🌷 Spring 2023: Courses, Instructor Enrollments +Updates

🌷 Spring 2023: Courses, Instructor Enrollments +Updates

by Josh Manders -
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Instructors,

Spring 2023 courses are now available to you in Moodle.

There are ~110 courses that are unassigned (assigned to "STAFF") along with sections yet to be built. If you don’t see your section listed, check the class schedule to ensure your department administrator has added you as the instructor of record.

➡️ To help you close out a previous course or to open an upcoming course you can follow our recommended Moodle course Start of Term and End of Term procedures.

Reminder: You will either need to click on the "Hidden Courses" link or search for your class using the CRN# to locate your hidden courses. Student enrollments will be added one week prior to the beginning of the term (Monday, March 27th, 2023).

-Josh
LMS Admin

📋 McGraw Hill / Connect publisher "Block" at End of Life (EOL)

McGraw Hill has upgraded their Moodle integration and setup process using a new standard called "LTI Advantage" (LTI v1.3). The new integration simplifies the course pairing process. The old "block" integration is no longer supported, and will be disabled before the 2023 summer term begins (June 21st, 2023). 

📋 Reminder: OpenForums at End of Life (EOL)

Instructors who use OpenForums will have received several personalized email messages with information and instructions. Beginning Spring 2023 term, the ability to post/edit/modify/create OpenForum activities type will be removed. OpenForums can still be referenced in "view-only" mode within completed course and they can be imported as "temporary placeholders" within new courses.

⭐ H5P Users Will See Additional Changes with Scheduled Summer M4.1 update

For the last several years, our institution has been utilizing a community managed plugin (black h5p icon) that allows us to generate and utilize interactive content and elements inside courses. In conjunction with the Moodle 4 upgrade, we'll be migrating to a plugin specifically created and supported by MoodleHQ (native). The migration will be automatic. If you are a user of H5P, check out this H5P in Moodle video to see how the changes might impact your workflow.

Teaching Multiple Course Sections? Wish You Could Merge Them Into A Single Moodle Course?
You can!! For those new to Metacourses: a Metacourse allows you to combine enrollments from multiple course sections into a single Moodle shell — reducing the need to duplicate resources, activities, etc. when you are teaching multiple sections or course sharing between multiple instructors. 

Submit a meta course request (online google form) or email the ATC (atc@lanecc.edu) before the term begins.

🎓 Moodle 4.1 Still on Target for Summer 2023 Term | July 13-15th, 2023

On July 13, 2023 the College Learning Management Software (LMS), Moodle, will undergo a major and mandatory upgrade from Moodle 3 to Moodle 4. The Academic Technology team and IT department will work with the vendor to make the necessary technology transition on July 13, 14, and 15, 2023. This constitutes a planned three-day Moodle outage that will impact students and summer classes during Week 3 of Summer term.

📅  Academic Technology Center (ATC) Support Hours Monday-Friday 9am-4pm
The ATC is open to in-person assistance. We are located in Center 208, down the hall from J&J Coffee Shop.

  • Email: atc@lanecc.edu | Phone: 541-463-3377
  • Join Live Online Help (via Zoom): ATC Virtual Support (10am-2pm)
    Or join Virtual Support by Phone:
    Dial: +1 346-248-7799 and Enter Meeting ID: 934 628 325

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