Manual enrolments of teaching staff (e.g. co-teachers, teaching assistants, course viewers) in Moodle expire in 30 days (from the day you enrolled them), unless you change the enrolment period when you first enrol them. So, when you enrol a member of your teaching team you should choose an appropriate duration or end date: How do …
Month: Nov 2020
Advice for students on using Zoom
Some of our teaching staff asked if there was guidance for students on how to use Zoom and how to participate in meetings responsibly. So, we collected your thoughts on what kind of advice should be included, and then we liaised with the Centre for Academic Development. They have now produced some great guidance, including …
Sending communications to your students
To contact all your students in a module, the most reliable way is to use the Announcements forum normally found in the top section of a Moodle course. The Announcements forum is a passive forum in that it only allows teaching staff to post; students are not able to post to the forum. It is …
Zoom tips #3: Breakout rooms
Ensure you have upgraded to the latest version of Zoom desktop client or mobile app to use this feature. If you're setting up Breakout rooms in Zoom, as of October 2020 students can now select which breakout room they want to join. To allow participants to change/change switch rooms, you have to enable the feature …
Add a Twitter feed to your Moodle course
I've recently been asked about embedding a Twitter feed in Moodle. You may already have links in your courses to relevant Twitter accounts but embedding a feed directly on the course page can help to engage learners. Amongst other benefits, it can connect your course to the real world promoting the relevance of the learning …
Zoom tips #2: Participants panel
When you're in a meeting, there are a number of options available via the Participants panel. The Participants panel can be revealed by clicking on the Participants button (1, below): Accessing the Participants panel 'Mute All' button The 'Mute All' button (in the Participants panel) Clicking on the 'Mute All' buttons is a quick way …
Sharing Panopto videos with other staff members
When a Zoom meeting is scheduled, the recording will automatically be added to Panopto and stored in the 'Meeting Recordings' folder belonging to the person who scheduled the meeting. This presents a strong case as to why we've been recommending that tutors schedule their own meetings but I appreciate that this is not always possible. …
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Zoom tips #1: Scheduling meetings
We’re aware that there has been a lot of guidance around how to configure Zoom meetings and so just wanted to draw your attention to a few settings and our recommended advice. Join before host If ‘Join before host’ is enabled then participants can enter the room before the host. This means that there may …
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