Amy Tessitore (barefootbreeze)

Trump’s USAID Cuts Halt Agent Orange Victims Program in Vietnam Fifty years after the Vietnam War ended, President Trump’s gutting of foreign aid has halted American efforts to address a toxic legacy and build a strategic partnership.

One of the most profound experiences of my life was meeting agent orange victims in Vietnam, many of whom were born blind or with other serious disabilities. I am heartbroken that my country has turned our back on them www.nytimes.com/2025/02/17/w...

Elon’s Twitter Destruction Playbook Hits The US Government, And It’s Even More Dangerous Remember how Elon Musk destroyed Twitter by ripping apart its infrastructure without understanding it? Now imagine that same playbook applied to the federal government. It’s happening, and th…

Frustrated there's not more I can do directly, but for now I can just try to document reality. Elon is bringing his Twitter destruction playbook to the US government, and it's impossible to explain just how serious and bad this is.

www.techdirt.com/2025/01/31/e...

Recently I had the opportunity to speak on how we can leverage AI to improve accessibility, equity, and inclusion. From adaptive technology to AI generation, there are so many more tools to help us today than there were 2, 5, or 10 years ago. Let’s create a list of tools we use here! Comment below

Hi Alex,
Would it be possible to be added to this list? Thank you.

Dana this is great! Have you considered presenting at a Moodle Moot? You should. I think many would find this valuable (I’m a big fan of the Mountain Moot). Templates are crucial in breaking down navigational and organization barriers in online classrooms!

Oh no! That is so frustrating. It should not be slow, that is a configuration and server issue (not specific to Moodle).

Def need a use policy. I find AI helpful for generating alt text, giving me alternate versions of quiz questions, helping me to find more up to date articles to replace those that are old, and for rewording my bio or intro.

Yes you can! The Open AI question generator will create questions and put them directly into your question bank. Here is the plugin #moodle moodle.org/plugins/bloc...

What do you hate about it? Asking bc I love it and it’s development community driven so lots of teachers have input. Would love to know more!

Yes. That’s a common issue. The one I’m talking about moves content out of Canvas and into Moodle :)

Sentiments like this are causing schools to move back to Moodle, thankfully there is now a course migration tool so faculty don’t have to rebuild everything from scratch, again.

We could have had 4 years of economic growth, soft landings and inflation control, global respect, healthcare AND caramel popcorn.

Instead we got the couch-fucker, the felon, and the unelected president.

70 million sick, sick, sick, stupid reasons why we can’t have nice things 😑

Homemade caramel popcorn.

Set simple weighted as the aggregation type in gradebook setup on the gradebook page. You may need to exclude empty category by category but might be able to do it at the course level. This article has images to show how: moodle.grok.lsu.edu/Article.aspx...

It’s on Moodle is the new “It’s in the syllabus”.

That makes sense to me. I wouid find maths more difficult to grade electronically than on paper no matter the electronic system.

Having graded both paper and electronic, I find marking with the marking guide or rubric in Moodle to be easy and more consistent, it’s also easier for me to spot potential inter-rater reliability issues and I can blind grade which improves grader reliability and reduced bias.

A testimonial quote from Hart Wilson at Southern Oregon University. The quote reads: "Since we launched Brickfields Accessibility Toolkit we have been pleased with it." Below the quote

Academic freedom and classroom autonomy are key values among faculty at Southern Oregon University.

Learn more about how this was achieved using Brickfields Accessibility Toolkit at https://www.brickfield.ie/story-sou

#Accessibility #Moodle #InclusiveEducation

Not really tips on moving from Moodle to Canvas but tips to make sure you are getting the full story.

Check data integrity. Ask how students with accommodations are managed in the system and who can see that they have accommodation, evaluate the ability to differentiate material and assessments, is there a centralized place for a student to see all upcoming work rather than going to each syllabus

A testimonial quote from Vera Raggi at University of Padova. The quote reads: "Brickfield provides our staff with the tools for automating and expediting the resolution of the most known accessibility errors." Below the quote

Discover how Brickfields Accessibility Toolkit enables staff at University of Padova to automate fixing of common accessibility errors.

Learn more about their journey. https://www.brickfield.ie/story-unipd

#CustomerStory #Moodle #Accessibility

A still of Rudolph from the 1964 stop motion film Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer

the moral of rudolph isn't about acceptance, it's about how quickly workplace discrimination evaporates when your 'flaw' becomes a marketable asset during q4

Moodle Hacks for Connected 2023 My Favorite Moodle Hacks ⸺ or ⸺ The Lazy Woman’s Guide to Moodle

For my fellow Moodlers, a couple of presentations from the true US Moot held each summer In Helena, MT, the justly famous Mountain Moot.

Here's my first from 2022 when we were still on 3.11: My Favorite Moodle Hacks (presented to audible gasps and the odd "shut up!") docs.google.com/presentation...

A testimonial quote from Hart Wilson at Southern Oregon University. The quote reads: "Without Brickfields involvement

Learn how Southern Oregon University's collaboration with Brickfield Education Labs helped prioritise and tackle high-impact accessibility challenges.

Discover the full story at https://www.brickfield.ie/story-sou

#Moodle #Accessibility #InclusiveEducation

I’m both reveling in and feeling FOMO over all the conference posts. I have so missed that! Keep ‘em coming!

Hi everyone, looking for help.
My new company was acquired by a VC & reorganized. Dev on my product is suspended. I’m looking for a new role in EdTech or Open Source software. Solutions, onboarding, CS, and/or education focused.
If you heard of anything : www.linkedin.com/in/amyetessi...

Linda McMahon is making me long for the Betsy Devos days

Seconding the nomination for @photuris5.bsky.social and also self nominating! Thank you for doing this Mark!

What things didn’t you like about Moodle that you feel Canvas does better?