Sharing a visualiser/document camera in a TEAL room.
How to share a visualiser/document camera with your students in a TEAL (Technology Enhanced Active Learning) room.
Blackboard Rubric Tool Part 2: Creating and using rubrics
Creating and deploying a rubric using the Blackboard Rubric tool.
Blackboard Rubric Tool Part 1: An introduction to using rubrics.
An introduction to creating and using rubrics that can be used in the Blackboard Rubric tool.
Christmas 2021 in the Learning Innovation Unit
This year’s countdown to Christmas gives tips for how you can help your students Prepare, Participate and Practise their learning.
Improving recorded audio quality in a classroom.
How to improve the quality of recorded audio in a teaching room.
Introduction to the 3Ps
Learn how to help students Prepare, Participate and Practise to get the most from their studies.
Peer feedback in PebblePad – using comments
Learn how students can use the Comment feature in PebblePad for peer feedback.
Location-based learning with Seppo
On 1st October we trialled our new software for location-based learning, Seppo, with the fantastic Urban Orienteering event around Bristol.
What’s your educational philosophy?
Try the Teaching Perspectives Inventory to help you understand your teaching style.
Using PebblePad for assessment
How PebblePad can help with assessment of, assessment for and assessment as learning.
Tests and quizzes – which tool do I choose?
Compare the different tools for running asynchronous tests and quizzes.
Recording using PowerPoint
This video explains why PowerPoint may become your new best friend for producing your recorded lectures.
Using Microsoft Forms for online testing
Microsoft Forms has some great features for use in education. With the ability to combine automatic and manual grading, leave … Read more
Teams for teaching in 21/22
Things to consider if you are thinking of using Microsoft Teams for teaching and learning on your module.
Next year’s reading lists
For 2021/22: All the guidance you need to know about reading lists in one place
Bite-sized: Making recorded lectures more engaging
This video gives a range of tips (technical and practical) to help prepare engaging recorded lectures.
Hybrid teaching made simple – using a document cam
How to use and share a document cam in hybrid teaching.
Hybrid teaching made simple – using a laptop
How to use a laptop instead of the podium PC to deliver a hybrid teaching session in a classroom.
Creating feedback templates in PebblePad
Structure and standardise your feedback on PebblePad by creating templates.
Hybrid teaching made simple
How to set up a hybrid teaching session using Collaborate, share projected screens and run the chat using one monitor.
Blackboard Programme Sites – guiding principles
Support for Programme Leaders in setting up new programme sites or reviewing existing ones.
Group submissions for summative assessment
Please read this guidance if you are planning on using group work for summative assessment.
FET Blackboard Module Template 2021/22
It is important that Blackboard content is well structured, easily navigable and clearly labelled – and FET’s module template helps you to do this.
Four ways for fast formative feedback
Four ways to give valuable feedback to students that does not require a lot of extra work for you.
Simple surveys and quizzes using Microsoft Forms
Forms can be integrated into Teams and Outlook, embedded in your Blackboard module or shared using a link.
Peer feedback
Peer feedback is a powerful tool for helping students reflect on and improve their work.
Machine translation software
Microsoft Translate can be used to translate or transcribe audio, text, and even text in images.
Student-led Teams meetings
Tips for helping students use Microsoft Teams for group work and research projects.
Assessed Student Presentations – which methods should you choose?
Panopto and Collaborate can both be used for assessed student presentations – which is best for your scenario?
Using Groups in Blackboard
Create groups in your Blackboard course for facilitating group work, providing different materials to different students, or for administrative purposes.
Introducing Microsoft Whiteboard
Some ideas for active learning in webinars using Microsoft Whiteboard.
Setting up a practice assignment in Blackboard
To avoid student panics on the day of assessment, consider setting up a practice assignment submission in Blackboard.
Mentimeter icebreaker activities
These short, engaging activities can be subject-relevant as well as providing a talking point for students.
Combining videos in Panopto
Various ways of putting together different recordings or takes to give your students a seamless experience.
Using Clips in Panopto
How to insert one Panopto recording into another – add content you forgot to record or captured elsewhere.
Advanced techniques for combining videos in Panopto
Two slightly more complex ways of combining videos in Panopto – merging, and adding streams.
Blended Learning Essentials – free online courses
These free online courses are designed to help you understand the benefits of blended learning and how to make more effective use of technology to support your learners.
Creating captions using YouTube
How to improve accessibility on your self-created video resources by creating a captions file in YouTube.