Microsoft Accessibility Checker is a tool that can help you ensure your MS Office documents are as accessible as possible for students of all abilities, by automatically identifying “possible issues for people who have disabilities” (Microsoft, 2022). All learning resources … Continue reading →
There are many different active learning methods. Some of these can be easily adapted for online and/or blended learning. But we can easily forget how wide the range of different active learning methods and opportunities is. This post introduces the … Continue reading →
Block teaching is a mode of delivery where students generally take one module of learning at a time, before progressing on to the next. Such an approach is based on pedagogic thinking which highlights the importance of deep and active learning strategies … Continue reading →
Many staff will be familiar with using break-out rooms in MS Teams, or at least being allocated to a break-out room. To make break-out rooms easier to manage in Teams you can also set a timer. When the timer is … Continue reading →
Rubrics in Turnitin can be extremely helpful for marking and feedback. However, you may be confused by the range of rubric types and the differences between them. In Turnitin, there are several types of rubric that take the form of … Continue reading →
By using Share Content in an MS Teams meeting it is possible to share your screen, a window, a PowerPoint presentation or a whiteboard. But have you considered sharing documents such as a Word document or a spreadsheet? Sharing documents … Continue reading →
You can share documents (Word, PPT, Excel etc) with your students during a live teaching session. This enables simultaneous group collaboration e.g. editing a document, filling in a table or spreadsheet, or SWOT analysis etc. STEP 1 In your … Continue reading →
Online quizzes are an effective formative learning tool and can be created with Blackboard Tests. But there is another tool available, Microsoft Forms, that can create quick and easy quizzes for your students. Although quizzes created with MS Forms can … Continue reading →
