Unlicensed Assistive Personnel Online Curriculum – Learning Management System Upgrade Instructional Media Services is pleased to announce that over the summer of 2017 the UAP-Nurse Assistant online curriculum’s learning management system will be upgraded. The online curriculum will be moving from Moodle version 1.9 to Moodle version 3.2.3. This upgrade includes the newest Moodle base theme (look and navigation features) for online curriculum. The transition to the new version will allow … [Read more...]
2017 NATEF Task List Job Sheets Module
IMS is creating a new module for the Automotive Technology Online Curriculum. The new module is: 2017 NATEF Task List Job Sheets. This module includes: revised job sheets that match the 2017 NATEF MAST task list. an excel version of Competency Profiles for all three NATEF certification levels: MLR, AST, and MAST. a crosswalk that references each job sheet to the appropriate curriculum location for all three NATEF certification levels: MLR, AST, and MAST. This module will be … [Read more...]
My curriculum site bookmark, where is it?
Where is my curriculum site bookmark is a question often asked by instructors, students, and administrators. Your computer may have crashed. You may have been lucky (?) enough to have received a new computer but all your bookmarks are gone. You may have a new email system and your old saved emails are no longer available. No matter the reason you no longer have your curriculum site bookmark you always have a backup. The IMS website has an easy access page for you to find your curriculum … [Read more...]
Principles of Transportation Online Curriculum – Update
Principles of Transportation Online Curriculum - Update Instructional Media Services (IMS) is seeking feedback from school districts and instructors regarding the content presentation in the forthcoming Principles of Transportation Online Curriculum. The Moodle LMS offers a variety of way for students and instructors to access curriculum content and activities. IMS is allowing access to the Principles of Transportation Online Curriculum (PTOC) development site to Transportation … [Read more...]
UAP Moodle Lesson Print Option
The UAP Online Curriculum has a new feature in the Moodle Lesson resource. Instructors now have the option to print lesson content. This option was implemented on December 5, 2016. NOTE: The print option is available with the Internet Explorer and Firefox web browsers. It will not function properly in Chrome. Additionally, with the Internet Explorer web browser the content will have a page break after each section of the lesson. The Firefox web browser will place two lesson sections on … [Read more...]
Changing the Number of Quiz attempts and Other Quiz Settings
Changing the number of quiz attempts was a question we received last week from a new instructor. There is detailed documentation for this process on the Automotive Technology Online Curriculum Products - How To page. However, we wanted to take this opportunity to explain not only the attempts setting but other quiz settings that instructors might find helpful. To change the number of attempts allowed for a Moodle quiz (ATOC-Assignment Sheets, Job Sheets and Unit Tests) you must first click … [Read more...]
ATOC – How to Find Missing Student Quiz Results
ATOC - How to Find Missing Student Quiz Results Last week I had an inquiry from a instructor who had missing quiz results for some of his students. From the student's computer, the quiz answers would display. When the instructor searched for the quiz results in the gradebook, no answers were available to be graded. Here is what is going on: In order for an instructor to grade the results of an Assignment Sheet quiz or a Job Sheet quiz the student must click the Submit all and finish … [Read more...]
TIPS: ATOC Student Account Creation and Cleanup
TIPS: ATOC Student Account Creation and Cleanup: Before the first day of class please ask your IT department to add 'support@instructionalmediaservices.com' to your school's email whitelist. Provide structure for the ATOC student account creation process. First, define the format of your student's username. Second, restrict the email address. If your school provides email address for students, make sure they know their address and the complete format of their email address. The … [Read more...]
How To: Manually Update Student Passwords – ATOC Moodle 2.6
If you have returning students using the Automotive Technology Online Curriculum and they have forgotten their curriculum site password the instructor can help them out. Listed below are the steps needed for the instructor to manually update student passwords. Log into the curriculum site. From the Administration block on the left side of the screen choose Site administration. Choose Users. Choose Accounts. Choose Browse list of users. All the accounts in the site will display. … [Read more...]
Welcome to the redesigned Instructional Media Services website
Welcome to the redesigned Instructional Media Services website. We are pleased to have added a blog section to our site. The purpose of the blog is to provide support as you make the transition to using the IMS online curriculum. The Moodle learning management system has many options that will enhance your teaching styles and meet your program needs. We want to help you find the best options for your teaching situation. Another purpose of the blog is to share discoveries we make when an … [Read more...]
