MoodleMoot Japan 2026

Session

SUN AFTERNOON ROOM A

SUN AFTERNOON ROOM A

1 Mar 2026, 14:30

80. Smarter Grading in Moodle: A Practical Introduction to Rubrics

Bill White (Kwansei Gakuin Universty)

01/03/2026, 15:00

授業実践と教材開発 / Practices and Materials in Classroom

一般講演 / General Presentation

Using rubrics in Moodle can make teaching and grading feel clearer, easier, and more supportive for both you and your students. This talk introduces rubrics and ranged rubrics in simple, practical terms, focusing on how they can help teachers who are new to online learning tools. Rubrics lay out what “good work” looks like by breaking an assignment into clear criteria, so students understand...

66. The 3 Rs of Moodle: Recycle, Reuse, Reduce (Work for Yourself)

Bill White (Kwansei Gakuin Universty)

01/03/2026, 15:30

授業実践と教材開発 / Practices and Materials in Classroom

一般講演 / General Presentation

Moodle offers an incredible amount of flexibility and useful features, but many new users don’t always realize just how powerful it can be right from the start. That’s where the “3 Rs” come in—Recycle, Reuse, and Reduce. Instead of reinventing the wheel every time you create a course, why not take advantage of Moodle’s built-in tools that make saving time and effort simple and seamless?

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76. Bi-lingual Documentation for VAM Plugin and Japan-wide Promotion Activities.

Brendon Muir (Sapporo Gakuin University)

01/03/2026, 16:30

ムードルコミュニティ / Moodle Community

ライトニングトーク / Lightning Talk

A Moodle Association of Japan R&D funding report.

As a recipient of 2025 MAJ R&D funding, I had English- and Japanese-language documentation prepared for the Video Assessment Module (VAM) plugin. It is an open-source plugin available for free download from the Moodle plugin database and GitHub. The purpose of VAM is to support rubric-based formative assessment of video recordings of...