Borders College Moodle

Welcome to the Borders College VLE

Welcome to Borders College Moodle, the new Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) for all to use. The purpose of the VLE is to create and host a range of interactive objects and materials for the support of everyday teaching and learning. Materials which are made available for complimenting course studies within Moodle can be accessed from outside the college (active internet connection required) - just pop the following URL into your browser: http://moodle.borderscollege.ac.uk.

For basic information on how to login and navigate around this environment, please refer to the items from the 'main menu' block (top-left), which have been specifically put there to aid your familiarity with the VLE. It is important that you remember your login details, however, as you will not be able to interact fully with the system otherwise.

Finally, we hope you enjoy your online learning experiences! Be sure to keep popping back onto Moodle for a look, as new materials are being constantly added and updated in order to assist your studies. If you have a spare two minutes, please let us know what you think of the site via the site comments forum.

Best Moodling wishes!

	Stuck with Moodle? by James Henderson - Thursday, 30 July 2009, 04:02 PM
	We understand that getting to grips with Moodle is not an easy task for everyone. A variety of pre-compiled resources have been made available for your benefit in using Moodle (see homepage). If you require further assistance with course creation, course access rights, development of ideas, development of materials and other general issues, then please contact James Henderson.

Avatar example Have you created your Moodle avatar yet? This is a fun and cool way to represent yourself in digital form on Moodle. Are you tired of seeing the default smiley face avatar that is used for your profile? Then you need look no further!

You can create your own avatar free here from either Face Your Manga (example pictured left) or using the Simpson's Movie avatar creator. When you have created your avatar, simply click on your name when logged in to change your profile picture!

	The "Ultimate Steal" is back! by Primary Administrator - Thursday, 30 July 2009, 04:02 PM
	Microsoft are repeating their offer to sell Microsoft Office products at a huge price reduction! This offer is available to both students and staff of educational institutes. Click here to find out more...

Resizing objects Using large online images (such as those taken from a digital camera) can greatly reduce system performance. Attempting to resize these images in applications such as MS Word only reduces the visible size of the object - not its physical size. Photo editing software such as MS Office Picture Manager is available college wide* and is a more effective tool to use for this.