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Tips on Navigating Your Moodle Dashboard

ASB-020 Ramapo College

This workshop will help teachers customize their Moodle Dashboard page. Learn how to rearrange courses, add and remove blocks, and the links to classes and activities. Pedagogy Connection: Moodle is Ramapo’s Learning Management System. This workshop guides instructors on how to use Moodle as a tool for delivering and managing assignments, facilitating group work, and enhancing […]

Upload and Share Files Using Google Drive

ASB-020 Ramapo College

In this workshop, you will learn useful features of uploading files to Google Drive, where files are stored in “the cloud.” Google Drive allows you to upload and store files in their original format, or convert them to Google Docs format, to edit. Learn how to share files and folders with others at Ramapo, or keep […]

Best Practices for Hybrid Teaching

ASB-020 Ramapo College

This workshop presents best practices from research and faculty experience for teaching hybrid courses. Topics include flipping the classroom, course management, student engagement and participation, projects and research, and assessment. Many of these concepts are also applicable to online and classroom-based courses. Pedagogy Connection: The development of tools and strategies for simultaneously maximizing student engagement […]

Capture and Share Your Lectures with TechSmith Relay

ASB-020 Ramapo College

This session will introduce you to the capabilities of TechSmith Relay to record lectures and presentations that can be shared with students. Capture everything that you can display on a computer screen, including PowerPoint presentations, and interactions with software or web sites. Along with the video from the computer screen, record your voice and other […]

Create a Turnitin Assignment in Moodle

ASB-020 Ramapo College

Turnitin is an excellent resource for combating plagiarism. It is also thoroughly compatible with the updated Moodle 2.9. This workshop will guide users on how to establish Turnitin assignments within […]

Introduction to Distance Learning Through Adobe Connect

ASB-020 Ramapo College

This session will assist you in getting started using Adobe® Connect™ for web conferencing, web meetings, eLearning, and webinars. It will provide a brief overview and demonstration of how Connect […]

Gmail Tips and Tricks

ASB-020 Ramapo College

This workshop is targeted to faculty and staff using the gmail web interface, and will focus on tips and tricks that will increase your productivity for managing your gmail. Topics include customizing the setup of your inbox, receiving desktop notifications, advanced search features, creating filters to automatically label and/or move mail, keyboard shortcuts for quick […]

Moodle Gradebook

ASB-020 Ramapo College

Learn the basics of setting up a gradebook in Moodle. The Moodle gradebook facilitates record keeping and grade calculation and allows for more efficient grading feedback to students. Pedagogy Connection: Moodle is Ramapo’s Learning Management System. This workshop guides instructors on how to use Moodle Gradebook as a tool for delivering and managing grades, keeping track […]

Up and Running with Gmail

ASB-020 Ramapo College

Learn how to get up and running quickly with Gmail, Ramapo’s new webmail replacement, so you can manage your mail more efficiently. This workshop will cover the basic features of Gmail such as managing and organizing mail, viewing conversation threads, attachments, setting up signatures, and vacation auto reply messages. Open to faculty and staff. Presenter: Trish […]

Get Started with Moodle

ASB-020 Ramapo College

Learn the basics of using Moodle 2.9  for your course, such as uploading files, adding web site links, and adding some simple text to your course page. Basic course settings will also be discussed. This course is recommended for instructors looking to transition to Moodle from My Ramapo/Luminis, or anyone new to Moodle. Pedagogy Connection: Moodle […]

Up and Running with Gmail

ASB-020 Ramapo College

Learn how to get up and running quickly with Gmail, Ramapo’s new webmail replacement, so you can manage your mail more efficiently. This workshop will cover the basic features of Gmail such as managing and organizing mail, viewing conversation threads, attachments, setting up signatures, and vacation auto reply messages Open to faculty and staff. Presenter: Trish Williams […]