This July we are focussing on sessions to assist you in preparing your blended learning and assessment for semester 2. We look forward to seeing you there. Upcoming Events for July Session name: Mapping your Blended Course Date 1st July
Cheating in online assessment
HERDSA recently held a webinar on online cheating and methods to reduce the incidence; if you missed it, here is a link to the recording – https://ecu.ap.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=a2f42b13-05b1-4918-98d6-ad43005e3756 I highly recommend you watch the whole thing but if you don’t have
Recording Lectures: A Minimalistic Approach
There are many advantages in having a lecture — or at least a part of it, as a recording. For teachers, this means efficiency. Explanations of concepts, elaboration of theories, demonstration of procedures and other bits of more static information
Anatomy of an Assessment
February ’21 Professional Development Sessions
Dear colleagues, welcome back to the new year. It is early days in our new team but we have been busy assembling some Capability Development sessions for you and some drop-in times for assistance. Find a quick overview below. Firstly,
[X-post] Feb 2021 – New ability for Course Coordinators to publish and unpublish courses on Canvas
[X-Post from Stuff you need to know – 10 December 2020] By February 2021, Course and Program Coordinators will have the ability to manage the publication of their courses on Canvas, bringing RMIT in line with how other universities manage
MS Teams now has breakout room functionality
A much wanted feature of MS Teams, breakout rooms has been released. It follows a similar model to Blackboard and Zoom. Read the full Microsoft release information. A more detailed how-to video demonstrates the functionality well:
Solutions Lab 36: Exhibiting and Assessing Capstone Projects Online, at Scale
One of the good outcomes from the pandemic has been the emergence of more imaginative, inclusive and accessible academic forums. Without having to factor in travel, accommodation and scheduling, it means that work can be showcased in multi-media formats and
This Week’s Webinars – Solutions Lab 37 & 38
SL 37 Learning Reflection, Teaching Reflection and Reflecting on Teaching Tue, 10 November 2020 9:00 AM – 10:00 In this session, Sam Grover (School of Science) will share the approaches she has developed to help her students learn through reflection.