Tag: Tips

  • Transferring old Moodle courses

    As the Spring semester approaches, I have been transferring some of my Moodle course materials from previous semesters into the courses that I will be teaching this semester.  This is pretty easy to do, but I always forget to make sure the format of my current course matches the format of my old course before…

  • Saving local copies of web videos

    The number of short videos posted online relevant to class discussions continues to increase.  Ideally you would stream these videos from the source website*; however, occasionally streaming problems arise (e.g., jumpy playback or slow buffering times).  That’s where services like Vixy and KeepVid can come in handy.  They allow you to save a local copy…

  • Upload multiple files to Moodle

    Getting ready for classes and thinking about uploading a lot of pdf articles to your Moodle course page?  Be sure to watch this video which demonstrates how to combine multiple files into one compressed file before uploading them to Moodle…it will save you a lot of clicking. For Mac users: After you select all the…