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Finding and Fixing Accessibility Issues in Your Moodle Course

https://teaching-resources.delta.ncsu.edu/accessibility/finding-and-fixing-accessibility-issues-in-your-moodle-course/ This article introduces the Brickfield Accessibility+ Toolkit in Moodle, a powerful resource that helps instructors identify and fix accessibility issues in their course content to...

Five ways the NC State Moodle Mobile App Supports Universal Design for Learning

https://teaching-resources.delta.ncsu.edu/five-ways-the-nc-state-moodle-mobile-app-supports-universal-design-for-learning/ Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is a framework for designing learning experiences to ensure that all students have the opportunity to learn and be successful....

Spruce Up Your Moodle

https://teaching-resources.delta.ncsu.edu/academic-technology/spruce-up-your-moodle/ The text editor in Moodle offers basic formatting options. If used well, the resulting page, text and media area, etc. are readable and accessible. Sometimes...

Prepare Your Moodle Course for the Start of the Semester

https://teaching-resources.delta.ncsu.edu/prepare-moodle-for-start-of-semester/ Getting a course ready to re-teach in Moodle during a new semester involves a variety of housekeeping tasks to ensure that your semester runs smoothly for you and your students. This page lists the recommended tasks with some tips, and we have provided a convenient checklist for you to use each time you are teaching a course again in Moodle.

Assessment and Evaluation of Group Work in Moodle

https://teaching-resources.delta.ncsu.edu/best-practices-for-group-work-evaluation/ Group work can produce anxiety for students, and much of that anxiety comes from not knowing how much their grade will be affected by other...

Step-by-Step Moodle Course Creation Guide

https://teaching-resources.delta.ncsu.edu/step-by-step-online-course-creation-2/ This guide provides a step-by-step approach to creating a basic Moodle course at NC State. It walks you through planning, structuring, and building your course—from...

Designing an effective Moodle Course

https://teaching-resources.delta.ncsu.edu/best-practices-for-designing-your-moodle-course/ What does a well-designed course look like in Moodle?

Why Gamify Your Moodle Course?

https://teaching-resources.delta.ncsu.edu/why-gamify-your-moodle-course/ Gamification is the practice of introducing principles and design concepts from games into non-game environments to increase participation, engagement, and performance. The Gamification Plugin for...

Group Work in Moodle: Introduction and Examples

https://teaching-resources.delta.ncsu.edu/group-work-in-moodle/ This article discusses the benefits of group work, gives guidance on what sorts of assignments and activities work well for group work, and offers some...

Use Moodle Checklists to Help Students Get Organized and Track Progress

https://teaching-resources.delta.ncsu.edu/moodle-checklist/ How can you help students plan for completing course tasks? The Checklist activity is a tool in Moodle that can be used to help students...

Assessing Student Learning with Core Moodle Tools

https://teaching-resources.delta.ncsu.edu/assess-with-moodle-tools/ Assessment and feedback are critical to teaching and learning. Low-stakes assessments can be “formative,” meaning they administered before or during the learning process to guide...

Help Students Stay Organized in Moodle

https://teaching-resources.delta.ncsu.edu/help-students-stay-organized/ How can you help reduce student frustration and stress in your Moodle course? By providing clear explanations and lists to help students stay organized, instructors...

Promoting Academic Integrity in Moodle Quizzes

https://teaching-resources.delta.ncsu.edu/quiz-academic-integrity/ How can you design online quizzes and exams to support academic integrity? While no single setting can eliminate cheating, several Moodle options and best practices...

Finding and Teaching with Digital Library Resources in Moodle

https://teaching-resources.delta.ncsu.edu/digital-library-resources-in-moodle/ There are different strategies for finding resources that work for your classes and then integrating them into Moodle to provide easy access for you and your students.

Customize Learning Experiences for Students: Moodle Lesson Activity

https://teaching-resources.delta.ncsu.edu/moodle-lesson/ The Moodle Lesson Activity allows instructors to create branching exercises where students are presented with content and then, depending on their responses or choices, are directed to the next stage of the lesson.

Moodle Gradebook: Basic Setup, Display and Functionality

https://teaching-resources.delta.ncsu.edu/moodle-gradebook/ The Moodle gradebook is a tool that allows instructors to enter grades for course activities and to view a summary of their students’ grades in one place.

