tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35919479Fri, 01 Nov 2024 08:32:34 +0000MoodleBlackboardUCR Extensiononlineonline learningonline teachingDiscussion BoardinstructionsupdateEric KimMoodle 2.0PDFPowerpointdigital storytellingdropboxeducationelearningfaculty focusfree classeshybrid classeslecturesnarrated presentationsonline teaching and learningonline trainingpodcastsstreet photographytutorialvideo7.3AdobeAdobe CaptivateAikenAlltopBill FrakesCandid FrameEarly Warning SystemElluminateFirefoxFlashHTML 5Ibarionex PerelloK-12KaplanKen RobinsonMoodle 2.2Notational VelocityOpen UniversityRSAnimateResophNotesRuntime RevolutionScreenFlowScreenStepsScrivenerSerena WilliamsTEDTwitterYouTubeZoteroaccessappassessmentbibliographyblocksbloggingbrowsercourse designcourse developmentdebatediagramdocumentseducational resourceeducational technologyerror messageface-to-faceforumsfreehelphigh schooliSpringinstallinstructioninstructorinstructor trainingipadissuukhan academylearninglearning stylesmobilenational distance learning weeknytimesonline classonline helponline instructionphotographyplanningpluginpodcastpreparationpresentationpresentation waste handwashing paper towelpresentationsproducing mediaqualityquestionsquizrepositoryresearchrestrictrigorschoolingscreencastssketchcastsoftwaresonicpicsteaching onlinetesttrackingtutorialsTools and tips related to online and distance learning and using technology in instructionhttp://instructortools.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Brian Reilly)Blogger183125en-usnohigher,education,,continuing,education,,distance,learning,,online,learning,,BlackboardDistance Learning at UC Riverside ExtensionDistance Learning at UC Riverside ExtensionBReillybrian@reillyville.comBReillytag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35919479.post-5662990428519221958Wed, 29 Apr 2015 20:58:00 +00002015-04-29T13:58:38.724-07:00 <!-- Start ScreenSteps Content --> This lesson shows how to choose an alternate text editor in Moodle. Edit profile After you login, click Edit profile under My profile settings in the Administration block. If you have moved the Administration block to the dock on the left edge of your browser, you can choose Edit profile from the menu by moving your mouse over the Administration menuhttp://instructortools.blogspot.com/2015/04/change-text-editor-in-moodle.html0brian@reillyville.com (BReilly)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35919479.post-1251675215857223991Wed, 29 Apr 2015 20:18:00 +00002015-04-29T14:09:13.198-07:00 <!-- Start ScreenSteps Content --> Moodle provides a variety of ways to check on student activity in classes. This lesson covers three ways to see individual and group activity in your class. Note: personal information has been obscured for privacy reasons. Check last login To see the last time anyone on the roster logged in to the class, click on Users and then Enrolled users in the http://instructortools.blogspot.com/2015/04/check-student-activity-in-your-class.html0brian@reillyville.com (BReilly)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35919479.post-8861116164738460592Fri, 27 Feb 2015 22:16:00 +00002015-02-27T14:16:08.502-08:00 <!-- Start ScreenSteps Content --> Adding audio files to your Moodle class can be a good way to increase the variety of course content for your students. Whether you record your own audio, download podcasts, or find audio from another source, it is easy to add the audio to your class. Moodle can play .mp3 and .wav audio files, so it is best to stick with those formats. Login and turn http://instructortools.blogspot.com/2015/02/add-audio-file-to-your-moodle-class.html0brian@reillyville.com (BReilly)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35919479.post-8910801606368796799Thu, 26 Feb 2015 20:57:00 +00002015-02-26T12:57:00.125-08:00 <!