Reading lists are a really useful way of delivering core reading material in a consistent way to students. There are many benefits to reading lists and this really useful blog post, compiled by colleagues in Library Services will take you…
Year: 2019 (page 2)
Blog Post: Your Canvas Grades Area is Changing (Staff)
Canvas grades is changing! The grades area has been revamped with improved intuitive workflows allowing you to quickly access and mark student work. There are a number of guides available on the Canvas Community pages to help you get started. These changes only affect staff; students…
Blog Post: Changes to Accessibility Regulations
There have been some recent changes to Digital Accessibility Regulations. The new Digital Accessibility Regulations became law in September 2018: Accessibility Regulations 2018. These regulations are designed to improve access to Further and Higher Education, and contribute to the Government’s…
Good Practice Series: Active Learning, Inclusive Learning Cultures and ‘in-class’ learning technologies (Staff)
This good practice post explores how specific in class technologies can be used to improve active learning in your course. Lets look at some of the terms: Active learning is the participation of students in teaching activities, in contrast with…
Blog Post: TEL Review of Online Feedback Systems
The TEL team have recently undertaken a review of online feedback processes. Canvas was implemented in 2017 and has now been available for two consecutive academic years, which makes a review of online feedback processes really timely. How effective are…
Blog Post: Organise course content using the Blueprinting feature in Canvas (Staff)
An introduction to Blueprinting Sometimes it may be required to share common materials across several Canvas courses. One example might be when students across several courses are required to have access to the same series of lecture materials and that…
Blog Post: Key Module Information Area (Staff)
Important Please Note This information and guidance has now been replaced by the ‘key information’ course menu item. The ‘Key Module Information’ area was recently introduced into the ‘Modules’ section of your Canvas course replacing Module Guide Templates. The new…
Good Practice Post: Active Learning with Vevox (Staff)
Vevox facilitates classroom voting as well as additional functionality, and used appropriately could improve teaching practice. This post aims to help share this developing practice and to support others who are using the system or are considering it. It shares…
Blog Post: 4 Tips to Keep Your Canvas Courses Consistent (Staff)
It’s a well-known principle in web design to keep the layout, navigation and content consistent in order to help users become familiar with a website. This, in turn, helps users to use it effectively and find the information they are…
Blog Post: 8 Ways to Use Panopto (Staff)
As part of a recent review of Panopto; 23 academic staff were interviewed about their innovative use of the tool. What follows are broad descriptions of the types of activities and innovative practice that staff have undertaken: 1) Quick Fix…