Information Services has upgraded Moodle to a newer version (3.11 for those who are keeping track). While you’ll find that most things look the same, there are a few changes that we think are worth noting. We have added a couple of new course formats to choose from, to change the visual appearance of your…
Author: Diane Creede
Zoom Smarter: All the Latest on Zoom Security
As the new semester begins (virtually!), we’d like to provide a quick round-up of all the latest Zoom security settings and features that are available for you to use in your classes, meetings or events. Enable Automatic Updates: Updating your Zoom software is important for keeping your security settings up-to-date, and will also provide you…
Moodle update for Fall 2021
It is still officially Summer, but Information Services has been busy getting ready for the fall semester! One of our recently completed projects is an upgrade of Moodle from version 3.8 to 3.10. This is a minor upgrade so you shouldn’t have any trouble making the transition, but you’ll find a few things of note…
New team member in Instructional Technology!
The Research Support and Curricular Technology team is very happy to announce that we have added a new member to our team! Kate Bengtson joined the college on August 12 in the role of Instructional Technology Specialist. Kate will be supporting a variety of instructional technologies, including Moodle, Digication and WordPress, and will be working…
Learning Student Names: the Moodle Roster
It’s the first week of school and one of your first tasks as an instructor is to figure out a way to learn all those new students’ names. While there are lots of tricks for learning student names, one useful tool is built right into Moodle, the Roster report. Even if you’re not using Moodle…
Workshop Tomorrow: Digital Connecticut College
Join us at 3 p.m. tomorrow, March 6, in the Advanced Technology Lab in Shain Library to learn how to make your own website using our new service, Digital Connecticut College. Digital Connecticut College provides students, faculty, and staff with the opportunity to register a domain name and create a digital presence through various mediums…
Introducing Google Course Kit
Students have long been taking advantage of the college’s access to Google Drive for completing course work. Assignments completed in Google Drive, however, could not be easily submitted as assignments…until now. Google has introduced a new plug-in for Moodle that streamlines the submission of student assignments completed using Google Drive. The plug-in allows students to…
Google Course Kit: Workshop Tomorrow!
Do you use Moodle? Do your students use (or want to use) Google Drive for coursework? Google has recently introduced Course Kit, a plugin for Moodle that facilitates assignment submission using Google Drive. Course Kit seamlessly integrates into Moodle allowing students to submit assignments in Drive, and allowing instructors to provide feedback using Google Drive…
It’s Spring Cleaning Time! A checklist for the end of the semester
As the semester wraps up, we’ve created a list of a few things that you’ll want to remember to do before you head off for the summer. Back up your Moodle sites. As a reminder, Information Services keeps five years of course sites active and available to you. This means that as Academic Year 2018-19…
A Handy Trick for Duplicating Google Docs
Faculty often create assignments in which students are asked to complete a worksheet or template. When using Google Docs for this, a common practice is to either make multiple copies of the template and share the copies with individual students , or to give students access to the original document so the students can make…
