Instructional Design & Technology Services, IITS
Haverford College
IITS is happy to present a new Moodle feature for spring 2023, the tiles course format. This format is great when you have a lot of content because it displays all sections efficiently on the page, as illustrated above. To use this new option: If you have any questions please feel free to contact us.
We all adjusted to virtual or hybrid classes during the pandemic. Now that we are together again, we can still take advantage of online tools to help our students keep up with materials should they need to miss a class due to quarantine, illness, or any other circumstances. Even students that come to class can…
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…
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:
The newest version of Voicethread has significant updates that will benefit users at Haverford greatly. We transitioned to this new version over break and would like to share detailed information about these updates with any current users. Below are all of the detailed updates that Voicethread made regarding assignments and how both students and instructors…
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
With so many classes online, many faculty are looking for ways to create and share video with students. This article will help you pick options that work for your needs? We look at several types of videos: feature films, online videos, and your own video files. Feature films Sharing feature films has both technical and…
