UWE’s four principles of learning design
A resource to help you implement UWE’s four principles of learning design.
Teaching Practices
Laurillard’s learning types for online and blended learning
Learn which tools can help you implement Laurillard’s six learning types online.
Designing your teaching sessions using Laurillard’s learning types
Plan your lessons using a variety of activities to help your students learn.
Active learning using Bookmarks, Notes and Discussions in Panopto
Suggestions for active learning activities using Panopto tools.
FET Blackboard Module Template 2020/21
Find out about the changes to the 2020/21 FET Blackboard Module Template and other support to help you create an accessible module site.
FET Blackboard Module Template 2020/21: Copying Content to a New Module Run
IMPORTANT: Please read before setting up your new 2020/21 Blackboard module runs.
Blackboard Programme Sites – guiding principles
These guiding principles are here to support Programme Leaders in setting up new programme sites or reviewing their existing programme,
Podcasts as a tool for online learning
Authored by Tom Buckley, Lauren Philp Edited by: Michael Harris, Ghizzi Dunlop and Paul Redford ‘Podcast’ has become the shorthand…
Replacing face-to-face lectures with recorded lectures – good practice
Delivering content outside the lecture theatre – tips for desktop recordings.
Interactive seminars, tutorials and drop-ins using Blackboard Collaborate
Whether you’re using a flipped learning model, facilitating group work or just wanting to give your students some individual support,…
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Tweets
Teaching Technologies
Next year’s reading lists
For 2020/21: All the guidance you need to know about reading lists in one place
Student Presentations in PowerPoint
Some instructions for your students on using PowerPoint to record if they are unable to use Kaltura.
Laurillard’s learning types for online and blended learning
Learn which tools can help you implement Laurillard’s six learning types online.
Active learning using Bookmarks, Notes and Discussions in Panopto
Suggestions for active learning activities using Panopto tools.
Using Panopto Bookmarks, Notes and Discussions tools
Understand how your students can make use of the tools in Panopto to get more from your video recordings by adding bookmarks, taking notes and discussing with classmates.
Student tips for watching Panopto recordings
Here are some tips that students might find helpful when watching Panopto event capture recordings.
Accessibility
Making your content items accessible in Blackboard
Some archived, but still useful, content from the old Blackboard Support pages.
FET Blackboard Module Template 2020/21
Find out about the changes to the 2020/21 FET Blackboard Module Template and other support to help you create an accessible module site.
FET Blackboard Module Template 2020/21: Copying Content to a New Module Run
IMPORTANT: Please read before setting up your new 2020/21 Blackboard module runs.
New Accessibility Regulations and what it means for you
We have pulled together a range of resources to help staff create accessible content for Blackboard sites.
Captions in Panopto
Make your desktop recordings more accessible by using Panopto automatic captioning.
Practical guides for improving digital accessibility
New interactive resources to help you make your Blackboard content more accessible, including step-by-step guides for Word and PowerPoint.
How to check colour contrast for accessibility
Learn how to use an accessibility checker on your document and test colours with a contrast checker.
Digital Capability
How to automatically start and stop YouTube videos at specific times
Have you ever wanted to show students just part of a YouTube video but had difficulty finding the start of…
Notification settings in Teams
Make Teams work better for you by learning how to use notification settings.
SafeAssign file limits
While a Blackboard submission point can accept file sizes of up to 100MB, they will not be processed by SafeAssign…
Compressing images in a document
Sometimes you or your students may need to attach a document to an email, discussion board, submission point etc. where…
Contingency plan: Delivering webinars
Guidance material from the LIU for using Blackboard Collaborate Ultra to deliver webinars (live lectures and lessons delivered virtually).
Virtual Office Hours
If you are working from home due to University closure, it could be useful to set up virtual office hours….
Day 12 – Don’t watch Panto, watch Panopto!
Top tips for how to include YouTube in your Panopto videos
Materials & Resources
UWE’s four principles of learning design
A resource to help you implement UWE’s four principles of learning design.
Student Presentations in PowerPoint
Some instructions for your students on using PowerPoint to record if they are unable to use Kaltura.
Using Panopto Bookmarks, Notes and Discussions tools
Understand how your students can make use of the tools in Panopto to get more from your video recordings by adding bookmarks, taking notes and discussing with classmates.
New Accessibility Regulations and what it means for you
We have pulled together a range of resources to help staff create accessible content for Blackboard sites.
Contingency plan: Delivering webinars
Guidance material from the LIU for using Blackboard Collaborate Ultra to deliver webinars (live lectures and lessons delivered virtually).
Delivering effective feedback in higher education
Learn more about current feedback practices using our guide to effective feedback in HE.
Recording students for assessment
A guide to recording live student presentations for assessment purposes.