Portsmouth team wins national award for transforming Royal Air Force education
The University of Portsmouth’s RAF Military Education Team has received a prestigious Collaborative Award for Teaching Excellence (CATE) for its outstanding work with the Royal Air Force.
Preparing your module content for the new academic year
As the University's partnership with CEG comes to an end, the Cadi-Digital team has been working behind the scenes to preserve valuable learning content.
Micro-Teach to Become Standard in Recruitment for Teaching Roles
The University has launched a new initiative to strengthen its commitment to excellent teaching by embedding a mandatory micro-teach into all recruitment activity for roles that include any element of teaching responsibility.
New Large file submissions plugin for Moodle assignments
CADI’s Digital Innovation team is testing a new Moodle plugin developed by UCL to support large file assignment submissions up to 10GB, providing a replacement for current Wiseflow functionality used by courses with multimedia-heavy projects.
Mentimeter licences now available for staff
In response to popular demand and a very successful pilot in 2025, we’re pleased to share that full Mentimeter licences are now available for all staff.
Final Reminder for Moodle Exam Information
CADI is preparing for the May 2026 Moodle exam period and your input is essential. Academic Service Centres will soon open invigilation sign-ups (expected by 24 April).
Academic Skills Migration
From September, academic skills resources will move from Moodle and Google Sites to the Library website, making them easier to find and access in a familiar space.
Wiseflow transition: what you need to know
We’re planning to phase out Wiseflow by summer 2026 and move to an archive-only model, with all new assessments transitioning to improved Moodle-based solutions.
Moodle Module Design Tools for Connected Curriculum
The CADI team, in close collaboration with academic colleagues have designed new Moodle Module Design tools to help academics create clear, consistent, and student-centred modules for the Connected Curriculum.
L&T Conference: save the date and call for papers
We would like to invite colleagues to save the date for our annual Learning and Teaching Conference which will take place on Thursday 25th June 2026.
Recommendation to use Moodle Quiz for online exams from 2025
CADI along with Faculty Heads are making a strong recommendation that all online exams moving forward use Moodle Quiz instead of Wiseflow.
Moodle Templates for Connected Curriculum
CADI colleagues are leading a project to design Moodle templates to support the Connected Curriculum. We are currently designing templates before piloting on duplicate TB1 modules.
New Padlet Domain
As some of you may have noticed, at the start of January, Padlet updated our domain from uop.padlet.org to padlet.com/uop.
CPD Moodle Upgrade 17th – 21st November
We will be upgrading our CPD Moodle site to Moodle 4.5 between 17-21st November. The site will be unavailable to staff and students during this time.
Showcase Your AI Teaching Practice
AI is becoming an integral part of teaching and we know our colleagues are finding innovative and creative ways to use it in their classrooms.
Moodle Cloud Update
Our new Moodle environment is ready and available to staff and students.
Gain National Recognition for Your Excellence in Learning and Teaching
Call for Nominations: National Teaching Fellowship Scheme (NTF) and Collaborative Award for Teaching Excellence (CATE) 2026
Alternative Summative Assessment Pilot
We are delighted to share that the University’s Alternative Summative Assessment Pilot is being extended for a second year.
Moodle Cloud Migration - "Cut-Over Week"
Migration status of modules for 2025/26
The migration of our Moodle environment to a cloud supplier (Catalyst IT Europe) is progressing well.
Reduced scope for Wiseflow in upcoming academic year
The decision has been made to limit Wiseflow's rollout in 2025/26 to specific assessment scenarios
