Teaching Technologies
Blackboard
learning environment
Every module run and programme has a site on Blackboard. Use it for making announcements, launching learning activities, providing materials, and for online assessment and feedback.
Panopto
video capture
For recording and delivering video and audio. Use it to capture your slides and desktop, to add captions and quizzes, and to securely store and release recordings in Blackboard.
Mentimeter
polling
An online polling tool to add interactivity to a live or recorded presentation. Used for icebreakers, knowledge checks, gauging opinion and prompting debate.
Collaborate
webinars
A virtual classroom webinar tool for communicating online in real time by voice or text. Use it for group discussions, collaborative activities, one-to-ones and as a social space.
PebblePad
eportfolios
An online platform where students evidence their learning in portfolios and workbooks. Use it to securely view, assess and provide feedback on students’ work as it develops.
LinkedIn Learning
training videos
LinkedIn Learning has thousands of training videos for software, design and business skills. Use it to supplement teaching and to help students develop skills.
Xerte
interactive learning materials
Xerte is a tool for creating accessible, multi-media, interactive resources. Use it to create engaging learning materials that students access using a web browser.
Reading Lists
recommended reading
A resource for students to access their recommended reading quickly and easily. Use it to create dynamic reading lists that can be embedded within Blackboard.
Dewis
assessing maths and statistics
A web-based algorithmic assessment system for maths and statistics. Use it for summative assessment or allow students to use it for formative learning.
Teams
collaboration platform
Teams is a suite of messaging, file sharing and video conferencing tools in Microsoft Office 365. Use it to work together with others synchronously and asynchronously.
Other tools
suitable for your subject
Lots of other great learning tools are available on the web. To help ensure tools are suitable for use with students we have a checklist of things to look out for.
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Next year’s reading lists
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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.
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.
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.
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.
An introduction to hybrid teaching
A guide for teaching in situations where some of your students are in the physical classroom and others are online.
Using Mentimeter with Collaborate to facilitate questioning in hybrid teaching
Use Mentimeter to share questions and answers with both on-campus and remote audiences at the same time.
The Collaborate Assessment Tool
A series of short videos on how to use the new Blackboard Collaborate Assessment tool with your students.
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
Use of Guest links in Blackboard Collaborate
Why you should avoid enabling guest links, and best practice for when they are necessary.
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.
Blackboard Announcement subject headings
Why does my Blackboard Announcement email not include my subject heading? Read on for the solution.
Attendee roles in Collaborate
Understand the different roles in Collaborate webinars and how to assign them.
Adding Mentimeter quizzes to Panopto recordings
You can use Mentimeter within your Panopto recordings to keep them interactive just as you would in a classroom.
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.
Setting up folders in Panopto for assessment purposes
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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.
How to download an audio-only file from Panopto
Download audio from Panopto to make podcasts or use in Xerte.
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.
How to automatically start and stop YouTube videos at specific times
Focus your students’ attention on the relevant part of your YouTube video.
Making your content items accessible in Blackboard
Some archived, but still useful, content from the old Blackboard Support pages.
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
Encourage students to get more from your video recordings by adding bookmarks, taking notes and discussing with classmates.
Student tips for watching Panopto recordings
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Mentimote: control your Mentimeter slides from your mobile device
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Tests and quizzes in the (virtual) classroom
Options for running a synchronous test or quiz in a classroom or webinar.
FET Blackboard Module Template 2020/21
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FET Blackboard Module Template: Copying Content to a New Module Run
IMPORTANT: Please read before setting up your new 2020/21 Blackboard module runs.
Notification settings in Teams
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Statistics from Blackboard Collaborate sessions
The Interactive Tutorials Report in Collaborate shows you who joined your live sessions.
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.
Recording presentations in PowerPoint
Use PowerPoint to record your presentation without the need for additional software.
SafeAssign file limits
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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
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Using Panopto to create desktop recordings – video guides
5 short videos from the LIU covering how to make, edit and publish a desktop recording.
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.
Creating an Assessment Submission Point in Blackboard
These instructions cover how to manually set up a submission point for an online exam.
Installing Panopto
As a UWE member of staff, you can use Panopto on your work or home computer. Here’s how to do it.
Three ways to add quizzes and interactivity to Panopto recordings
Add interactivity to your videos using Panopto quizzes, Mentimeter or Xerte.
How to change your assignment deadline in Pebblepad
A short video guide to changing your assignment dates in PebblePad.
‘Access request’ to Panopto recordings
If you or your students are denied access to a recording, please read on for the solution.
Contingency plan for move to online delivery
An article on using Panopto for desktop recording and running webinars using Blackboard Collaborate Ultra.
Desktop recording (using Panopto)
Create video resources for your students using desktop recording in Panopto.
Using Mentimeter in and out of the classroom
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Mentimeter – converting previous polls
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Mentimeter – sharing and access
Learn how to hide results, close a poll and share both the results and the presentation itself.
Adding a YouTube caption file to your video using Panopto
How to improve accessibility by adding a caption file to your Panopto video resource.
Adding a YouTube caption file to your video using Kaltura
How to improve accessibility by adding a caption file to your Kaltura video resource.
Getting started with Mentimeter
A quick guide to help you find your way around the Mentimeter polling tool.
Using video to flip the classroom
Case study on flipped learning and using desktop recording to provide teaching materials, by Senior Research Fellow Juliet Jain.
Three great things about Xerte
Find out more about this browser-based tool for creating interactive and accessible online resources.
Setting up a Blackboard Test Course
A Blackboard Test Course can be useful. Read on for more information.
Kaltura (desktop recording)
Record, upload, manage and deliver video and audio files. Enable students to record and submit video assignments
Help students develop their academic writing skills with SafeAssign
Find out how Blackboard’s originality checker can be used to embed good referencing practice.
Grade Mapping in Blackboard
Easy-to-follow, step-by-step, visual guidance which will only take a few minutes of your time to follow.
Panopto: What to do if you record to the wrong folder
Step by step instructions from Blackboard Support for copying your recording(s).