The Canvas Enhanced Analytics Dashboard allows Academic Staff to view student engagement with Active Blended Learning Tasks in relation to other students on their programme. This Can help staff to identify those students who may be be participating in the course as…
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Blog Post: Tips for engaging students online (Staff)
This page outlines at number of key things you can do to help you build a successful online learning community for those PGR students who are supporting online learning. Having said that, this information could be useful for any tutors.…
Blog Post: Key principles of our shared digital learning community
This post outlines how we expect students and staff to behave in an online environment. This will support the development of a successful learning community and guide us all to become considerate digital citizens. Please read the following principles. As you do this, think about which are the most important to you. Are these things…
Blog Post: Captions in Panopto
This page outlines the current process for automatic captions on Panopto and Zoom recordings. What are captions? You find captioning (CC) on all TV and most online videos. It’s where you can see the text of what is being said at…
Blog Post: A new way to share Course Content (Staff)
Canvas have been really busy over the last couple of months developing new functionality and improving workflows. There’s now a new way to copy and share individual course items with other tutors or courses. Find out more by exploring our…
Blog Post: Course File Upload Improvements
Canvas have been busy updating features within Canvas and the recent file upload improvements help you to add files to your course much more quickly and easily. 1) Import Content from your home page (Course Copy) You can now import…
Blog Post: New Technology Enhanced Learning Developments
The Teaching and Learning Academy have been a bit quiet on the blog for the last couple of weeks. We have been really busy preparing for new academic year and are very excited to tell you about some new developments:…
Blog Post: Course Checklist and Minimum Specification
The Teaching and Learning Academy have developed a Course Checklist and Minimum Specification to help you develop your course for the new academic year. It offers guidance and recommendations about Module Information, Course Access, Course Content and Assessment, but don’t…
Canvas Updates: Course Publishing Improvements
Canvas have fast forwaded the release of several features to help improve access to important activities within your course during this unprecedented period. Course publishing improvements is just one of these features; it allows you to publish courses from your…
Blog Post: Staff Guidance for Conducting Online Exams
This document outlines recommendations and guidance for running online exams. Key Principles Here are some key principles to help you design your online exam. Issues Guides for Online Exams using Canvas Quizzes The following are suggested guides to read while setting up, invigilating and…