Information delivery
Overview
Communicating with students, whether subject knowledge or the information needed to navigate their course, can be done in a variety of ways. Information needs to be well signposted, clearly and consistently labelled and presented in an accessible way. Clear structure and chunking of content can help students absorb information more easily.
This section includes articles on methods of presenting information such as lectures, videos, webinars and written communications, as well as best practice for Blackboard module and programme sites.
Making the most of the Calendar in Blackboard
Help students plan their work by using the calendar tool in Blackboard.
Improving recorded audio quality in a classroom.
How to improve the quality of recorded audio in a teaching room.
Recording using PowerPoint
This video explains why PowerPoint may become your new best friend for producing your recorded lectures.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Blackboard Announcement subject headings
Why does my Blackboard Announcement email not include my subject heading? Read on for the solution.
Delivering webinars: Guides for using Blackboard Collaborate Ultra
Guidance material (including video guides and a student resource) for delivering webinars using Blackboard Collaborate.
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.
FET Blackboard Module Template 2020/21
Changes to the 2020/21 FET Blackboard Module Template and other support to help you create an accessible module site.
FET Blackboard Module Template: Copying Content to a New Module Run
IMPORTANT: Please read before setting up your new 2020/21 Blackboard module runs.
Replacing face-to-face lectures with recorded lectures – good practice
Delivering content outside the lecture theatre – tips for desktop recordings.
Recording presentations in PowerPoint
Use PowerPoint to record your presentation without the need for additional software.
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.
Desktop recording (using Panopto)
Create video resources for your students using desktop recording in Panopto.
Adding a YouTube caption file to your video using Panopto
How to improve accessibility by adding a caption file to your Panopto video resource.
Creating a PowerPoint Presentation with Narration
Read on to find out how to add a narrative to your PowerPoint presentation.
Panopto recordings – The safe and effective way to include YouTube content
Use the ‘Add a YouTube video’ button to safely, and seamlessly, include YouTube content in your learning resource.
Using PowerPoint Presenter Mode
We show you how to use Presenter Mode to hide your PowerPoint notes from your audience.
Four examples of the FET Blackboard module template in action
Watch a short video tour to see how the FET module template can improve student and staff experience.
How Panopto can benefit our students – a personal story
Written by Danny Elvidge [Senior Lecturer in Building Physics and Services] I’ve fallen in love with Panopto since being trained…
Tips for Distance Learning Delivery
The Learning Innovation Unit has pulled together some tips based on recent experience (2017) of supporting the delivery of postgraduate distance learning programmes
How do I make a film for use in my teaching?
So you have an idea, process or concept that you want to get across to your students but it isn’t physically possible to demonstrate it in the classroom and just talking to them about it doesn’t do it justice…
Feedback Icons in Blackboard Collaborate webinars
Encouraging students to use the feedback icons not only keeps them engaged, it gives you feedback too
How students use lecture capture
This Slideshare highlights some of the ways students use lecture capture technology.
Educational Resources for the Built Environment (ERBE)
Educational Resources for the Built Environment (ERBE) produces unique and highly respected educational resources for academic and professional use. ERBE incorporates the Video Project and the Construction Website.
Film and Multimedia Production within the LIU
The Faculty of Environment and Technology is now formally offering in-house film production across all departments.