As announced in our April post, the UCSF Collaborative Learning Environment (CLE) is getting an update. The CLE (powered by Moodle) will be upgraded from version 2.7 to 3.2 on July 1, 2017 and will be unavailable from 6:00 AM – 5:00 PM to complete the upgrade.

This upgrade will introduce new features for a number of activities and improvements to the overall user experience. These changes will benefit faculty, students, and staff. We put together a handout that highlights some of the most notable new features. Please have a look and reach out to us if you have any questions. Continue reading →

Did you know that the Tech Commons has applications and resources available to help you create a variety of digital media projects?

With so many tech tools at your disposal, it can be confusing which application to use. In this post, we’ll give you an overview of our most popular applications and how you can use them for your digital media projects.

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Incorporating peer assessment into your curriculum is an effective method for getting students involved in the teaching and learning process. The CLE provides a tool for that very purpose, called the Workshop activity. It doesn’t meet everyone’s needs, however. For one thing, the set up process is complex and it is difficult to maintain. Also, the grading process is challenging to understand, because students are graded on their ability to accurately assess others, instead of allowing students to actually assign grades directly to their peers.

If you are daring enough to allow students to directly grade their peers, we have an alternative idea for you; using the Forum activity and its built-in ratings feature. This method does require some planning, but it works!

Here is an outline of the general set up process. Please contact us for help, or attend a Tech Clinic for step-by-step help with this method: Continue reading →