Education and research news, views and commentary from the team at UCEM
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.
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…
Forum discussions are an integral part of online education. They are the medium through which students and tutors interact, share, learn and thrive. However, when it comes to assignment forums, student behaviour can differ. This is mostly because of the notion that the question being asked may be judged, thinking it silly or not sure whether to ask or not. This blog covers how Digital education team provided the solution to help students overcome their barrier.
Completion tracking On Wednesday 26 January 2022, UCEM’s Virtual Learning Environment was updated to Moodle 3.11 and prior to this update, a change to a…
Following an earlier post Investigating new assessment technologies, UCEM has taken the decision to trial the Inspera assessment platform. The trial will take the form…
What do I do with my badge? For those who are familiar with open badges, this is not an issue but there are many who are new to open badges and this post is to help them identify how they can improve their online profiles with these badges.
Automation has been a way of improving productivity by removing the need for a person to be in charge of repetitive activities. As soon as…
Have you been to a presentation where the presenter went on and on without really thinking of their audience? Have you been that presenter? Increasingly,…
Reflecting on my first experience of working on a UCEM Baseline+ module.