Using Oxygen and Subversion client
Here are instructions for using Oxygen for accessing the Littlechief Project Subversion server.
View ArticleThe Pronunciation of Old English
The sounds of Old English should not prove difficult, with a few exceptions, for speakers of Modern English. It can be hard at first to get used to some of the spelling conventions, such as the fact...
View ArticleBasic Old English Grammar
Old English and Modern English can be deceptively similar from a syntactic point of view. In particular, word order frequently is the same in the two languages (though Old English is actually probably...
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Old English texts were copied in manuscripts by scribes. These scribes used an alphabet based on the Latin alphabet, but with some native additions and occasionally runes…
View ArticleGrammar Essentials 2: Parts of Speech (Word Classes) Exercise Answers
Here are possible answers to the exercises in Grammar Essentials 2: Parts of speech. In some cases more than one right answer might be possible.
View ArticleActive Pedagogy and University English
For the last four or five years, I’ve been investigating ways of changing my teaching. Like most faculty of my generation, I learned to teach largely by imitation and guesswork. I mimicked the teachers...
View ArticleBibles for students of literature
Many contemporary students do not know the bible particularly well. This can be because they come from non-religious families, or families whose religious background is not Judeo-Christian. But even...
View ArticleHow to setup a signup sheet in Moodle
You can create a signup sheet for Moodle using the “Choice” activity.
View ArticleManual Grading of All Questions in Moodle 2.0
Manually grading in Moodle 2.0 seems to be causing many faculty members at the U of L trouble. Here’s how to do it.
View ArticleHow to build a randomised essay/translation question in Moodle 2.0
In my courses I often use a question of the following format: Common introduction Two or more sample passages or questions requiring an essay response A common form field for the answer to the...
View ArticleHow to open the container folder for a Google Doc
I quite like using Google Docs. I’m less crazy about Google Drive. One of the common issues I have with the relationship between the two comes when I am given the direct link to a Google Doc or Sheet...
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