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ProMonitor Special, Digital Innovation Roundtable 2019

16.05.2019 by Carol Walton

The E-learning Team were excited to host the ProMonitor Special Digital Innovation Roundtable event on Wednesday 15th at Croydon College, facilitated by Julian Bream

Moodle Moot 2017 Day 3

12.04.2017 by Andrew Checkley

After a fascinating day 2 at Moodle Moot, I prepared for another fantastic day and planned my timetable to ensure I could make the most of the event. My timetable included the following presentations:

Moodle Moot 2017 Day 2

11.04.2017 by Andrew Checkley

Today, I have attended my first Moodle Moot in London. It’s been an interesting day where I've met lots of fantastic people and attended lots of great presentations. In this blog post, I will detail information I found useful in relation to my own projects at Croydon College/UCC.

Letters Generated by Moodle

10.04.2017 by Andrew Checkley

The Moodle database is a very powerful tool and can be repurposed for use in a variety of different ways. The database activity allows a Moodle Administrator to build a highly customisable data capture form which can be combined with data from other IT systems to produce a letter.

Graphical Organiser in Moodle 3

13.03.2017 by Andrew Checkley

Following feedback from students and staff, I have written a new feature for our Moodle. This takes the form of a graphical organiser to help students see coursework deadlines, College events, meetings and more, at the touch of a button, wherever they are in Moodle.

Bootstrap, Less Files and Interactive White Boards

6.03.2017 by Andrew Checkley

As part of our Moodle refresh for the next academic year (2017/18), I've written a new Moodle theme to incorporate suggestions from students and staff at Croydon College. The new theme looks great and I'm really looking forward to releasing this next year. Part of the refresh includes amalgamating our current three themes (Moodle, Intranet and Mobile) into one powerful Bootstrap design.

Learning Technologies Conference 2017

2.02.2017 by Andrew Checkley

Sonia and I visited the Learning Technologies Conference at Olympia in London. I've been impressed by the sheer number of free presentations held at the Learning Technologies Conference and I found it wise to plan my day in advance.

BETT Show 2017

26.01.2017 by Andrew Checkley

Earlier on today, I visited the BETT show at the Excel Centre in London. It's really great to see the new types of technologies out there and ask questions about software we have in the College or are keen to purchase. As a result, I met up with the Turnitin team and Planet eStream.

ProMonitor Plugin for Moodle

9.01.2017 by Andrew Checkley

I've recently written a plugin for Moodle which enables Moodle's Gradebook to synchronise with ProMonitor's Markbook. This has been a challenging project but I've been fortunate to work with the Learner Progress Systems Manager, MIS and Network Manager (as part of a working group) to write a portable solution that meets everyone's need.

E-Learning Round Table Presentation, December 2016

16.12.2016 by Andrew Checkley

It's been my pleasure to present at the E-Learning Round Table held at the City of Westminster College, on the topic of integrating data with Moodle. During the course of the presentation, I looked at plugins already built into Moodle and the ProMonitor plugin synchronisation I have written for Moodle.