While working on module development for the Spring 2025 semester I asked myself ‘How can I help students feel less overwhelmed and more confident as…
We’ve been busy again with all things assessment at UCEM. This blog post is to share some of the hard work we’ve put in and…
This post was co-authored by Adrian Shell and Paige Dao. Image by Kelly Sikkema from https://unsplash.com/ Aim and acknowledgement This blog post aims to share…
In July 2023 the Learning Technologies team at UCEM managed a significant upgrade to the VLE. An earlier blog post covers the ways in which we involved staff and students in the testing and evaluation of the upgrade. Now that the dust has settled, the team has had an opportunity to evaluate the upgrade project, identifying potential risks, concerns, and best practice for future Learning Technology projects.
This post was co-authored by Paige Dao and Elisaveta Yancheva, Learning Designers. The problem Articulate Storyline is an eLearning authoring tool first released in 2012…
This blog post is the third in a series exploring BE Ready (Built Environment Ready), UCEM’s new orientation area which launched in Autumn 2023. The…
For the start of the 2023/2024 academic year a new orientation module needed to be developed on UCEM’s VLE to provide a stable foundation for…
It can be overwhelming to find the right information or right support when needed. Also, as students progress from semester to semester they face unique challenges. Our aim therefore was to build a self-directed yet skinny orientation experience for students before they start their semester journey.
The UCEM Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) is built on a Learning Management System called Moodle. Every few years, Moodle implements what is known as a Major Release. In early 2022 we learned that the next major upgrade from Version 3.11 to Version 4.0 would be occurring later that year. Release notes and information from Moodle made it clear this was a significant overhaul of the platform, aiming to improve navigation, accessibility, and overall user experience. We realised this upgrade would require more planning from the Learning Technology team than a typical VLE upgrade would.
Programme pages and overview Programme pages, what are they? What’s their purpose? These were some of the questions many tutors, Programme Leaders, staff members and…