Instructional Design & Technology Services, IITS
Haverford College
We hope you had a relaxing summer. It’s hard to believe, but it’s almost time to start the fall semester with good old face-to-face teaching! Moodle is a great tool for sharing syllabi and readings, as well as sharing videos and providing asynchronous activities and assessments. This message is long and covers the following important…
Several Zoom recordings on Panopto have not included a transcript—even though that transcript existed on Zoom.
This workshop series is perfect for faculty new to Haverford—as well any faculty member that wants to update or enhance Moodle skills.
Do you have students that need extended time or other timing adjustments on assessments? Moodle allows you to override the timing and duration on Quiz and Assignment activities. The article discusses how to do this. It also warns of some serious issues with the group override option. Warning Before going any further, you should know…
Read more Do you have students that need extended time on assessments?
As of February 23, 2021, all meetings and webinars created with your licensed Haverford Zoom account have the option for auto-transcription—AI-powered real-time captioning for your meeting. You and your participants will be able to see those captions during the meeting. There is also a setting that hosts can enable prior to a meeting that allow…
You have a few options for emailing students in your class. Obviously, you can just email them with Gmail. However, if you have a large class, Moodle will make it much easier to email all students—or groups of students within your class. At the start of each semester, IITS sends out Moodle tips that include…
Hiroyo Saito, Director of Instructional Technology at Haverford, hosted a Roundtable Discussion on online teaching on February 2nd. Several faculty from the sciences and humanities attended and shared a lively conversation about their ideas and experiences with online teaching. Participants looked at a variety of tips and techniques for teaching online effectively during both asynchronous…
Instructional Technology Services, IITS invites you to roundtable discussion sessions and office hours to help you get ready for the spring semester. Talk to peers and IITS staff to prepare your online-only or dual/hybrid mode classes. Roundtable discussion on online teaching Tuesday, Feb. 2 from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. Facilitator: Hiroyo Saito Hiroyo will…
With the start of another Covid-19 restricted semester, Moodle will be an important part of most courses. This message is long and covers the following important Moodle topics:
Perusall is a powerful tool with lots of features. Students can work individually, in groups, or as a class to study, annotate and discuss docs and other media. You can also use Perusall to create assignments around annotations. While you can evaluate those assignments yourself, you can also have Perusall provide students with automatic, AI-enhanced…
Read more Collaborative editing and close reading with Perusall