-- Start ScreenSteps Content --> This lesson covers the steps involved in adding a link to a web resource to your Moodle class. In the language of Moodle, you will be adding a URL resource. In these examples, the link is added to the class home page. It is also possible to insert links in web pages or documents, but that is not covered here. Turn editing on http://instructortools.blogspot.com/2015/02/add-web-link.html0brian@reillyville.com (BReilly)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35919479.post-5927342376856150636Mon, 08 Dec 2014 21:47:00 +00002014-12-08T13:48:06.732-08:00 A great video about the failure of various new technologies to have a significant impact on education was added to YouTube last week. It's only about 7 minutes long, but it makes some great points and is nicely edited. http://instructortools.blogspot.com/2014/12/this-will-revolutionize-education.html0brian@reillyville.com (BReilly)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35919479.post-2622821114301477354Fri, 17 Oct 2014 21:49:00 +00002014-10-17T14:49:57.003-07:00 <!-- Start ScreenSteps Content --> In this lesson, we will see how to set up categories in the Moodle grade book and use the categories to generate a weighted final grade. In most cases, this is an easier method than creating a custom formula for the final grade. Access the Grade Book Once you have added the graded activities to your class, login and click on the Grades link in the http://instructortools.blogspot.com/2014/10/using-categories-to-generate-grades-in.html0brian@reillyville.com (BReilly)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35919479.post-5413027875318192103Tue, 07 Oct 2014 21:16:00 +00002014-10-07T14:16:27.782-07:00 Textbooks can be incredibly expensive. The 20 Million Minds Foundation is doing something about it. Cover the Cost Contest - &nbsp;The 20 Million Minds Foundation: With skyrocketing textbook costs creating a major barrier to higher education affordability, we want to give students a chance to share how this affects their lives. To do so, we're asking students to submit a 30 second video or http://instructortools.blogspot.com/2014/10/cover-cost-2500-scholarships-for.html0brian@reillyville.com (BReilly)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35919479.post-4359358744595245941Tue, 07 Oct 2014 20:28:00 +00002014-10-07T13:35:10.911-07:00accessrestrict <!-- Start ScreenSteps Content --> Restricting access to course activities and resources isn't something I use in my own classes and I'm not a big fan of overdoing it with this feature, but there are times when it comes in handy. This lesson covers how to set up access restrictions for everything in one week in a Moodle class. Edit the Weekly Summary Turn editing on and click the edithttp://instructortools.blogspot.com/2014/10/restrict-access-by-week.html0brian@reillyville.com (BReilly)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35919479.post-8145272337687860244Fri, 03 Oct 2014 18:51:00 +00002014-10-03T11:51:21.275-07:00 On the Internet, Nobody Knows You're the 'Wrong' Professor, by Stacy Patton, describes the experience of Karen McArthur, who discovered that an online class she developed on art appreciation without additional compensation, had been given to two others who then taught using her materials, course design, etc. It is an interesting and disturbing story and one that I think will become even more http://instructortools.blogspot.com/2014/10/ownership-of-online-courses.html0brian@reillyville.com (BReilly)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35919479.post-7116679210559622254Fri, 19 Sep 2014 22:34:00 +00002014-09-19T15:34:35.357-07:00 We have two free classes for instructors available for&nbsp;registration for the Fall quarter. Instructors who will be teaching online or hybrid classes during the Winter or Spring quarters are required to complete&nbsp;Teaching Online with Moodle (online or hybrid format) or demonstrate equivalent experience prior to teaching their first class. 142MSCC02&nbsp;-&nbsp;Teaching Online withhttp://instructortools.blogspot.com/2014/09/upcoming-free-classes-teaching-online.html0brian@reillyville.com (BReilly)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35919479.post-5328469897318659688Fri, 19 Sep 2014 22:31:00 +00002014-09-19T15:31:28.989-07:00 A recent podcast/documentary by American RadioWorks, “The Science of Smart,” explores how research on learning can be applied to instruction and improve outcomes for students. Segment two, “Learning to love tests” and segment three, “Variation is the key to deeper learning” present concepts that can work well with adult learners. The podcast can be found at the American RadioWorks website:http://instructortools.blogspot.com/2014/09/science-of-smart.html0brian@reillyville.com (BReilly)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35919479.post-7108279845738712062Tue, 22 Jul 2014 20:23:00 +00002014-07-22T13:23:02.528-07:00 Short article with good ideas about professional development from Edudemic http://instructortools.blogspot.com/2014/07/professional-development-ideas.html0brian@reillyville.com (BReilly)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35919479.post-404906239604849296Tue, 22 Jul 2014 19:56:00 +00002014-07-22T12:56:43.381-07:00 I listen to the American Radioworks podcast pretty regularly. It covers K-12 and Higher Education issues and frequently addresses technology and teaching/learning. This week's topic is Who Needs College? The podcast contains excerpts from a panel discussion hosted by Minnesota Public Radio. I enjoyed the points made related to seat time vs. what is learned. http://instructortools.blogspot.com/2014/07/american-radioworks-podcast-who-needs.html0brian@reillyville.com (BReilly)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35919479.post-7238525195749290937Thu, 10 Jul 2014 19:39:00 +00002014-07-10T12:39:34.364-07:00 A new report, released today, explores how faculty in the University System of Maryland were able to incorporate MOOCs from Coursera, the Open Learning Initiative (OLI) from Carnegie Mellon, and Pearson in a variety of subject areas on different campuses. From the web page: Looking specifically at how faculty in the USM incorporated MOOCs and OLI into their courses, our report points to http://instructortools.blogspot.com/2014/07/interactive-online-learning-on-campus.html0brian@reillyville.com (BReilly)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35919479.post-8861714408373704976Thu, 26 Jun 2014 17:12:00 +00002014-06-26T10:12:05.001-07:00 Packt Publishing has a variety of ebooks that cover Moodle. Today through July 5th, you can buy any of their ebooks for $10. One possibility is Moodle Course Design Best Practices by Susan Smith Nash and Michelle Moore. "Moodle Course Design Best Practices is a practical guide that will teach you how to use the tools available in Moodle to develop unique courses for many kinds of http://instructortools.blogspot.com/2014/06/10-moodle-ebooks-through-july-5th.html0brian@reillyville.com (BReilly)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35919479.post-8208377370742963462Tue, 03 Jun 2014 21:44:00 +00002014-06-03T14:44:22.210-07:00 Find more education infographics on e-Learning Infographics http://instructortools.blogspot.com/2014/06/very-large-infographic-on-advantages-of.html0brian@reillyville.com (BReilly)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35919479.post-3846600335010445690Thu, 29 May 2014 22:52:00 +00002014-05-29T15:53:01.682-07:00free classesMoodleonline instructionUCR Extension We have two free classes for instructors, potential instructors, or anyone curious about online teaching available for&nbsp;registration for the Summer quarter. Instructors who will be teaching online or hybrid classes for UCR Extension during the Fall or Winter quarters are required to complete&nbsp;Teaching Online with Moodle (online or hybrid format) or demonstrate equivalent experience http://instructortools.blogspot.com/2014/05/summer-classes-for-instructors-free-to.html0brian@reillyville.com (BReilly)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35919479.post-7084500816329673899Thu, 09 Jan 2014 23:14:00 +00002014-01-09T15:17:36.232-08:00dropboxMoodlerepository I use Dropbox almost every day and find it to be a very useful tool for accessing files from multiple computers. I was excited to read about the Dropbox integration with Moodle, but apparently I didn't read the details very closely. I'm not sure that there ever was a reason to use the Dropbox repository feature on our site, given the limitations that it has. There are a number of steps http://instructortools.blogspot.com/2014/01/turned-off-dropbox-repository-in-moodle.html0brian@reillyville.com (BReilly)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35919479.post-83963570233173540Fri, 09 Aug 2013 17:13:00 +00002013-08-09T10:13:00.079-07:00 I use the free version of Dropbox to backup some of my files and give myself access to important documents from any of my computers. It's a great deal, but I frequently