Moodle Academy September Highlights

Moodle Academy September Highlights

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Find out what's new and upcoming on Moodle.Academy, the learning hub for the global Moodle Community.

Moodle Academy offers free, online Moodle training for educators, workplace trainers, administrators and developers from Moodle experts around the world. Attend live webinars, watch past webinars, complete courses and enrol in programs.

What’s new?

Assessment: Exploring Quizzes course now open

In this intermediate level course you’ll deepen your existing knowledge of Moodle's Quiz activity by learning how it can be used effectively for formative and summative assessment. Find out more and register for the course.

(This course will be a good complement to the upcoming webinar “How computer-marked quizzes can best help students learn” on Wed 18 September.)

Assessment: Exploring Gradebook course now open

This intermediate level course for educators, is designed to help you optimise your grading process and  better support your learners. Learn about different aggregation methods, discover tricks for organising your Gradebook with categories, and understand how to manage empty grades to reflect accurate student progress. We'll also discuss how to tailor the Gradebook to meet the specific needs of your organisation and use it to enhance learner engagement and success. The related webinar recording is now available to watch.
Find out more and register for the course.

What’s coming up in September?

Webinars

Webinar in German: Feedback-Kompetenzen ausbauen - Mission gegenseitige Beurteilung - Thur 12 Sept, 13:00 UTC.

Bei diesem Webinar werden wir Dag Klimas, langjährigen Moodler, YouTuber und Betreiber von Moodle-Guide.de, begrüßen. Das interaktive Webinar wird im didaktischen Teil Beispiele behandeln, wie trotz AI/KI sich der Einsatz von Moodle Gegenseitige Beurteilung für die Teilnehmenden lohnen kann. Im Praxisteil werden vorbereitete Szenarien gemeinsam mit Inhalten befüllt und Dag wird im Anschluss die verwendeten Einstellungen beschreiben. Registrieren Sie sich für das Webinar.

How computer-marked quizzes can best help students learn - Wed 18 Sept, 12:00 UTC.

At this webinar, we will welcome Tim Hunt, Senior Developer at the Open University. This talk will be divided in two sections, a theoretical part and a practical part. Tim will start by talking about what is most important in our use of Moodle: teaching and learning. After establishing how quizzes can contribute to good course design in general, Tim will then talk about some of the features of the Moodle quiz and question bank which let you realise those ideas in practice. Find out more about the webinar and register.

Moodle AI plugins - Thur 26 Sept, 08:00 UTC.

In this webinar we will welcome Gordon D. Bateson, Professor at Kochi University of Technology in Japan, and Marcus Green, Senior E-learning Technical consultant at Catalyst IT. This presentation will explore the integration of AI into Moodle plugins. Presenters will look at what AI tools are available, examine how those tools can be accessed, and see how they can be prompted to generate useful output. Find out more about the webinar and register.

Courses and programs

Assessment: Exploring Feedback course coming during September

In this intermediate level course for educators, you will learn about how and where to give feedback in Moodle and to optimise the feedback you provide.


Find out more and register for free at Moodle Academy!