Staff working in lab-based disciplines have had to work quickly and creatively to transition to virtual and online teaching this year. Faced with the challenge of giving students an authentic as possible lab experience, they have had to create new
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Solutions Lab 8- Using Paralinguistic digital cues (textisms, likes, GIFs, emoticons and emoji) to strengthen connection and engagement with your students
The perceived lack of psychological closeness and absence of social cues in the online context creates challenges that may not exist in face-to-face learning. However, the online context also affords unique opportunities to use technology to connect and relate to
Feedback in Speedgrader
Student performance is enhanced by regular and effective feedback. Speedgrader offers some excellent tools to provide additional feedback. We suggest using these along with the Canvas Rubric creator, watch this 4 minute video and follow these simple steps to provide
Turnitin 2.0 for Canvas
A new version of Turnitin (Turnitin Framework 2.0) is now available (S1 2019+) in Canvas. This framework (Turnitin 2.0) provides a streamlined process for including an originality check in Turnitin to Canvas assessments. It also allows students to now submit
Improving Feedback Practices
This guide, with attached resources and video, has been developed to provide you with a range of practical tips for providing students feedback on their progress and performance. Topics include: purpose of feedback in learning principles of effective feedback methods
Assessment Feedback by Video
Assessment feedback via video got the ‘thumbs up’ in this study The Faculty of Education at Monash University conducted research on video-based assessment feedback. Video feedback was provided for a final assessment worth 50 – 60%. The two video options
Providing Student Feedback – Digital Tools
Student comments recorded in the Course Experience Survey (CES) often express that feedback is not timely, or specific enough to be useful and is often not oriented toward performance improvement. Feedback enables students to recognise their strengths and areas for
Assessment Roadmap – DSC Teaching & Learning
Our colleagues in DSC Teaching & Learning have developed an interactive assessment roadmap that provides links to resources and activities to learn how Canvas can streamline assessment and feedback, and provide skills to ensure: assessment is aligned and integrated in
Good L&T Practices – examples from our SEH academics
The Learning Enhancement team recently interviewed two of these exemplary teachers to talk about their innovative teaching practices. Associate Professor Sylvia Urban is a Senior Lecturer from the School of Science who worked with Microsoft to research the benefits that
