Student (Mis)using AI

Message from an Instructor:

Student assures me (they) only use AI to help (them) with (their) English because it’s (their) second language. A few weeks later there is an assignment that asks the question “What was your favorite make-believe game when you were a child?”

Here’s the actual answer (the student) turned in:

“Since I don't have personal experiences like humans do, I don't have a favorite make-believe game from childhood. However, if I were to imagine a make-believe game that suits my personality, it would probably involve exploring vast digital landscapes and solving puzzles to uncover hidden data treasures.”

Pretty sure (they're) using it for more than cleaning up (their) use of the English language…. At least I have a better idea about what computers dream of doing in their spare time.

AI Copyrightability

 The United States Copyright Office has issued a significant regulatory determination regarding the copyrightability of works that combine human and artificial intelligence inputs. According to their ruling, copyright protection may be extended to such hybrid works when there is substantial human involvement in the form of modification, augmentation, or deliberate selection of elements. The mere composition of prompts for AI systems, however, generally fails to meet the threshold for copyright protection. While the Office emphasizes that determinations will be made on an individualized basis, their guidance provides a cogent and comprehensive framework for evaluating these cases.

​See more here.

Linked Vs. Embedded YouTube Videos in Moodle

I received a question from an instructor:

"I'm having an issue where, when I just want to hyperlink some text so that clicking on it takes you to an external YouTube link, Moodle automatically turns it into a video embed. That might be nice in some cases, but it doesn't work very well on a page where we are listing out a ton of resources. Is there a way to disable that "show the video" feature (in certain instances) and just hyperlink the text?"

Here is my reply:

Here is probably the easiest HTML hack I know of:

Here is the URL to a YouTube video you want to place as a URL resource in your Moodle course:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kNTbCxcPEA

Insert a "no embed" flag between "watch?" and "v=", like so:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?embed=no&v=8kNTbCxcPEA

This will force Moodle to show the linked video on a YouTube page, rather than embedding it in your course.

Accessible Roadrunner June 2024 - Moodle

Enjoy this month's issue of the Accessible Roadrunner. The topic is Moodle!

Moodle Assignment Default Settings Tour

 Take a tour of all of the most useful settings of the Moodle Assignment Activity, with a few added-value tidbits added along the way.

Moodle Attendance Activity Settings Tour

The Moodle attendance activity module enables an instructor to take attendance during class and students to view their own attendance record. The instructor can create multiple sessions and mark the attendance statuses as "present," "absent," "late," or "excused," or modify, and and/or delete the statuses to suit their needs. Reports are available for the entire class or individual students.

Moodle Course Calendar - Google Calendar

Do you recognize and appreciate the value in using a calendar that includes things you want to do, along with thing you need to do, all in one view? It makes it easier to avoid double booking. Here is how to make a Google Calendar version of your Moodle course(s) calendar, in a simple, step-by-step process.

Using Panopto In Moodle (for Students)

At the request of a few instructors who want to assign their students to produce a brief self-introduction and/or demonstration videos as assignment submissions, forum posts, etc. Here is a screencast video directed toward students for you to include in your Moodle course.

Watch it here:

Time Delay on Moodle Quiz 2nd Attempt

I posed a question to Colleen Sanders, Open Educational Resources & Course Materials Affordability Faculty:

I received a question about how to implement an automated delay in a second attempt in a Moodle quiz for a student who didn't score above a pre-determined threshold on their first attempt. Do you see any pedagogical value in making a student who fails a quiz attempt wait a certain amount of time before reattempting?

Colleen's reply:

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It depends on the type of class and how the instructor is teaching it. Is it forced choice or short answer, for example, and is it an online class or hybrid/F2F? When I see faculty do this, it's often with the hope that the student will study the material in between to learn from their mistakes. Some faculty do this to prevent students from trying to quickly memorize the quiz feedback and re-take it with the right answers in their short term memory. But there's no guarantee that happens in between unless the faculty member has some sort of follow-up assignment for students who score below a certain grade that would be a valid measure of new learning. And it can also turn into an equity issue if students now have to re-work their schedules to come back to a quiz in a set time. So, yeah, it depends, and just checking the box to make them wait doesn't guarantee better learning. A follow-up assignment where students demonstrate they learned from their mistakes would be a more valid assessment that they learned from those mistakes.

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Thanks, Colleen!

Changing Your Moodle Course Grade Expression

By default, Moodle displays grades in the gradebook in points. Here is how you can have the grades expressed in different ways.

The Proper Moodle Mobile App for LBCC

We have sensed some student confusion on which Moodle mobile app to use. The regular, official Moodle Mobile app is not compatible with LBCC Moodle, but that's not a bad thing, because the app that does work has more features! Here is the app you DO NOT want:

… and here is the app you DO want:

If you would like some clear instructions for your students, here you go:

1. Click to get the Open LMS mobile app or scanning the QR code below.

2. Launch the app and enter this URL (one time only) into the app text field: moodle.linnbenton.edu

3. Use your login credentials to sign in to the LBCC Single Sign-On (SSO) portal.

Introducing The Accessible Roadrunner

Dionna Camp, Accessible Technology Specialist in Accessibility Resources will be sending out monthly newsletters that will contain information on how to create accessible documents, videos, activities, and more.

Each month, we encourage you to institute the discussed accessibility aspects in your course materials. You are also welcome to submit materials for an accessibility audit. You can find details on how to submit materials in our first ever edition of Accessible Roadrunner - October 2023. 

In addition, Dionna will have drop-in times available for folks who would like to discuss aspects of accessibility within their own materials and disciplines. Check out Drop-In with Dionna - October 2023 for available drop-in times.

Moodle Announcements Forum Duplication

New Moodle courses have an Announcements forum pre-loaded, and thus, care must be taken when importing content so as to not duplicate this forum because having more than one will break the emailing processes.

Read more here.

Also check out our new eLearning Support site (bookmark it!), where you will find all kind of great support info and resources, including most of our help guides. We are adding great stuff to the site, so stay tuned!