Tests and quizzes – which tool do I choose?
Compare the different tools for running asynchronous tests and quizzes.
Beth Hammond
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.
Creating feedback templates in PebblePad
Structure and standardise your feedback on PebblePad by creating templates.
Group submissions for summative assessment
Please read this guidance if you are planning on using group work for summative assessment.
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.
Student-led Teams meetings
Tips for helping students use Microsoft Teams for group work and research projects.
Using Groups in Blackboard
Create groups in your Blackboard course for facilitating group work, providing different materials to different students, or for administrative purposes.
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.
Creating captions using YouTube
How to improve accessibility on your self-created video resources by creating a captions file in YouTube.
Using the Focus and Cut tools when editing in Panopto
Advanced Panopto editing working with different streams, including how to add and remove slides.
Captions in Panopto
Make your desktop recordings more accessible by using Panopto automatic captioning.
What do I do if Collaborate is down?
A guide to getting your students onto a Teams meeting if Blackboard Collaborate is unavailable
Why you should launch your Panopto quizzes from Blackboard
If you use Panopto quizzes, make sure you understand how to link to the Panopto recordings correctly.
Attendee roles in Collaborate
Understand the different roles in Collaborate webinars and how to assign them.
Using Blackboard Collaborate across modules and programmes
Get links for your live Collaborate session and recording, for students who can’t enter through the Blackboard module site.
Delivering webinars: Guides for using Blackboard Collaborate Ultra
Guidance material (including video guides and a student resource) for delivering webinars using Blackboard Collaborate.
Sharing files using OneDrive – Working in breakout groups
Use shared documents in breakout rooms for students to record the results of collaborative activities.
Sharing files using OneDrive – Sign-up lists
Use shared OneDrive files to create sign-up lists for your students.
Sharing files using OneDrive – Sharing to a module
How to share a file with students on your module using a distribution list or through Blackboard.
Sharing files using OneDrive – The basics
Understand sharing in OneDrive – creating live links to your files.
Editing recordings from Blackboard Collaborate using Panopto
If you want to edit a recording from Blackboard Collaborate, you will need to download it and upload it into Panopto.
UWE’s four principles of learning design
A resource to help you implement UWE’s four principles of learning design.
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.
Using Panopto Bookmarks, Notes and Discussions tools
Encourage students to get more from your video recordings by adding bookmarks, taking notes and discussing with classmates.
Mentimote: control your Mentimeter slides from your mobile device
Learn how to use Mentimote to control your Mentimeter presentations remotely from your smartphone.
Tests and quizzes in the (virtual) classroom
Options for running a synchronous test or quiz in a classroom or webinar.
Notification settings in Teams
Make Teams work better for you by learning how to use notification settings.
Replacing face-to-face lectures with recorded lectures – good practice
Delivering content outside the lecture theatre – tips for desktop recordings.
Using Panopto to capture meetings in Microsoft Teams
A workaround for recording your meetings in Teams.
SafeAssign file limits
How to ensure your students’ assignments are small enough to be checked in SafeAssign.
Compressing images in a document
How to check the size of a file and compress images so that the resulting file size is smaller.
Interactive seminars, tutorials and drop-ins using Blackboard Collaborate
Using breakout groups, polling and feedback icons for interaction in Collaborate.
Setting up breakout groups in Blackboard Collaborate Ultra
Get students working together in your online sessions by using breakout groups.
Active Learning with Mentimeter
Mentimeter for Teaching Part 2. This series explores how Mentimeter can enrich the student experience and boost engagement.
Uploading videos to Panopto
You can use Panopto to provide video content from guest lecturers to your students on Blackboard.
Using Mentimeter to check progress
Mentimeter for Teaching Part 3. This series explores how Mentimeter can enrich the student experience and boost engagement.
Contingency assessments – a guide to resources
As there have been a number of communications about assessments, this guide is designed to pull together all the information … Read more