Customize Learning Experiences for Students: Adaptive and Personalized Pathways in Moodle

https://teaching-resources.delta.ncsu.edu/customize-learning-experiences/ Custom learning experiences for students include personalized and adaptive course activities in which students have different learning experiences based on their choices or completion of...

Moodle Course Roadmap Overview

https://teaching-resources.delta.ncsu.edu/moodle-roadmap-overview/ Roadmap is a Moodle activity you can build into your course to provide students with an interactive visualization of course activities and assessments.

Tips for Organizing Your Moodle Course

https://teaching-resources.delta.ncsu.edu/organizing-your-moodle-course/ How can you organize the layout of your Moodle course so that students can focus their energy on learning?

Google Assignments in Moodle

https://teaching-resources.delta.ncsu.edu/google-assignments/ Harness Google’s rich feedback tools and grade directly from a Google Drive file right inside Moodle. Google Assignments can simplify grading, feedback, and file sharing...

Using H5P Interactive Content in Moodle

https://teaching-resources.delta.ncsu.edu/h5p-interactive-content/ H5P allows you to create a variety of tasks to provide interactive content delivery and quick knowledge checks alongside your course content within Moodle.

Padlet: Collaborative Boards For Teaching and Learning

https://teaching-resources.delta.ncsu.edu/padlet-for-teaching-and-learning/ Looking for a flexible, visually engaging way to spark collaboration in your course? Padlet is a digital bulletin board that makes it easy for students...

Study Smart: A Metacognitive Approach to Learning

https://teaching-resources.delta.ncsu.edu/study-smart-a-metacognitive-approach-to-learning/ The transition from high school to college is a challenging period for many students, particularly in adapting to the rigorous demands of higher education. Ways...

Making Lectures Interactive with Wooclap

https://teaching-resources.delta.ncsu.edu/making-lectures-interactive-with-wooclap/ Wooclap is an interactive response tool that helps instructors incorporate more engagement and feedback into their teaching without redesigning their course. Through polls, open-ended prompts,...

Micro-Learning with Digital Tools

https://teaching-resources.delta.ncsu.edu/micro-learning-with-digital-tools/ Over the past few years, teaching practices and pedagogy have undergone significant changes, giving rise to various innovative approaches. As these shifts have altered how...

Large Course Redesign Best Practices

https://teaching-resources.delta.ncsu.edu/large-course-redesign-best-practices/ Large courses offer a unique experience, both for teachers and students. This article offers tips and suggestions to aid you in the redesign of your...

Connecting Instructional Materials and Learning Activities

https://teaching-resources.delta.ncsu.edu/connecting-instructional-materials-and-learning-activities/ When students can clearly see the link between the resources you give them (like readings, videos, or lectures) and the tasks they need to complete...

Creating and Recording Accessible Lectures and Presentations

https://teaching-resources.delta.ncsu.edu/creating-and-recording-accessible-lectures-and-presentations/ Lectures and presentations are a common way to share course content, whether live or recorded. Because students engage with materials in different ways, it’s important...

Tips and Strategies for Successful Group Work

https://teaching-resources.delta.ncsu.edu/tips-and-strategies-for-successful-group-work/ Planning an assignment or project to be completed by a group of students can raise lots of questions and concerns for an instructor: How should...

Course Introductions: Forums, VoiceThread, Padlet

https://teaching-resources.delta.ncsu.edu/course-introductions/ Course introductions provide instructors with the first opportunity to connect with their students on a personal level. Traditional methods often fell short in fostering meaningful...

Get Your Students Talking Online

https://teaching-resources.delta.ncsu.edu/get-your-students-talking-online/ Interactions between students are a cornerstone of effective online learning. Research consistently shows that student-to-student interaction is one of the strongest predictors of satisfaction in...

Micro-Learning with Videos and Multimedia

https://teaching-resources.delta.ncsu.edu/micro-learning-with-videos-and-multimedia/ This article has been updated. The most current information is located in Micro-Learning With Digital Tools. If you have bookmarked this page, please update your...

VoiceThread: Interactive Presentations and Student Discussions

https://teaching-resources.delta.ncsu.edu/voicethread/ VoiceThread is an asynchronous multimedia slideshow tool that offers diverse applications, including lectures, discussions, student presentations, reviews, and more. It operates through the use of...

