Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Moodle Inbox - managing your moodle student mail

Managing email from students in Moodle is made easy with Course Mails Inbox.

Step 1:  In your courses turn on your 'eMail List' block.
With editing turned on, choose 'eMail List' from the drop down menu in the 'Blocks' Block








Step 2:  Enter your Course Mails Inbox 
The 'eMail List' block will appear at the bottom of your right column.   It will show a notification if you have email from students for the course you are in.  (keep reading to find out how to easily see email from all your courses.)    Clicking on the 'Inbox' Link in this block will take you to your Course Mails Inbox.














Step 3: Switch betweeen courses. 
Once in your Course Mails Inbox you will see a Mailbox with a list of all your courses.  Clicking on individual courses will take you to the inbox for that course.   From here you can easily click through your courses to read your mail.

























Step 4:  (Optional) Create a bookmark for the Course Mails page. 
While you are viewing your Course Mail create a bookmark.   Clicking the bookmark will prompt you to login (if you are not logged in already), but then take you straight to your Moodle Course Mails. Here is the link:
https://svcc.mrooms3.net/blocks/email_list/email/index.php?id=9

Typeit.org - adding characters for other languages

¿Have you ever wondered how to add characters from other languages while typing?


Typeit.org makes it easy.  Simply choose the language for which you need to type, then use the buttons above the text area to add those characters when you need.   When done, copy and paste into whatever document you want to use. 


It's that easy!
(as always, if you are typing a long docuement, make sure you save often - or in this case, copy and paste often.)


For a printable reference sheet click here




Screenshot from Typeit.org



Tuesday, August 9, 2011

First Day of School.


Today I found a great resource for “just in time” learning of Google Apps.  
Google Apps Learning Center - Your First Days

“Just in time” refers to learning as much as you need to “just in time” to do what you need to.   If you think you can sit down and learn everything about our Google Apps in order to go back to your office fully prepared for the semester, I’d like to know how you do it.   My brain functions under the philosophy, figure out what I need to know now.   If I use it a lot, I will start to remember it.  (I think it’s kind of how most of us function.)

So I hope you check it out.   There are many short videos to watch on separate topics.   You can sort through the videos by App, such as gmail, Calendar, Contacts, chat, Docs, and Sites.   If you haven’t used Google Docs I’d urge you to explore it.   You can create documents and share them with colleagues or within department.  They are always online, more than one person can edit a document at once (this saves you from worrying about who has the latest version of a document), and you can see the entire revision history of the document and revert back to an earlier version.  


Wednesday, August 3, 2011

FALL Moodle Boot Camp August 10 & 11th


 ITC is hosting a second Moodle Boot Camp August 10th and 11th from 10 AM until 3 PM. 

If you could not attend Moodle Boot Camp in May and are interested in using Moodle with your classes, this is another opportunity for you.  If you have not yet attended any training sessions for Moodle, or if you want to learn more about Moodle, this is the time for you.  

Boot camp attendees will learn: how to navigate in Moodle, how to create assignments, assessments, activities, discussion topics, and much more. There will also be lots of great discussion about Moodle best practices, promoting interactivity in online classes, and do's and don'ts from faculty who have used Moodle. 

Highlights of the camp include time to work on your Moodle Site with help from experts and opportunities to network with your fellow faculty during daily potluck lunches.

Again,the dates are August 10th and 11th.

RSVP by clicking here,
Chris Shelley, Robin Fisch, and Greg Noack