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Zoom is a video conferencing platform that facilitates synchronous group work. Students can engage in live discussions, share screens for presentations, and utilize breakout rooms for smaller team collaboration.

• Add a Zoom Meeting to Moodle Course (, )
• Screen Sharing via Zoom (, )
• How to Record a Lecture on Zoom (, )

Panopto is an excellent choice for creating your own content, including but not limited to capturing live lectures, recording narrated PowerPoint and Google Slide presentations, and developing interactive course materials. Panopto empowers users to capture, edit, and share their expertise seamlessly. Whether delivering in-depth lectures, narrating PowerPoint presentations, or creating interactive content as part of a collaborative project, Panopto provides a user-friendly platform to enhance learning.

• Introduction to Panopto (, )
• Add Panopto Block to Your Moodle Course (, )

Panopto makes it easy to create and share video content using your computer. Panopto can record any combination of your computer screen, webcam, and microphone. When you’re done recording you can easily share the video and you can also reuse content in multiple courses and semesters.

Panopto is an excellent choice for creating your own content; or faculty can use VoiceThread to record a narrated PowerPoint Presentation.

Once your Panopto video has been made, you can share it on your Moodle course via the following methods:

• Embed videos within Moodle Pages
• Link Panopto folders directly to Moodle courses with a Panopto block
• Share the direct link to a Panopto recording within Moodle forums and announcements Other activities

How to Share a Panopto Video to a Moodle Course (, )
Create a Panopto Assignment Link in Moodle (, )

Creating a Voice Narrated PPT for Moodle

If you would still prefer to use PowerPoint’s embedded recording feature, you can follow .

VoiceThread is an interactive, multimedia discussion platform that enables asynchronous collaboration. Students can share presentations, documents, images, and videos, or build online presentations using these media, and provide audio or text comments for discussion.

The instructor may assign a VoiceThread activity as part of their course practice activities and graded assignments; or faculty can use VoiceThread to record a narrated PowerPoint Presentation.

Have students participate in interactive discussions using VoiceThread. You can create a prompt related to the course material, and students can respond with audio or video comments. Encourage them to engage with each other’s responses, fostering a dynamic and collaborative learning environment.

• Add a Voicethread Activity to Moodle (, )
• Create an Individual VoiceThread (,)

Google Workspace

Google Docs allows users to create and edit documents online while collaborating with other users in real time. Edits are tracked by the user making the edit, with a revision history that keeps track of all changes that are made. An editor’s position is highlighted with an editor-specific color and cursor, and a permissions system regulates what users can do.

Google Docs is a great way to provide information to students in Moodle. Any edits made on the document will be reflected on Moodle without needing the document to be updated. This means one document, such as a syllabus, can be uploaded to Moodle, with subsequent changes being made outside of Moodle.

What You Can Do With Docs

Collaborate on Work Synchronously

Both faculty and students can utilize Google Docs to engage in collaborative work, whether synchronously or asynchronously. Through synchronous collaboration, instructors may have students participate in live discussions and edit shared documents in real-time. This approach supports instant feedback and encourages collaborative brainstorming.

Google Docs for Asynchronous Communication

Google Docs also provides a platform for asynchronous communication. Faculty and students can contribute to shared documents at their own pace, allowing for flexibility in work schedules and accommodating different time zones. To stay up-to-date on changes made within a document, the comment feature can be utilized amongst collaborators.

Learning Activities for Google Docs

A few examples of how instructors might choose to use Google Docs include…

Peer Review and Editing Workshops

Google Docs’ commenting and suggesting features make it ideal for facilitating peer review sessions. Faculty can assign students to review and provide feedback on each other’s work, fostering a collaborative learning environment and improving overall writing and analytical skills.

Shared Lecture Notes and Resources

Google Docs enables faculty to share lecture notes, slides, and supplementary materials with students in a centralized location. This facilitates easy access to resources, encourages collaborative note-taking, and ensures that information is consistently updated.

Collaborative Research Proposal Development

Google Docs can be used for collaborative research proposal writing among faculty members. Multiple contributors can work on a proposal simultaneously, ensuring a cohesive and well-constructed document that represents various perspectives and expertise.

Lockdown Browser:

Respondus LockDown Browser is a custom browser that locks down the testing environment within Moodle. When students use Respondus LockDown Browser they are unable to print, copy, go to another URL, or access other applications. When an assessment is started, students are locked into it until they submit it for grading.

Proctoring:

Respondus Proctoring is a companion product for LockDown Browser that enables institutions to protect the integrity of non-proctored, online exams. Students use their own computer and a webcam to record assessment sessions, all without leaving the institution’s learning management system.

How does Respondus Proctoring work?

• Students start LockDown Browser, log into Moodle and complete a brief startup sequence prior to the exam.
• The student and the surrounding environment are recorded during the entire exam.
• Instructors can quickly review details of the assessment, and even watch the recorded video

Tutorial for Setting Up Respondus LockDown Browser and Monitor (, )

Turnitin is an online plagiarism detection tool that can be integrated with Moodle. It compares submitted documents against a database of academic content, scholarly articles, and other student papers to identify potential instances of plagiarism.

• How to Add a Turnitin LTI Assignment to Moodle (, )
• How to Add Feedback on Turnitin (, )