Ungrading Toolkit: Learning vs. Earning

https://teaching-resources.delta.ncsu.edu/ungrading-toolkit/ Ungrading is a movement to reduce or eliminate the role of grades in formal learning environments. Ungrading shifts the focus from traditional grades to self-monitoring...

How To Choose and Assess a Learning Tool

https://teaching-resources.delta.ncsu.edu/choose-and-assess-learning-tools/ Selecting and evaluating a learning tool requires careful consideration. It involves various steps, such as choosing instructional tools that align with your goals for student...

Make Your Course More Mobile-Friendly

https://teaching-resources.delta.ncsu.edu/mobile-friendly-course/ With more students using smartphones and tablets to access their courses through the NC State Moodle mobile app, it’s crucial to design your content with...

Make Your Gradebook Student-Friendly

https://teaching-resources.delta.ncsu.edu/student-friendly-gradebook/ Students use feedback to monitor their performance, reflect on progress, and support their growth—a process that aligns with self-regulated learning (Pintrich, 2004). Because the Moodle...

Digital Accessibility Guide

https://teaching-resources.delta.ncsu.edu/digital-accessibility-guide/ About this guide Use this guide to help you make images, text, audio, video, and tables in your course more accessible, and to improve course...

Student Blogging Assignments

https://teaching-resources.delta.ncsu.edu/student-blogging-assignments/ When we think of blogs, memories of early internet diaries may come to mind. However, the evolution of this writing genre has given it limitless...

Supporting Neurodiverse Students Through Course Design

https://teaching-resources.delta.ncsu.edu/course-design-for-neurodiverse-students/ You’ve doubtless heard the expression “Great minds think alike.” In reality, great minds work in countless different ways, with no “right” or “wrong” way to...

Get Your Students Talking with Yellowdig

https://teaching-resources.delta.ncsu.edu/yellowdig/ Yellowdig is an online discussion platform that puts students in the driver’s seat. It’s design is based on the Community of Inquiry framework, which highlights...

Using Generative AI for Efficient Teaching and Work

https://teaching-resources.delta.ncsu.edu/using-chatgpt-and-ai-for-teaching-and-work/ Generative AI tools like Gemini and ChatGPT can simplify and enhance academic work by automating content creation, providing personalized feedback, writing course objectives, summarizing course...

Hybrid Teaching: Best Practices

https://teaching-resources.delta.ncsu.edu/hybrid-teaching-best-practices/ At NC State, there are a number of course modalities offered, including in-person (aka face to face), hybrid (a mix of online and in-person instruction),...

HyFlex Teaching: Best Practices

https://teaching-resources.delta.ncsu.edu/hyflex-teaching-best-practices/ HyFlex courses are those that provide a multimodal approach to learning, combining online and in-person students within the same course (Beatty, 2019). The term stems...

Elevate your Content with Universal Design for Learning

https://teaching-resources.delta.ncsu.edu/elevate-your-content-with-udl/ Universal Design for Learning (UDL) recognizes that learners vary along many spectra and guides the design of learning experiences that work for everyone. For background...

Boost Motivation with Universal Design for Learning

https://teaching-resources.delta.ncsu.edu/boost-motivation-with-universal-design-for-learning/ Universal Design for Learning (UDL) guides the design of learning experiences that present as few obstacles to success as possible. To learn more about the...

Designing Online Training

https://teaching-resources.delta.ncsu.edu/designing-online-training/ Training should be an ongoing process and shouldn’t stop with onboarding. Employees who receive continuous online training are more: Asynchronous training is convenient for employees....

Use a Course Map Template

https://teaching-resources.delta.ncsu.edu/use-a-course-map-template/ A course map is a document that is helpful in planning the structure of your course before you start to organize it in Moodle. A...

Gradescope: Streamline the Grading Experience

https://teaching-resources.delta.ncsu.edu/gradescope/ Gradescope is grading software that is designed to make assignment submission and grading easier. It allows instructors to create variable-length assignments (problem sets & projects)...

Perusall: Interactive Reading Assignments

https://teaching-resources.delta.ncsu.edu/perusall/ Perusall is a text-based social annotation/commenting/discussion tool. Instructors provide students with a text, and students use commenting to have an asynchronous discussion about the text....