have to move files to keep under my 9.5 GB space limit. A new account on Dropbox starts with 2 GB of storage. I also use Google Drive and Microsoft SkyDrive, which offer similar features and a little more space. If you aren't http://instructortools.blogspot.com/2013/08/copy-alternative-to-dropbox.html0brian@reillyville.com (BReilly)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35919479.post-5600589893794508417Tue, 16 Jul 2013 22:52:00 +00002013-07-16T15:52:24.781-07:00 I recently read through all of the online course evaluations for the Winter and Spring quarters. Most evaluations are positive, as are most comments, but there are always some courses which generate enough negative comments to cause concern. &nbsp;The majority of comments are concerned with the instructor's interaction with individual students. When an instructor provides prompt and meaningful http://instructortools.blogspot.com/2013/07/student-feedback-in-online-course.html0brian@reillyville.com (BReilly)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35919479.post-7241040884175198106Thu, 13 Jun 2013 21:02:00 +00002013-06-13T14:02:19.851-07:00 <!-- Start ScreenSteps Content --> Link to PDF version of post. Prior to version 2 of Moodle, if you were creating a new 10 week class and needed a Forum in each week, you needed to set up each Forum individually. That was a very tedious process. There are a couple of features in Moodle 2.4 that make this a little bit easier. The Duplicate feature allows you to create a copy of any Activity http://instructortools.blogspot.com/2013/06/moodle-24-duplicate-resources-and.html0brian@reillyville.com (BReilly)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35919479.post-6155055624059373459Thu, 13 Jun 2013 19:19:00 +00002013-06-13T12:19:27.029-07:00 <!-- Start ScreenSteps Content --> Link to PDF version of this post. The dock was introduced in Moodle 2.0 and it allows students and teachers to customize the look of the class home page by moving blocks off of the home page and into the dock, located on the upper left edge of the browser window. The following instructions cover how to dock and undock blocks. The advantages of docking http://instructortools.blogspot.com/2013/06/moodle-24-blocks-and-dock.html0brian@reillyville.com (BReilly)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35919479.post-9026219937328157085Fri, 31 May 2013 17:37:00 +00002013-05-31T10:37:12.217-07:00 Never. Peter Norvig's Powerpoint version of the Gettysburg Address One of the most common mistakes I see in online courses that have been converted from face-to-face is the use of Powerpoint files as replacements for what was an in-class presentation complete with live audio and a real person talking. Sure, it's tempting to think that all you need to do is upload the Powerpoint file to yourhttp://instructortools.blogspot.com/2013/05/when-is-powerpoint-file-same-thing-as.html0brian@reillyville.com (BReilly)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35919479.post-6196495970525606080Tue, 28 May 2013 23:17:00 +00002013-05-28T16:17:30.125-07:00 It looks like we will be able to upgrade from Moodle 1.9 to 2.4 starting with the fall quarter, assuming everything goes well during the summer when we need to get our course and student information into the new version of Moodle. Along with the many changes and new features we will have available in Moodle 2.4, this update will also involve moving the hosting of Moodle from our internal http://instructortools.blogspot.com/2013/05/summer-courses-for-instructors-will-use.html0brian@reillyville.com (BReilly)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35919479.post-3026555742395012693Wed, 27 Mar 2013 00:16:00 +00002013-03-27T10:28:00.353-07:00Adobe CaptivateHTML 5narrated presentationsPowerpointScreenFlow One of the easiest ways to add instructor-produced multimedia to an online class is to create a narrated presentation. Adding narration in Powerpoint is relatively easy (though not necessarily easy to do well). The tricky part is creating output that will playback online and does not require the student to download the entire file and open it in Powerpoint. I have a license for the Mac http://instructortools.blogspot.com/2013/03/using-screenflow-to-assemble-narrated.html1brian@reillyville.com (BReilly)