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Moodle – Unenrolling a Student from your Course
* NOTE FOR STUDENTS: This is NOT the process for dropping one of your classes. That must be done through the Registrar’s Office. This process is simply unenrolling you and removing you from a class roster in Moodle. Ever wanted to remove students from your class roster on Moodle? The Assign roles link, which can [...]
Need Copyright-Friendly Photos?
Ever wanted to utilize pictures to enrich a lesson, but were unsure of copyright issues? Pics4Learning is a safe, free image library designed for education. Teachers and students can use the copyright-friendly photos and images for classrooms, multimedia projects, web sites, videos, portfolios, or any other project in an educational setting. Photographers from around the [...]
Firefox Tip: Deleting 1 item from History
Have you ever wanted to delete one item from your Firefox browsing history? Maybe that misspelled site that you keep visiting when you type a URL with a similar name because you type too quickly? Gogle instead of Google? It happens. To delete this one item from your history, follow these 3 steps: 1) Start [...]
Moodle’s new look!
We’ve incorporated Gustavus’s wordmark and developed a cleaner interface. Take a peak at Moodle’s new look!
Campus Technology Virtual Conference
Instructional Services will be hosting a live, virtual conference sponsored by Campus Technology. The virtual conference will be held Thursday, November 18th from 10:00am to 5:00pm in the Olin Technology Classroom. The conference is free and open to the campus community. There will be five sessions throughout the day, including “New IT Strategies for a [...]
Mass Actions
Over the summer, the Moodle server was upgraded to the newest version and some new modules were. One of the new modules installed is called “Mass Actions.” Mass Actions allows you to select multiple resources (by clicking a checkbox) and then applying a mass action to the items selected. This is incredibly helpful if you [...]
Webinar: Video Conferencing in Higher Ed
Are you interested in discussing how you can enhance your curriculum, extend your reach, and incorporate field experts in your classroom using the video conferencing technologies on campus? Please join us on Wednesday, March 10th at 1pm, in the Olin Technology Classroom for a webinar - Video Conferencing in Higher Education: Enhance Curriculums, Extend Reach, & [...]
Converting PDF to Text
Ever wanted to take a pdf file and edit it? Well, you can use a Macintosh utility program, called the Automator, to easily create a conversion application that will take pdf files and convert them into plain or rich text. To create your conversion application follow these steps: Open up Automator (located in your Applications [...]
New from Instructional Services: Mini Instructional Videos!
Because we know how valuable it can be to have someone talk you through a process, such as uploading a resource to Moodle or setting up a PowerPoint to use Clickers, we are introducing video podcasts to assist you. These podcasts can be viewed anytime, anywhere, giving you the flexibility to learn on your schedule, [...]
Fall ’08 Moodle Courses Now Available
The Gustavus Moodle Server has been populated with all the current courses scheduled for Fall Semester 2008 for those faculty members who would like to transfer course materials from last year or set up a new course in preparation for the start of school in the Fall. For information on transferring materials from one course to [...]