Here is a summary of the new features arriving November 14… New Dashboard view allows you to customise which courses you can see – filter and sort based on a number of criteria Refresh of the “Massey” theme (used mainly by College of Sciences) Forum: New options for sorting discussions Forum: Can now send a private reply to student Forum: New feature to post inline with simplified menu Assignment: New online marking features – annotate a document… coming Semester 1 Assignment: Can now hide marker details Book: Staff can see hidden chapters For fuller description of the changes see the Friday Sessions discussion (30 min)...Read more
During the mid-year break Stream will be upgraded from Moodle 2.6 to Moodle 2.8. Highlights include • Easier to navigate gradebook (and other improvements) • Ability to subscribe to individual forum discussions • Less-clunky quiz...Read more
Semester 2 is over so let’s take a look at the stats for students: 21,173 students1 signed in and viewed 2,594 sites2, read 1,285,675 book pages, wrote 71,691 forum posts, uploaded 87,636 assignments, and answered 3,102,179 ...Read more
The full-time whistle has gone for Semester 1 so let’s take a look at the stats for students: 21,205 students1 signed in and viewed 2,436 sites2, read 1,469,931 book pages, wrote 90,824 forum posts, uploaded 92,879 assignments, and...Read more
In Stream, a Core study resource is a Book resource or PDF document that can be printed by a student using the “Request Print Copies” feature. To see which Books or PDFs will be printed just click the button on your site: This will...Read more
Another user-interface change coming as part of the June 26 upgrade is a “refresh” of the text editor: Current look: New look: By default the text editor will show a single toolbar: Clicking the first button… …shows...Read more
As mentioned in my last post Stream will be unavailable on Thursday 26th June between 7am and 9am while maintenance and a minor Moodle upgrade is performed. While most of the improvements are “under the hood” there are a few user interface...Read more
To ensure it is in tip-top shape for Semester 2 Stream will be unavailable on Thursday 26th June between 7am and 9am. During this time regular maintenance will occur as well as a minor Moodle upgrade (more details to follow about this)...Read more
It’s been a while since the last post to this site, but there has been a lot happening in Stream space with the latest changes providing enhanced functionality for students and staff and the starts of a new look and feel. We will be upgrading...Read more
Print material for S2 In preparation for the second semester three new blocks have been added to the Stream myCourses page. These blocks provide information to distance, internal and block mode students about how they can request printed material...Read more
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