Turnitin is used at LJMU as a plagiarism, prevention, detection and academic integrity tool. It has recently launched a redesigned similarity report aimed at providing clearer insights and facilitating faster feedback for both staff and students. This update brings several…
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What’s New in Buddycheck: Custom Scales and Score Management
For those unfamiliar, Buddycheck is an online peer assessment tool integrated into Canvas that helps instructors manage groupwork. Students can review their teammates’ contributions, providing a weighting factor to adjust individual grades based on participation and effort. This enhances the…
Staff Guide: Infographics
This guide will help you to understand how to design and create an infographic and also support students to create their own.
Blog Post: Change made to Turnitin
This post’s original date was 23/09/2021. Update: The change outlined in the original post below has now been made. If you see ‘Couldn’t find valid settings for this link’ error in Canvas when clicking on an assignment you have clicked…
Case Study: Supporting student tutorials with the feedback dashboard
Using the feedback dashboard to support student tutorial meetings.
Case Study: Bringing students together through active learning and simulations
A framework of active and flipped learning through incorporating simulation.
Case Study: Developing an Online Learning Community through small steps and student feedback
How to engage part-time students on a one year CPD porfessional programme by focusing on developing a learning community using a range of activities and technologies.
Case Study: Experiential Learning, Simulations and Serious Games
Jonathan has used a number of creative approaches to design a virtual experience for his pharmacy students that provides feedback and helps monitor progress.
Case Study: Audio Feedback
James uses audio feedback to allow him to capture the empathy, encouragement and interest that he finds difficult to convey in written text.
Case Study: Weekly Micro Quizzes
Will Swaney introduces his continuous assessment and an innovative way of creating statistical data on his research skills and employability module to increase student motivation and engagement.