Instructional Design & Technology Services, IITS
Haverford College
In an effort to maximize security, Zoom recently made a change to their API that affects certain users within our community who schedule Zoom meetings from their Google calendar. Specifically, this change affects people who use Google to schedule Zoom meetings for other Haverford users through what Zoom calls “scheduling privileges”. The adjustment that Zoom…
Do you want automatic email alerts when activities are added or updated in your Moodle course? If so, you can sign up for Event Monitoring for one or more of your courses. Students, faculty, and others enrolled in a class can subscribe to any of several monitoring rules to get these automated messages. To get…
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…
Several Zoom recordings on Panopto have not included a transcript—even though that transcript existed on Zoom.
Hiroyo Saito will be offering a Learning Science Workshop Series during the first two weeks of August. If you are interested in learning effective teaching strategies based on learning science, please join! Title: Learning Science Workshop SeriesFacilitator: Hiroyo Saito, Director of the Instructional Design and Technology Services Dates:Part 1: Monday, August 2 | 1:30 p.m.…
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…
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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…
