Recently, at very short notice, the LTU were asked by JISC to give a presentation to the Connect more… in Scotland event. We were delighted to do so and we (me, Craig John and Niall) put our heads together to come up with the following abstract and slides: As a Learning Technology Unit, supporting core services such… Continue reading →
Here at the University of Glasgow we believe that it’s important that Moodle is kept up to date. First, because we want to take advantage of any new and improved features of Moodle and second because Moodle HQ do not support older versions of Moodle, leaving them potentially problematic from a security point of view.… Continue reading →
Are you or your colleagues irritated by the volume of emails Moodle sends you? If so, you can control this in your user settings. Log into Moodle and select “Preferences” at the top right of the screen. Then use the drop down list under “Forum preferences” and select one of the “daily email” options and save… Continue reading →
Over the last few months Craig and John have been spending a lot of time revamping our web pages. Building on existing support materials, they have tidied up our existing user guides, written additional ones, spent many hours making videos of all of these (often thwarted by pipers, grass cutters and road works) and uploaded… Continue reading →
By Dave Morrison. Research Assistant, LEAF Project In this post I’d like to give an academic perspective on new learning technologies: the good, the bad, and the ugly. First I should confess that before coming to academic development I was a software developer (many moons ago). Perhaps that can help me shed a light on… Continue reading →