Upgrade On Thursday 6th August we completed the latest Learning Space upgrade to v3.8.4 of Moodle. The new version makes some improvements to the appearance of Forums, and adds the ability to mark Forums. New Group choice Plugin Following requests from academic staff, we have added an activity plugin which allows students to self-select themselves into groups. Grouping students has a range of applications, from filtering content to splitting teaching groups for multiple academics. This activity can be added to any page which already contains groups. Please remember to add groups to your module ..read more

Upgrade We have upgraded Learning Space to version 3.7.3 of Moodle. There are some improvements to Forums including private replies and the ability to lock discussions, but no major new features. Adding staff to module areas: a change in process The process for adding staff to any module or course area now needs to be performed by Educational Technology. Should you or a member of the staff team wish to have staff access to an area you need to get in touch using the email address etsupport@falmouth.ac.uk. Previously staff were able to add staff to areas themselves and this update means a chang ..read more

The Electronic Management of Assessment project ran an informative pilot in Study Block 2 of last year with a small pilot over Study Block 3. The outcomes were not as conclusive as we would have hoped so we are running a larger, but more focused pilot over the 19/20 academic year.  The focus is concerned with the constructive alignment between the learning outcomes and assessment criteria., but with a larger set of tools to work with. The Assignment tool within Learning Space gives the option of including a rubric however through the pilot in SB2 we found that it is not fit for Falmouth’s pur ..read more

The new Learning Space plugin, My Feedback (going live in Sept) will give students and staff a new way to access feedback and assessments (respectively from Turnitin and Assignment). Students and staff will be able to get an overview of assessments on all their modules with direct access to each assessment from one screen. This will cut out clicks that mean having to navigate through each module page first. The My Feedback plugin will also give staff an overview of the number of online submissions to an assessment, the number of non-submissions, and the number of late submissions. It can also ..read more

This study block sees the first phase of the Electronic Management of Assessment (EMA) project having been kicked off. The Educational Technology Team are working closely with Quality Assurance and Enhancement (QAE) and SPA, this phase of the project focuses on improving clarity of grading and summative assessment feedback.   It was clearly highlighted in the last NSS that students have significant challenges in terms of understanding marking criteria, and from that the fairness of marking.  Over 600 responses on the ROS (reps online system) suggested that this area is not working as well as i ..read more

Overview This case study looks at one way in which guest lectures are being preserved by Steve Braund, course coordinator for MA Illustration: Authorial Practice. By using tools available to all members of staff, Steve, working with the Educational Technology team, is able to offer students 24-hour access to valuable course materials from experts in the world of illustration. The Absurd Event: Approaches to Absurdity in Illustration, 2012 Bringing Experts Together Steve and his colleagues have organised the MA Illustration: Authorial Practice annual Illustration Forum since 2003. The event bri ..read more

Overview This case study exhibits an innovate flipped classroom approach used by Lucy Cokes, Senior Lecturer for BA(Hons) Creative Advertising as part of a final year module. A flipped classroom reverses the traditional teaching structure by asking students to learn material outside of the classroom in exchange for more meaningful face-to-face activities. Through careful planning and maximising the potential of features available in Learning Space, students found the new approach to be an engaging way to learn. Flipping the Class Lucy’s flipped approach focused on teaching students the laws an ..read more