By Jill AndersonThe text editor in Moodle offers basic formatting options. If used well, the resulting page, text and media area, etc. are readable and accessible. Sometimes... |Academic Technology, Course Design
By Arlene Joanna Mendoza-MoranDesigning a well-structured and engaging course takes time, but it doesn’t have to be overwhelming. Whether you’re developing a new course or refreshing an existing... |Academic Technology, Creating Content
By Dajha Kenya HoustonOver the past few years, teaching practices and pedagogy have undergone significant changes, giving rise to various innovative approaches. As these shifts have altered how... |Academic Technology, Moodle
By Jill AndersonGetting 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. |Academic Technology, Assessment, Moodle
By Jill AndersonGroup work can produce anxiety for students, and much of that anxiety comes from not knowing how much their grade will be affected by other... |Academic Technology, Creating Content
By Dajha Kenya HoustonThis 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... |Academic Technology, Course Design
By Arlene Joanna Mendoza-MoranThis guide conveys our recommended approach to setting up a basic course in Moodle at NC State. These suggestions and resources will help you incorporate... |Academic Technology
By Dajha Kenya HoustonVoiceThread is an asynchronous multimedia slideshow tool that offers diverse applications, including lectures, discussions, student presentations, reviews, and more. It operates through the use of... |Academic Technology
By Dajha Kenya HoustonSelecting and evaluating a learning tool requires careful consideration. It involves various steps, such as choosing instructional tools that align with your goals for student... |Academic Technology, Course Design, Moodle
By Arlene Joanna Mendoza-MoranWith 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... |Academic Technology, Assessment, Moodle
By Jill AndersonStudents monitor their performance based on feedback in order to reflect and grow, a process that is part self-regulated learning (Pintrich, 2004). As the Moodle... |Academic Technology, Course Design, Moodle
By Arlene Joanna Mendoza-MoranWhen we think of blogs, memories of early internet diaries may come to mind. However, the evolution of this writing genre has given it limitless... |Academic Technology, Course Design
By Jennifer TagsoldGamification 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... |Academic Technology, Moodle
By Jill AndersonThis article discusses the benefits of group work, gives guidance on what sorts of assignments and activities work well for group work, and offers some... |Academic Technology, Course Design, Moodle
By Arlene Joanna Mendoza-MoranHow can you help students plan for completing course tasks? The Checklist activity is a tool in Moodle that can be used to help students... |Academic Technology, Assessment
By Jill AndersonAssessment 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... |Academic Technology, Communication
By Jill AndersonYellowdig 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... |Academic Technology, Moodle
By Arlene Joanna Mendoza-MoranHow can you help reduce student frustration and stress in your Moodle course? By providing clear explanations and lists to help students stay organized, instructors... |Academic Technology, Moodle
By Yiling ChappelowIntelliboard is a powerful data visualization tool that gives you user-friendly reports about Moodle data. Intelliboard takes information about your online courses from Moodle and... |Academic Technology, Creating Content
By Yiling ChappelowAn effective instructional video effectively communicates information and knowledge to its audience in a clear and engaging manner. There are several key elements that can... |Academic Technology, Assessment
By Arlene Joanna Mendoza-MoranHow can you configure your online quizzes and exams to make them more secure? While there is no silver bullet to defeat all types of... |Academic Technology, Creating Content, Moodle
By Ms Kerri Brown Parker 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. |Academic Technology, Moodle
By Ms Kerri Brown ParkerThe 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. |Academic Technology, Assessment
By Yiling ChappelowGradescope is grading software that is designed to make assignment submission and grading easier. It allows instructors to create variable-length assignments (problem sets & projects)... |Academic Technology, Assessment, Communication
By Ms Kerri Brown ParkerPerusall 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.... |Academic Technology, Moodle
By Arlene Joanna Mendoza-MoranThe 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. |Academic Technology, Course Design
By Ms Kerri Brown ParkerCustom learning experiences for students include personalized and adaptive course activities in which students have different learning experiences based on their choices or completion of... |Academic Technology, Moodle
