resources

Teaching and Learning in FSE encompasses many different tasks. You’ll find the resources you need to support you in these tasks here.

Changes to our Central Learning Environment

There are some significant changes happening to our CLE over the next two years. The University has announced it has chosen Canvas as our new CLE.
Sooner than this, we are required to update Blackboard to Ultra Based Navigation which will be implemented until the CLE change.

Mid-Semester Survey Template

Running a mid semester survey can be an effective way to get useful feedback from students in a timely fashion, to assist anyone keen to adopt such an approach a Mentimeter template has been created with some suggested questions and settings. Staff are free to access this and customise the template to suit, obviously alternative formats and technologies can be used to achieve a similar results.

Mid-Semester Surveys Case Studies

An example of good practice that Teaching Academy is championing is the use of Mid-Semester Surveys across your course units. This simple check-in with students can reveal aspects of their learning students are enjoying and, most importantly, highlight any issues that could be a very simple fix, asking these questions in the middle of the survey gives you an opportunity to act on that feedback and improve the student experience.

Case Study: Buddycheck

Tom Rodgers has used a number of approaches to managing peer assessment and group work. In this case study, Tom tells us about his experience with Buddycheck and the benefits of the using Buddycheck.

Tips on creating a Mid-Semester Survey

A standard practice across the University is to ask students for their feedback on a course unit at the end of the semester. This can be a frustrating arrangement for both Staff and Students as by the time feedback is available there is no opportunity to make any adjustments that may benefit the cohort providing the feedback.