Reflections on MoodleMoot UK and Ireland 2022 We were once again very proud sponsors of the UK and Ireland online MoodleMoot (#MootIEUK22) which took place on the 9th,10th and 11th of May. We were delighted to meet fellow learning professionals to learn about developments in the community and to… Read More »Reflections on MoodleMoot UK and Ireland 2022
Accessibility Maturity at Institution and Module Level with Alistair McNaught Translating accessibility into everyday language and practice is the key to culture change. In this session, Alistair McNaught introduced two education-focused models that help locate digital accessibility in holistic frameworks that are meaningful to all staff and reflect their different… Read More »Accessibility maturity at institution and module level with Alistair McNaught
SCULPT Accessibility Awareness Building with Helen Wilson SCULPT for Accessibility emerged from research that explored digital literacy and digital accessibility. This presentation will take you through the journey of how SCULPT was developed, embedded as part of their mandatory learning expectation for all new starters and existing staff, and their… Read More »SCULPT Accessibility Awareness Building with Helen Wilson
The Student Voice with DCU Students In this session, Mark Glynn was accompanied by a number of students from DCU who shared their insights and experiences with online learning. Mark posed three questions to the students: What were your challenges in using Moodle? How can lecturers do better? What did… Read More »The Student Voice with DCU Students
Writing Alt Text for Images with Huw Alexander In his presentation, ‘Enriching the Moodle environment with alt text and image descriptions’, textBOX’s Huw Alexander demonstrates the focus|LOCUS method for writing immersive image descriptions within VLEs. About the speaker Huw Alexander is the Managing Director of textBOX Digital. textBOX creates alt… Read More »Writing Alt Text for Images with Huw Alexander
Course Design Consistency with Mark Glynn During his session, Mark discussed the use of a UDL template for all courses on Moodle. His presentation highlighted the various features for the template, his experience rolling it out & how staff implemented it across the university. About the Speaker Mark currently leads… Read More »Course Design Consistency with Mark Glynn
Finding, Fixing and Future-Proofing your Moodle Courses Karen Holland and Gavin Henrick are co-founders of Brickfield Education Labs. In their session, they covered how to find, fix and future-proof Moodle courses and content using the Accessibility Toolkit. They also ran through the features of the Brickfield Accessibility Toolkit, and how… Read More »Finding, Fixing and Future-Proofing your Moodle Courses
Welcome with Sander Bangma As the host of Brickfield Education Lab’s first accessibility conference, Gavin welcomed all attendees and speakers in this session and then introduced Sander Bangma. Sander kicked off the event by highlighting Moodle’s approach to accessibility and the Moodle journey to achieving accessibility accreditation. About the speaker… Read More »Welcome with Sander Bangma
Accessibility for your LMS (Global Moodlemoot Reflection) This post is based on the blog post ‘Tips to make your LMS content accessible’, published by Moodle on January 12th, 2021. “We believe that accessibility is crucial; only a learning management system that supports learners with diverse needs can provide true quality… Read More »Accessibility for your LMS
Sponsoring MootIEUK20! This week we sponsored the 2020 UK & Ireland Moodlemoot, taking place online from Monday, September 28th to Wednesday, September 30th. We were disappointed not to be welcoming everyone to sunny Dublin, but adapted to the new hybrid-online event. We were delighted to attend the first online UK… Read More »Sponsoring MootIEUK20!