Announcements
Flexibility: One Reason Charles Harding Chose NC State Online
Charles Harding, recent graduate, chose NC State Online to achieve a Graduate Certificate in Applied Statistics and Data Management. The program provided the flexibility Harding needed to balance his career goals and his life responsibilities.
The Gregg Uses DELTA Grant to Create 3D Models and Scans
Using a DELTA Grant, the Gregg Museum collaborated with the NC State College of Design to capture enhanced images of several of its textiles using photogrammetry and digital 3D models.
Using IntelliBoard Reports to Gather Student Moodle Data
A new analytics tool is now available for instructors in Moodle! IntelliBoard — a data visualization tool that displays reports of student Moodle data — provides additional insight into your Moodle course, including how your students are progressing.
Teaching Tech Tips: Stealth Activities in Moodle
Have you ever wanted to link to a Moodle activity like a quiz or feedback survey from within a Page, NC State Book, or another resource? Reduce the scroll and connect content to activities with Stealth Activities!
Accessibility Tip: Literacy Support for Deaf Learners
Did you know many deaf individuals consider American Sign Language (ASL) to be their first/primary language? They often face many of the same challenges as any other English language learner. While captioning is a common solution, sometimes it is at a higher reading level than the average Deaf student is comfortable reading.
DELTA Team Members Attend Global Conference
Members of the DELTA team attend the Global Moodle Moot conference in Barcelona, Spain and have four proposals about NC State’s migration to Moodle 4.0 accepted. They share their thoughts about the interesting presentations and workshops.
WPWS The Future of Food Offered During Winter Break
The Future of Food, this year’s iteration of Wicked Problems, Wolfpack Solutions will be offered over winter break for all incoming first-year, transfer and Spring Connect students. It focuses on the complex and interwoven global problems while introducing students to Moodle and connecting them with the NC State community.
DELTA Grant Used to Create Spanish Dialect App
How do you help students discern multiple dialects when learning a new language? Lecturer Inma Navarro, with the NC State Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, received a DELTA Grant to develop a better way for students to hear native speakers from different regions.
Engage Students Socially in Course Texts with Perusall
If you wish you could increase student engagement with your course content in a social, user-friendly fashion, check out the Perusall tool! Students can post social/collaborative annotations to a wide range of content from articles and documents to videos and podcasts. It is now available in Moodle.
Top Five Reasons to Embrace Moodle 4.0
DELTA Faculty Fellows Bevin Maultsby, Ph.D., and Carrol Warren, Ed.D, share their reflections about NC State’s recent upgrade to Moodle 4.0. You can read about their favorite new features and how they use them in their course designs. And, DELTA continues to offer support through their workshop offerings.