By Ms Kerri Brown ParkerRoadmap is a Moodle activity you can build into your course to provide students with an interactive visualization of course activities and assessments. |Academic Technology, Creating Content
By Arlene Joanna Mendoza-MoranAre you interested in making a public homepage for your course or using a website for delivering instructional content? WordPress is available as a tool... |Academic Technology
By Yiling ChappelowDo your students struggle to stay engaged during class? Do you want to encourage more participation, engagement and active learning, even in large courses? Top... |Academic Technology, Communication
By Ms Kerri Brown ParkerWhiteboarding is a well-established active learning practice used in many classrooms. Students and instructors can use in-classroom whiteboards to brainstorm, create connections between ideas, draw... |Academic Technology, Assessment
By Ms Kerri Brown ParkerTurnitin is software accessed through Moodle that compares submitted written work with other sources (determined by the instructor) to look for similarities. Turnitin can also... |Academic Technology, Course Design, Moodle
By Arlene Joanna Mendoza-MoranHow can you organize the layout of your Moodle course so that students can focus their energy on learning? |Academic Technology, Communication
By Yiling ChappelowA good relationship between instructors and learners is important for learners’ emotional engagement and success (Fanshawe et al, 2020). Central to the quality of that... |Academic Technology, Assessment
By Ms Kerri Brown ParkerInteractions are a key component of student learning in online and face-to-face settings including student-instructor interactions, student-content interactions, and student-student interactions. Peer review is one... |Academic Technology, Creating Content
By Yiling ChappelowAre you looking to create videos to enhance your course and improve the learning experience for your students? Panopto is an all-inclusive video management platform... |Academic Technology, Creating Content
By Ms Kerri Brown ParkerPlayPosit is a multimedia tool that allows you to create “bulbs” (video lessons) by combining interactivity and video content from YouTube, Panopto, or Vimeo. Using... |Academic Technology, Communication, Course Design
By Jill AndersonStudents must engage in their courses in order to learn. But what, exactly, do we mean by “student engagement?” And what teaching practices and strategies... |Academic Technology, Assessment
By Jill AndersonHarness 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... |Academic Technology, Creating Content, Moodle
By Arlene Joanna Mendoza-MoranH5P allows you to create a variety of tasks to provide interactive content delivery and quick knowledge checks alongside your course content within Moodle. |Academic Technology, Communication
By Jill AndersonWhen teaching synchronously on Zoom, hosts and co-hosts can use the Breakout Room tool to divide students into smaller meeting spaces for group work. Activities... |Academic Technology, Communication
By Jill AndersonHow can you promote active learning and help keep your students engaged during your course meeting in Zoom? What tools are available? How do you... |Academic Technology
By Arlene Joanna Mendoza-MoranHow can you use technology effectively when designing and teaching courses? Here you’ll find workshop resources, tutorials and videos to help you implement best practices... |Academic Technology, Course Design
By Arlene Joanna Mendoza-MoranThis guide conveys our recommended approach to setting up a basic course in Moodle at NC State. These suggestions and resources will help you incorporate... |Academic Technology, Assessment, Communication
By Jill AndersonGreat teachers understand that learning is a conversation, not a monologue. Real-time assessments and check-ins spark conversation with your students, preventing your class from being... |Academic Technology, Creating Content
By Jennifer TagsoldVirtual Reality (VR) allows students to experience a world that does not have a physical form (Sapp, 2015b). This technology provides numerous learning benefits, including... |Academic Technology
By Dajha Kenya HoustonActive learning is a widely recognized instructional approach, yet its definition and implementation can vary across disciplines and teaching styles. While it has long been... |Academic Technology, Creating Content
By Ms Kerri Brown ParkerSmartphones with a great camera and the ability to record high-definition video are no longer difficult to find. In fact, they are everywhere. Professional video... |Academic Technology
By Jill AndersonGroup work is one way to facilitate interaction between students, but it is often challenging for instructors. Group work can be made easier with digital...