Faculty of Environment and Technology
Helga Gunnarsdottir 
Panopto and Collaborate can both be used for assessed student presentations – which is best for your scenario? Continue Reading Assessed Student Presentations – which methods should you choose?
A guide for teaching in situations where some of your students are in the physical classroom and others are online. Continue Reading An introduction to hybrid teaching
This is a series of short videos on how to use the new Blackboard Collaborate Assessment tool with your students. Continue Reading The Collaborate Assessment Tool
You can use Mentimeter within your Panopto recordings to keep them interactive just as you would in a classroom. Continue Reading Adding Mentimeter quizzes to Panopto recordings
Some instructions for your students on using PowerPoint to record if they are unable to use Kaltura. Continue Reading Student Presentations in PowerPoint
Quickly add captions to all your Kaltura recordings. Continue Reading Captioning Kaltura Recordings Automatically
Here are some tips that students might find helpful when watching Panopto event capture recordings. Continue Reading Student tips for watching Panopto recordings
The Interactive Tutorials Report in Collaborate shows you who joined your live sessions. Continue Reading Statistics from Blackboard Collaborate sessions
The recording feature in PowerPoint presents a convenient alternative to using Panopto to create desktop recordings. The main benefit of recording in PowerPoint is that each slide is an independent… Continue Reading Recording presentations in PowerPoint
A simple way to add quizzes into your Panopto recordings. Continue Reading Adding Quizzes in Panopto
Record, upload, manage and deliver video and audio files. Enable students to record and submit video assignments Continue Reading Kaltura (desktop recording)
Read on to find out how to add a narrative to your PowerPoint presentation. Continue Reading Creating a PowerPoint Presentation with Narration
If you are using Panopto, you might be interested in viewing the statistics for your recordings. Continue Reading Accessing the Panopto Statistics
We show you how to use Presenter Mode to hide your PowerPoint notes from your audience. Continue Reading Using PowerPoint Presenter Mode
Knowing who to contact if you experience any technical difficulties in the classroom can save you considerable time and minimise any disruption to teaching. Continue Reading Technical support in the classroom
The first consideration would be the type of questions your test needs to have. Blackboard has a wider variety of question types and, depending on the subject matter of the test, this may be the deciding factor. Continue Reading Dewis tests v Blackboard tests: which one do I choose?
Have you come across references to Dewis and were unsure of what it is? Does the module you teach involve numeracy and maths? Continue Reading What is Dewis?
Following these tips should help your Panopto experience in the classroom go smoothly. Continue Reading Panopto on a lectern PC routine
We are often asked for advice about annotating slides and pointing out things on slides during a lecture. This is often in connection with recording the lecture with Panopto, where… Continue Reading Annotate slides while presenting PowerPoint slideshow
The term ‘webinar’ is perhaps mostly associated with meeting with a group of people, however the technology used for webinars can also be used very effectively as a way of… Continue Reading Using Collaborate Ultra for one-to-one sessions
Encouraging students to use the feedback icons not only keeps them engaged, it gives you feedback too Continue Reading Feedback Icons in Blackboard Collaborate webinars
Find out what students using a smartphone see on Blackboard Continue Reading BB Student – an app for accessing Blackboard on mobile devices
One way of making webinars more interactive, engaging and useful for learners is to use polling Continue Reading Using Polling in a Blackboard Collaborate Webinar