INSPIRE Case Studies Ever wondered how other people use Canvas, or other Learning Technology Tools such as Panopto or Vevox? Our selection of Case Studies do just that. Each account is submitted by LJMU academic members of staff and may…
Category: Blog (page 6)
Blog Post: 2021 Technology Enhanced Learning Opportunities
Training events This blog will provide you with a brief update on how the Teaching and Learning Academy plans to support you and your colleagues with training events over the next 12 months:
Blog Post: External Technology Enhanced Learning Events
Get involved with the HE Technology Enhanced Learning Community, these two events are running over the next few weeks: Warwick TEALfest – 10th May Join the University of Warwick for TEALfest (technology enhanced active learning), a week long festival of…
Blog Post: Vevox Success at Liverpool Business School
Dr Lindsey Gaston Senior Lecturer at the LJMU Business School started using Vevox back in 2017 as a way to create more discussion and a more inclusive environment in his lectures at the Liverpool Business School. Liverpool John Moores University decided…
Blog Post: Delivering Sustainable Accessible Digital Learning
Small changes can make big differences for all users. Myself and other members of the Teaching and Learning and Academy recently attended an event run by AbilityNet to understand and apply inclusive and accessible digital practices. The following text summarises…
Blog Post: Canvas Accessibility Updates
Both Canvas and Zoom have recently been updated to include some really useful Accessibility features. Canvas – Immersive Reader Microsofts Immersive Reader is now incorporated into Canvas. The immersive reader enables students with learning differences such as Dyslexia using text…
Blog Post: Vevox/Canvas LTI (Staff)
Vevox Vevox is the institutional classroom voting system which provides a whole range of ways to engage your students. We want to make it as easy as possible to access this tool. We have added a link to all Canvas course menus for staff…
Blog Post: Staff Training Sessions and Development Opportunities 2021
We have released our training and network dates for the next semester. We want to help you by providing training on the wide range of technologies and help you understand how to get the most from them. We also have…
Blog Post: December Learning Technology Updates (Staff)
On the 19th December, both Panopto and Canvas will be updated. This weekend sees the introduction of a new course Student preview tool in Canvas and Panopto have a number of updates including the ability to tag videos, new Smart…
Blog Post: New Feedback Dashboard
The Teaching and Learning Academy have worked with Academic Staff and JMSU to create a system within Canvas that aggregates an individual student’s electronic feedback into a single Feedback Dashboard. This has now been released as a beta version for staff to use with…