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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.

A post about Twitter, written by Fiona C Saunders, Lecturer in Project Management at The University of Manchester

Providing feedback to students can be one of the most effective ways to help them learn. How, what and when feedback is delivered is key. Poor quality feedback provided at the wrong time can do more harm than good.

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.

Encourage your students to learn from each other by creating opportunities for peer interaction

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

The characteristics of effective feedback.

Advice and resources to support the design of course units.