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
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:
Ideas to improving communication from ai: Use the OpenDyslexic font for text. This font is uniquely designed to boost readability with increased boldness in the base of letters, such as ‘d’ and ‘b’. Not all fonts create a unique shape for each
Many STEMM courses include an opportunity for students to work together in small teams to produce, deliver and peer-assess a presentation. However, finding an effective online space for groups to work in is not easy, especially if the activity is
After you have recorded your teams meeting the recording becomes available in stream. (note whoever presses record gets the permissions for the final file). Once processed (usually less than 15 mins) the file appears in the channel (or chat) where
Have you noticed anything different in Canvas since the most recent update on 18 July? The following features can now all be found in Canvas: Rubrics in the course navigation menu Assignment submission attempts (for ‘online’ assignments only) Module file upload
Having invested in making wonderful micro lectures, and video resources to support students, wouldn’t it be great if all your students could benefit from these videos? Closed captions have been shown to support student with audio processing difficulties, students
Welcome back to the new semester. Last semester we saw the urgent pivot to online learning and what a wonderful success story with all courses going online overnight. This semester we face the new challenge, that is, moving beyond the
What is One Note? One Note is part of the Microsoft Office 365 suite of tools. One note is basically an unlimited size piece of paper which you can use to take notes, add tags, create checklists and do just
