Moodle News

Wrapping up your Spring 2023 semester

Lightbulb in a thought cloud on a chalkboard

At the end of each semester, we recommend instructors take steps to preserve their course contents from the Learning Management System (Moodle or Blackboard), and archive student work and grades. Download any Zoom recordings Zoom recordings are only kept within the system for 120 days after they were made. To keep them longer, you’ll need…

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May 2023 Moodle News

Sunflower background with forest at the back an a caw at the front

This month’s Moodle news include Requesting Moodle and Echo360 courses, Moodle Tip of the Month, Moodle updates and downtimes, and Moodle Help and Resources. 

April 2023 Moodle News

Sunflower background with forest at the back an a caw at the front

This month’s Moodle news include Requesting Moodle and Echo360 courses, Moodle Tip of the Month, Moodle updates and downtimes, and Moodle Help and Resources. 

March 2023 Moodle News

Cow bust in the snow with a light blue hat and scarf

This month’s Moodle news include Requesting Moodle and Echo360 courses, Moodle Tip of the Month, Moodle updates and downtimes, and Moodle Help and Resources. 

February 2023 Moodle News

woods cover in snow background and a cow with a hat and scarf.

This month’s Moodle news include Requesting Moodle and Echo360 courses, Moodle Tip of the Month, Moodle updates and downtimes, and Moodle Help and Resources. 

January 2023 Moodle News

Cow bust in the snow with a light blue hat and scarf

This month’s Moodle news include Requesting Moodle and Echo360 courses, Moodle Tip of the Month, Moodle updates and downtimes, and Moodle Help and Resources. 

December 2022 Moodle News

Cow bust in a room with a fireplace on in the background, and in the front layer a red mug and red bowl with popcorn

This month’s Moodle news include Requesting Moodle and Echo360 courses, Moodle Tip of the Month, Moodle updates and downtimes, and Moodle Help and Resources. 

Legacy Moodle will shut down on Thursday, December 15, 2022

Legacy Moodle Shutdown Notice Legacy Moodle was in active use from 2011 through Spring 2021, when UMass Amherst made the transition to Moodle in the Cloud. Coming 18 months after that transition, this shutdown is done to address security, stability, and resource concerns with maintaining an unused legacy platform. Course content from Spring 2021 through Fall…

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November 2022 Moodle News

Cow face with glasses on the front, with a classroom on the background and a books at the side.

This month’s Moodle news include Requesting Moodle and Echo360 courses, Moodle Tip of the Month, Moodle updates and downtimes, and Moodle Help and Resources. 

October 2022 Moodle News

Table with many fruitts and veggie with a blur, Caw fave on the background. Thanks giving vibes

This month’s Moodle news include Requesting Moodle and Echo360 courses, Moodle Tip of the Month, Moodle updates and downtimes, and Moodle Help and Resources. 

August 2022 Moodle News

Aerial view: a point piece of island at the left surrounded by a tight beach and light blue water. Blue sky with white cloud in the background and in the front layer at the right, the bust of a caw with purple sunglasses and a straw-hat.

This month’s Moodle news include Requesting Moodle and Echo360 courses, Moodle Tip of the Month, Moodle updates and downtimes, and Moodle Help and Resources.