Making the Most of Moodle Data: Heatmap

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Creator(s) (alphabetical)

Jonathan Hodgers, Moira Maguire, Philip Scanlon

Organisation(s)

Dundalk Institute of Technology

Discipline(s)

Teaching and Learning

Topic(s)

Learning Analytics, Student Success

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CC BY-NC-ND

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Other

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Description

Infographic outlining Moodle’s heatmap feature, which offers a colour-coded representation of user activity within a module

Benefit of this resource and how to make the best use of it

Can assist in advertising to staff the benefits of using the heatmap

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Hodgers, J., Maguire, M., & Scanlon, P. (2022). Making the most of moodle data: heatmap. National Resource Hub (Ireland). Retrieved from: https://hub.teachingandlearning.ie/resource/making-the-most-of-moodle-data-heatmap/ License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives (CC BY-NC-ND).

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