How to: grade students anonymously
There might be times when, as a teacher, you might like to mark students assessment without knowing who has submitted them. Simply, Canvas allows you to hide the students name in SpeedGrader. To...
View Article14 things you really need to know about Canvas that these pandas may not tell...
Ok I have got your attention now. There are some important things about Canvas that are really worth knowing, some earlier rather than later. Some are about better design and some are just about making...
View ArticlePresenting ideas for industry research
Tony Cooper has asked for a range of ideas and ways for people to communicate their Trend Report Folio assignment, undertaken in the Fashion and Textiles Industry Research course. Your audience will...
View ArticleClick here to Collaborate!
Coiled by Arbyreed CC licence on Flickr Did you know RMIT is part of a global network enabling international online learning and teaching collaboration? For the last 10 years the State University of...
View ArticleLectures as Animated Videos?
There are other ways to share essential knowledge and skills with students that do not involve a lecture capture, a podcast or a talking head recording
View ArticleBlackboard Drop-In Sessions at Bundoora
You might remember my blog on Developing Skills for Blackboard published early in the year. Since our initial meeting with Josephine Ng, lots has happened in this project and amazing progress has been...
View ArticleCreative Commons Images
At one point in time, we’ve all needed an image for either a presentation, a course website – or for something like this, a blog post – and the first thing that comes to mind is to just grab one out of...
View ArticleHow to: Invite staff and students to join a community in G+
You can use a Google Community as a communal space where you can share ideas and have ongoing conversations with students and staff involved in your course. The following document will step you through...
View ArticleThe #FlexibleLMS: Good Practice Examples
At times we get requests for “best practice” examples of the LMS which is understandable from an evaluation point of view. I prefer to refer to “good practice” examples because the term best practice...
View ArticleImproving the Student Experience through Learning Analytics
We have begun our 2016 learning analytics projects, or rather learner analytics as this project is more focused on the student experience, with a recent kick off workshop. 'Improving the Student...
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