Criteria to be used for Leading School: The Best Top 10

Winners: Lucky Draw from leading school: Daniel Carlisle (KC)
For extra effort in online work: Vanessa Saunders (RC)

Congratulations!!

And the teacher voucher goes to ...

Teachers, please use the Feedback activity from now. We are spoilt on WeLCom in that we have two activities for doing surveys, but we have found a few problems in the Questionnaire activity. We have decided not to do anymore maintenance on it (due to costs). The Feedback activity does the same job and is going to be part of Moodle core in the next Moodle update, so is definitely the way to go.
You can still use the Questionnaire, but just be aware that results can't be filtered by group and the printing feature is suspect (however you can still print using the browser's print menu)

Well done to following winners of the $20 Vouchers, won for their participation in the Maths Challenge (Mathemoodlics)

Lucky Draw for a student from the leading* school (criteria for this round being participation) :

Diligence Award for Excellent Effort : There was a joint award which went to two Solway College students :

And the lucky teacher for this round is Leigh Kube (Solway College) - apart from the heaps of nominations from students (and a teacher), Leigh is doing amazing things with his Moodle courses - exploring and using every feature available. At the moment podcasting is on top of his list - so watch this space - there will be a tutorial course for others interested in following his lead.

Frequently Asked Questions (Mainly for Teachers)
Stuck with something Moodle related?
Check the FAQ to see if someone else has had the same problem.
Things like ...
where to start; adding students; resetting passwords; finding the key for your course; creating activities; embedding objects; using books; adding hotpots ...

Click on the on the RHS of this page.

The "Student File Area" feature is now available again. This is an area within a course where students can upload their own files.

If teachers want to enable this feature in their courses then see the details in the staffroom forum:
http://www.welcom.net.nz/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=1185

If students feel that they need this feature in any of their courses then they can contact me

Each month one teacher, using the WeLCom site as part of their teaching, gets a special reward in the form of a gift voucher.

You can help choosing the lucky person by nominating your teacher for the monthly draw.

So if your teacher is doing something you really like on the WeLCom site, let us know. We will have a look and who knows - your teacher might be the next lucky winner. The next draw is on the last day of this term.

The entry will be anonymous, however you can give your name if you wish. (Hey - so teachers, you can nominate yourselves )

Nomination form: Nominate your teacher

Note to teachers: Add the Feedback block to your course - it will automatically link to any Feedback activity added to the main page. Try it.

Note to students: So you also want to win something? Take part in Mathemoodlics - open to anyone and there are two $20 vouchers up for grabs twice a term.