Week 1: 12 weeks of Moodle
Image generated with AI ∙ 10 July 2024 at 1:08 pm We’ve got about 12 weeks to the start of the 24/25 academic year. Over the next 12 weeks, we will share One Task, and One…
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The Moodle Activities Block
The Moodle Activities block lists the different activities and resources available in your course (Forums, Quizzes, Assignments, Lessons and so forth) and provides quick links to the index page for each activity or resource. It…
Include/update staff contact information
It is important to clearly display on your Moodle course the contact details of the person responsible for the module, to whom students can address their concerns or queries. How to add the contact details…
Your experiences of teaching in the Life Sciences- sharing best practice
Wonderful range of talks and some really fascinating discussions, especially enlightening around the adoption of AI in teaching. Thank you for your efforts in organising! What a friendly, but incredibly useful and insightful session this…
Increasing engagement in large biomolecular science cohorts – what works? Dr Suzanne Ruddy
Dr Suzanne Ruddy gives a presentation on creating a community of practice to raise awareness, discuss challenges and explore strategies for enhancing engagement in large biomolecular science cohorts. Dr Suzanne Ruddy Presentation slides Suzanne_-Ruddy_BioCOPP-presentation-March-2024-e9e1879b9946dd24
Interactive digital reflective practice and handover exercise for second year medical students during anatomy dissections – lessons learned. Dr Romain Perera
Reflective practice (RP) plays a crucial role in the professional development of medical students and adopting RP early in the curriculum is encouraged. We introduced a digital interactive RP and handover exercise for Year 2…
Inclusive Assessment in Cell Biology Informed by a Student-Staff Partnership – Dr Louise Cramer
Dr Louise Cramer Inclusive education and assessment are increasingly recognized as essential to equity in learning opportunity particularly for marginalised and under-represented student groups and is a strategic aim at UCL. Some resources are available…
Using Lt (Lab Tutor) in practical sessions – Dr Pam Houston
Dr Pam Houston Lt is an online learning platform with ready-to-use content for life sciences, chemistry, nursing, and medicine – https://www.adinstruments.com/lt#. Dr Pam Houston provides an example of how the Lt platform can be used…
Delivering an efficient and enjoyable interactive module using Microsoft OneNote’s “Class Notebook” feature – Dr Alex Agrotis
Dr Alex Agrotis Microsoft OneNote is a free app designed for digital note-taking. All UCL members have unlimited access to its “Class Notebook” feature, which streamlines shared and private spaces for individual and collaborative group…
The power of video-based assessment at UCL
Dr Nazif Alic, Division of Biosciences and Professor Samantha Rayner, Department of Information Studies share their approach to using video assessments . See the Digital assessment blog – The Power of Video-Based Assessment at UCL