Resources

An explanation of why online learning is different to classroom-based learning.

Multiple choice questions (MCQs) can be a useful time saver for academics as they are quick to mark, but they are only useful to the learners if they are planned well.  Here are some pointers for you to consider when designing and implementing multiple choice quizzes, whether on paper or in Blackboard.

A full guide detailing how to use Zoom’s many features. This guide includes breakout rooms, polling, essential security tips and cloud recording.

This webpage details how to use a visualiser to display a real-time image of what is underneath the document camera.

A copyright guidance resource for staff, students and researchers at The University of Manchester.

In December 2020 Teaching Academy ran it’s first Blended Learning Conference

This is the second in a multi-part article about displaying mathematical notation within web pages.

When and how you can use MathJax within Blackboard to display mathematical notation.

This article (part 1) is about displaying mathematical notation within web pages and discusses the problems and issues. Part 2 discusses a more recent solution which might appeal to those where mathematics is a core part of their teaching work.

Fnd out how you can get your own playground space in Blackboard to experiment with tools try out different ways of structuring a course or presenting content.