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The predominant file type on Moodle is PDF. In 2021, there we as many as 10,821 PDFs on LCC Moodle sites alone, which is roughly equivalent to 16 PDFs per site! Providing we have carried out the accessibility checks and followed good practice with Word documents and Presentation slides layout then your documents should gat […]
This article introduces the Moodle Workshop, a powerful tool for formative assessment, peer-feedback, and self-evaluation. Many of us are either thinking it or have heard it mentioned before – formative feedback. For those who aren’t familiar, formative feedback is any form of feedback given prior to an assessment which helps students refine their work and […]
The popular platform of mentimeter have just launched a range of new slide options. Mentimeter is great for making your lectures more interactive. As well as polls, quiz questions, true or false and my personal favourite word cloud; you can now do a wider range of other options. In this post we are going to […]
Padlet is a highly visual, collaborative tool a lot like a virtual cork board. Users can upload images, audio, and video and create an environment rich with shared resources. It is very useful for both synchronous and asychronous activities which can facilitate online learning. These can strengthen the connections between students and their teacher and […]
Microsoft loop is a great collaborative tool which has just been rolled out to Teams. It allows users to add a component to a chat which other people can edit and add to. This tool is of particular benefit if you run your tutorial groups or other small group meetings in Teams. Components At the […]
As with word documents you want to make your presentations accessible. If you follow a few simple guideline during the design process your presentations will be easier to read and process for everyone. In this blog post we are going to look at the following; Font Size Contrasting Colours Alternative Text Read Order Font Size […]