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Practicing effective communication skills is beneficial for you and your students. Keep these tips in mind! Used with permission from Revolution Learning and Development: 7 Cs of Effective Communication. View the Infographic Description and Transcript for 7Cs ...

Summary In Moodle forums, In Moodle, instructors can grade forum participation in two main ways: Whole Forum Grading or Ratings. Whole Forum Grading allows instructors to assign a single grade for a student's entire forum activity (all posts and replies), whe...

Make a copy of this Online Teaching Effectiveness Checklist for your own use. 1. Clear Course Design Use a consistent structure: Organize your course in weekly modules with a predictable format (e.g., overview → content → activities → assessments). ...

Grades Students can find their grades in Moodle by navigating to the "Grades" link in the user menu (top-right corner) for an overview of all courses, or by selecting the "Grades" link within specific course navigation menus. This user report provides a det...

Icebreakers for online discussion forums in higher education can foster community and engagement. Examples Classics Two Truths and a Lie students share three facts about themselves, two true and one false. The class guesses the lie.  Show and Tell stud...

Use this Moodle Quick Basics Presentation to meet the items on the startup checklist!

Goal This is used to indicate what the goal or intended purpose of this feature is.  Steps Step 1 Step 1a Step 1b Step 2 Step 2a Step 2b Step 3 Step 3a Step 3b Automatic Notifications Are there Automatic Notifications happeni...

Goal Advising notes are a way for faculty and staff to document interactions with a student. This allows users to see what a student has discussed with other faculty and staff and make sure we are sharing consistent information when working with students. Add...

Goal Alerts help identify students who may be in need of additional resources or support. Identifying these students early will help to address issues before they become bigger or more complicated to increase student retention and success.  Steps From the...

Goal The My Advisees view in the Faculty & Advising Portal allows an academic advisor to monitor all of their direct advisees from one view. It also also quick access to a list of all advisees with active alerts. Steps After logging into Slate, click on t...

Goal The My Advising Circle view in the Faculty & Advising Portal allows a user to monitor all of the participants in a program or group that they oversee from one view. It also also quick access to a list of all group members with active alerts. Steps Af...

Goal The My Class Roster view in the Faculty & Advising Portal allows a user to see a list of students in the class(es) they instruct along with information about each student. Steps After logging into Slate, click on the My Advising Portal link  Select ...

As of Fall 2025, all classroom computers are running Windows 11. With the addition of Windows 11, Microsoft has updated the way you'd sign in to OneNote to sync your OneDrive files from computer to computer. Let's walk through on how you can properly sync your...

The Science Center Lecture Wing, consisting of rooms 160, 162, 360, and 362 were renovated during the Summer of 2025.  The renovations including major Audio-Visual (AV) systems upgrades in these spaces. Overview Displays All four rooms have one instructor f...

Goal This explains how you would activate or deactivate a tutor.  Steps To activate or deactivate a tutor, start by searching for the student in Slate for Current Students.  Click the Tutoring Tab Click the "Edit" icon in the top right -or- Scroll to t...

Goal This shows how you would approve a tutors bio after they submitted for the first time, or edited it. Note: Administratively, you can also set the Bio on the students behalf by following the same steps to approve, but you type the bio in yourself.  Steps...

Goal Goal Steps Steps Automatic Notifications Automatic Notifications Automation Notes Automation Notes

Goal Goal Steps Steps Automatic Notifications Automatic Notifications Automation Notes Automation Notes