Moodle: Introductory Seminar for Faculty of Culture and Arts Teaching Staff Before the Start of the New Semester

On the eve of the second academic semester, on February 5, 2026, the Center for Digital Education held an introductory seminar for the academic staff of the Faculty of Culture and Arts.

The event began with a welcoming speech by the Dean of the Faculty, Myroslava Tsyhanyk. She congratulated her colleagues on the start of the new academic semester and emphasized the importance of digital development, noting that although the faculty’s creative community may sometimes feel apprehensive about technical complexities, openness to new approaches will help make work simpler and more inspiring. She also remarked that this intensive start to the semester is a symbolic step toward spring and new professional achievements.

The speaker of the event, Halyna Humenna, Head of the Laboratory of Innovation in Digital Education and Acting Director of the Center for Digital Education, outlined the “architecture” of modern digital education based on the Moodle LMS and inspired colleagues to explore its full potential.

Key topics discussed:

• Moodle as an ecosystem: Why it is more than just a “file repository.” The main focus was on course structure that supports instructors year after year.
• Interactivity vs. routine: How to visualize complex processes through the integration of external tools (Genially, Kahoot, LearningApps) and how to automate the collection of student assignments, eliminating the need for “email submissions.”
• Learning analytics: An overview of progress tracking tools. Instructors can clearly see who is engaging with the material and who is not—something that is difficult to achieve in regular messengers or Teams.
• Integration with Office 365: How to combine the convenience of video calls in Teams with the structured environment of Moodle, creating a single point of entry for students.

“Our goal is to make learning convenient for both instructors and students. With Moodle, instructors gain powerful tools for assessment and feedback, while students receive a clear structure and all necessary materials in one place,” noted Halyna Humenna.

What’s next?

Since the seminar was introductory in nature, participants were provided with access to an interactive presentation with video instructions for deeper learning. In addition, instructors can use the official resource moodle.org and access further information through Moodle courses available directly within the University’s e-learning system. This allows instructors to implement what they have learned step by step at their own pace.

The Center for Digital Education continues to support the university’s academic community. We wish our colleagues a successful and technologically advanced start to the semester!