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Ellen Lessner

Mark Breedon

Beckie Dunsby

Nik Thomson

Victoria Baxter

Sarah King

November 2011

Tips for busy teachers

**Use ‘display a directory’ (Moodle name for

folder) instead of uploading individual

documents.

**Use tables to display contents or lists of

files to keep your page clear and uncluttered.

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**Access Moodle from any internet computer:

http://eilp.abingdon-witney.ac.uk. Don’t ac-

cess Moodle from the remote access login.

NOTE: Moodle does not work well in the following

browsers: Safari, Google Chrome. Please advise

your students to use Firefox (free) or Internet

Explorer when accessing Moodle and the PDP.

If your mailbox in Outlook gets too full, you

need to delete your unwanted mail. You must

also empty the Delete box.

Tell your students what you will do if the

college is closed. Remember to:

** Keep your Moodle course up to date.

Remind/ask students about:

** Remote access to documents

**Remote access to Moodle

** Find out how many of your students are on

Skype or learn about the college video confer-

encing desktop software. Webcams are often

installed on laptops or can be bought for less

than £10.

Ask an e-Learning advisor for help.

Our Bb license expires at the

end of this year. PLEASE

make sure that you copy any

documents or websites from

Bb to your own area or a

memory stick. Once it’s gone, it is GONE.

*Save documents and PowerPoint handouts in

PDF format. It saves file size and can then be

opened by any type of computer or

Smartphone. In Office 2007 and 2010, click

‘Save as’ and choose PDF.

The Google calendar on RITA (intranet) is up to

date with e-Learning Advisors available time

and campus location.

*An on-line board for post-it notes where students

add notes, photos and weblinks (similar to

Wallwisher) : Lino it

*Shorten website addresses for documents in 2

clicks: MBCurl.com

*Comic strip makers (free): http://lsurl.me/26K

*Free quiz maker and useful IT website:

http://www.teach-ict.com/

*Alternative to PowerPoint: Prezi.com

Outlook-Housekeeping

The end of Blackboard at AWC is

NIGH

Are you

ready for

Snow?

Flu?

Illness?

Last year the

college closed

for 3 days.

Will you

be ready

this year?

Moodle

Skype

Video conference

Audio

E-learning for assessment

Microsoft Photo Story 3 : Students use photos to show what they know. Photos become a video

Microsoft Movie Maker: Students use video to create an assignment or presentation

TurningPoint voting system: Students devise their own quiz using PowerPoint to peer-assess

Tips

Useful tip

Are you ready? Wonderful Websites