Breakout rooms are wonderful to engage students in activities and it is well researched that active learning plays an important part in student engagement and learning. They can also be a bit of a disaster if we haven’t thought through
Collaborate Ultra
Collaborate Ultra: new whiteboard features expected 6 August
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
Help! I’ve got a large class and want do a live session.
If you have a very large cohort >250 students, you might experience some challenges with getting student engagement and following the chat messages during live online sessions. Here are some ideas which might help: 1. Creating a separate space to
Collaborate Ultra Breakouts: group switching quirk
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
So now what? The move from content delivery to collaborative learning
Many teaching staff used Collaborate Ultra for the first time this semester and it came with many challenges for some. So far their learning journey has been simply dealing with the tool to deliver content online and everyone has done
Kahoot! Challenges
Are you looking for ways to encourage your students to engage in content review and synchronous sessions? Kahoot! Challenges are free self-paced games, or challenges, which can be played from anywhere, anytime on students’ own devices. Questions and answer alternatives
10 Ways to Encourage Participation Using Collaborate Ultra
Engaging students through online activities
Collaborate Ultra – Tips & Tricks
As the College of Science, Engineering and Health pivots quickly to online learning our staff have had to move fast in learning how to deliver their tutorials, labs and lectures online. Sara Eagle, Educational Developer, SoENG and myself have had
