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  1. Provide an in-class expe­rience to your online class

    By Michelle D. Miller, Professor, Psychological Sciences at Northern Arizona University   Stacey M. Johnson, CFT Assistant Director,  Vanderbilt Edited for McNeese Faculty, Dr. Wendi Prater, Director of eLearning, McNee...
  2. Putting your course online in a hurry

    By Stacey M. Johnson, CFT Assistant Director,  Vanderbilt Edited for McNeese Faculty, Dr. Wendi Prater, Director of eLearning, McNeese State University Many courses at McNeese meet face-to-face or hybrid, however, if you need to a...
  3. Best Practices in Content Delivery in Moodle

    In a previous article, Organizing Your Course, we learned how to develop different types of structures for your courses and how to customize them so that they meet the needs of the university, students, and instructors. Now we are ready to look at ...
  4. Import Items into the Another Course (Target Course) in Moodle

    Open the course you wish to import item(s) into. Select gear icon from the course banner, then select "Import". The Find a course to import data from page will open and the page will list up to 10 courses available for you to copy. If...
  5. Proctored Exams and Tests in Moodle

    McNeese has subscriptions for SmarterProctoring, Respondus, and ProctorU. In addition some faculty and staff  members self-proctor exams for students.  Below are article to assist with each type of service. Start with Moodle settings if ...
  6. Moving Courses Online Fast

    Need to move your course online as soon as possible? Here are some resources to accelerate teaching and learning to meet today’s challenges.  eLearning has compiled a   collection of resources, advice guides, and opinion pieces on o...
  7. Planning Your Course in Moodle

    To assist faculty members with designing their new course quickly, the eLearning Department has Moodle Course Shell Templates available for faculty members to use that incorporates many of the design principles discussed in this series of articles. ...
  8. Web Conference, Virtual Meeting, Virtual Classroom Resources

    Supported Resources Microsoft Teams and BigBlueButton are a video-conferencing platforms that McNeese supports.  Both services allow you to engage in live Web conversations with your students using audio, video, and text-based chat feature...
  9. Moodle Course Visibility / Hidden

    When your Moodle courses are first created, they are not visible to your students. Once you are ready, here's how you make them visible: Go to your course homepage/dashboard.  From the Course, select the gear icon in the Banner, then sel...
  10. RedShelf Resources and Textbooks

    RedShelf was founded on the belief that digital content can make an enormous impact on affordability, access and outcomes in higher education.  Red Shelf  is a platform that reduces the cost of course material for our students.  When ...