Using Mentimeter with Collaborate to facilitate questioning in hybrid teaching
Using Mentimeter in hybrid teaching so that questions and answers can be shared with both on-campus and remote audiences at the same time.
formative assessment
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.
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.
Active learning using Bookmarks, Notes and Discussions in Panopto
Suggestions for active learning activities using Panopto tools.
Tests and quizzes in the (virtual) classroom
Options for running a synchronous test or quiz in a classroom or webinar.
Tests and quizzes – which tool do I choose?
Compare the different tools for running asynchronous tests and quizzes.
Recording students for assessment
A guide to recording live student presentations for assessment purposes.
Writing Multiple Choice Questions
Read on for tips on how to create well-written, reliable and valid multiple choice questions.
Give new life to your online topic material with Xerte
If you have teaching and learning material lying dormant in an online topic, Xerte offers you a great way to give this content new life.
Six staff describe how PebblePad has enhanced their module
In this video academics from FET tell us how they have used PebblePad to deliver authentic and innovative assessments to students from foundation to masters level.
Three great things about PebblePad
There are lots of good things about PebblePad (and a few not so good, too!) and in this article I will share with you my top three.
Dewis tests v Blackboard tests: which one do I choose?
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.
What is Dewis?
Have you come across references to Dewis and were unsure of what it is? Does the module you teach involve numeracy and maths?
Open Badges – informal learning accreditations
Informal micro credits to encourage and reward participation
Blogging in Social Geography
In the first semester of 2014/15 I worked with a FET lecturer in Geography and Environmental Management, Sara-Jayne Williams, who teaches on a module called Society, Youth & Ageing. Together we developed a plan whereby students would blog about the subject matter and share their blogs with each other in order to construct subject knowledge as a class.