle/

»MOOCH - War & Peace in Europe 1806-1918 

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»Masonry topic format› https://moodle.org/plugins/view.php?plugin=

format_masonry

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Canvas VLE

»Richard Horton & Jas Kalsi

»Canvas by Instructure› “Its an educational revolution”› “It’s a powerful new way to—pardon our

optimism—change the world”

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My Moodle

Plans for summer/new year

Moodle end of year arrangements

http://www.somerandomthoughts.com/blog/2012/09/14/end-of-year-rollover/Approaches to upgrading

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“Do IT digital-e”

»Insight 2014

› The RSC EM summer teaching and learning shindig - Insight 2014 - is happening again. As last year it is split into online events – 4th and 5th June - and a face to face event repeated in Leicester and Nottingham on 10th and 11th June.

› Bookings now open http://bit.ly/rsc-insight2014 

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Insight 2014 Programme

» Online:

› Managing Mobile Devices

› Screencasting

› Social Media

› Developing Digital and Functional Skills

› Free tools – Discover Jisc project

› Why capture audio and video?

› Online delivery of functional skills

› E-assessment tools

» Face to face topics also include:

› Mobile devices

› Vocational innovation

› Digital badges

› Entrepreneurship

› Interactive Google forms

› Games based learning

› Inspection

› Technology for numeracy & literacy

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Find out more…

Phil Hardcastle, Lyn LallAdvisors, RSC East Midlands

Phil Hardcastle@rsc-em.ac.ukLynette.lall@rsc-em.ac.uk

07584 218776

www.rsc-em.ac.ukhttp://moodle.rsc-em.ac.uk

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