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[X-post] Feb 2021 – New ability for Course Coordinators to publish and unpublish courses on Canvas

Tom Cotton Learning & Teaching December 10, 2020

[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

Tom Cotton Educational technologies December 10, 2020December 10, 2020

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:

15 October RMIT Creds badges moves to YourAcclaim.com

Tom Cotton Assessment, Creds October 14, 2020October 16, 2020

The RMIT Creds badge platform, Credly, is being changed over to it’s new service Acclaim.com between 11pm, Thursday 15 October –  11pm, Saturday 17th. The main impact is during the change: RMIT Creds can be completed but processing of Student

Large Collaborate Ultra Sessions with 250+ Students

Tom Cotton Learning & Teaching August 10, 2020August 11, 2020known issues

Course coordinators with large number of students in Collaborate Ultra sessions are experiencing some connectivity, stability and presentation issues.  The issues include: Large CU sessions crashing Presenters locked out (before or after a crash) due to session numbers Dropping out

Collaborate Ultra: new whiteboard features expected 6 August

Tom Cotton Learning & Teaching July 27, 2020

From: https://help.blackboard.com/Collaborate/Ultra/Administrator/Release_Notes Collaborate Ultra whiteboard updates: Better formatting: Pencil thickness, fonts and font size, shapes with color fill, arrows, and more are added to the annotation tools. Usability: It’s easier to copy and reuse elements and paste text. You can

Simple tip for online lectures: use a large cursor

Tom Cotton Learning & Teaching July 21, 2020

Student watching on-screen demonstrations, slides and screen recordings often need to follow the teacher’s mouse cursor while a topic is explained.  This can be really tough for students if the teacher’s screen is high resolution, or the student is watching

Deletion of a Question-bank question with an error from a quiz

Tom Cotton Assessment July 3, 2020

Discovering an error in a quiz question after being completed by students gets even more complex if the question is originally from a question bank. Deleting the question with the error from a quiz will throw out the gradebook for

Collaborate Ultra Breakouts: group switching quirk

Tom Cotton Learning & Teaching June 22, 2020

Issue: Attendees in Breakout Groups can be temporarily prevented from switching groups by a moderator – even with the [x] Allow attendees to switch groups is switched on.Cause: As soon as the Share Content > Breakout Groups > Assign Groups

Installing Adobe Apps like Premiere Rush at RMIT

Tom Cotton Digital production June 4, 2020February 1, 2021

To get Adobe software first requires the Adobe Creative Cloud to be installed.  This app manages the major Adobe apps and Adobe cloud services. Like the MS Office apps, you then need to sign-in using your RMIT credentials before you

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