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.
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.
A post about Twitter, written by Fiona C Saunders, Lecturer in Project Management at The University of Manchester
As well as delivering the material and assessments, it is important that we ensure our teaching provides opportunities for all students to be successful on their programme, whatever their background and individual needs.
A knowledge of the way students learn can help us design effective courses and help us to advise and guide our students. While the literature on this topic is vast, there are a few key pieces of experimental work that everyone who designs or changes courses should know