Showcase and Discussion of Active Learning Lectures
Videos from April 2022’s online showcase and discussion of active learning lectures, bringing together speakers from across the Faculty.
Author: Marc Coulthard
Changes to Turnitin – Summer 2022
The way that Blackboard integrates with Turnitin is changing. From 30th June 2022 staff will no longer be able to create new Turnitin submission portals via the existing method.
Communications with students via Blackboard
Using Blackboard to communicate with students.
Planning Collaborative Activities
Research shows that meaningfully integrated interactions (student–content, student–student, and student–teacher) increase learning outcomes.
QR codes make web links in printed course notes accessible
Students often print teaching resources out to paper. Sometimes web links cannot be accessed because the full web address is not shown on the course material, and the link cannot be clicked on as with an electronic resource. One possible solution is to include QR Codes within the resource which can be scanned by students using a mobile device to open the web links.
Planning your blended course’s structure, content and activities
Planning the structure and delivery of your blended course is important. This webpage details some useful steps to help with this process.
Optimising Zoom settings for large group sessions
Here we explain the recommended settings to use in order to optimise the teaching and learning experience if you are using Zoom to teach larger groups of students.
Online lab resources
Online labs: This page includes a list of external interactive resources for a variety of subject areas.
Online assignment submission and marking: headache or no-brainer?
This webpage discusses the merits of creating assignment spaces in Blackboard and the various means of marking submitted work.
Moving to MECD
Details of the 2022 MECD move, teaching and learning spaces and and schedulling strategy.