Canvas provides lots of opportunities for students to learn together. One of the features that enables this is Groups. This post provides a brief overview of Canvas Groups and suggests some ways in which teachers and learners may want to…
Yearly Archives: 2018
Canvas Highlights – 2. Groups
Tagged with: Active learning, Canvas, Collaboration, group work, Instructure, Virtual Learning Environment (VLE), VLE
Posted in Canvas
Posted in Canvas
Feed Forward: 5 steps for students to make the most of feedback
What is feedback and why is it important? Feedback on your performance at university comes in many forms – it could be something as simple as your tutor nodding in agreement when you make a point in seminar discussion, responses…
Moving to Canvas: what’s happening behind the scenes
Since the first announcement of our decision to adopt Canvas, there has been a lot of work going on behind the scenes to get the new virtual learning environment (VLE) ready for our staff and students. Some of this work…
Discover Campus: using augmented reality to learn about the history of our University
As part of Digital Discovery Week, myself (Pete Sparkes, Learning Technologist) and Bethany Logan (Research Support Supervisor, Library) used technology to create a series of interactive posters using augmented reality (dubbed ‘Discover Campus’) to provide bite-sized, location-based digital learning resources…
Canvas highlights 1. Quizzes
Welcome to the first in a series of posts highlighting exciting features staff and students can expect to find in the university’s new virtual learning environment (VLE), Canvas. Each of these posts will showcase a great feature within Canvas that…
Tagged with: assessment, Canvas, Instructure, Quizzes, Quizzing, Virtual Learning Environment (VLE), VLE
Posted in Canvas
Posted in Canvas
Canvas will replace StudyDirect as the Sussex VLE
From the beginning of the 2018/19 academic year, Sussex will be using Canvas as the institutional Virtual Learning Environment. Canvas will enhance our capability to offer a truly modern, digital learning experience, combining an intuitive, clean workspace with robust, cloud-based…
Object Based Learning – Podcast S02 E01
Sussex TEL: Teaching with Tech S02 E01 – Object Based Learning with Maria Kukhareva In this episode, Tab Betts talks to Dr. Maria Kukhareva, an Educational Developer at the University of Bedfordshire, about how she uses Object Based Learning (OBL)…
Nearpod Mid-year update, Sussex staff and student views so far
In September 2017 Technology Enhanced Learning launched a pilot of Nearpod, an interactive presentation tool. The pilot is intended to assess how useful this tool can be for staff and whether Nearpod has a positive effect on students’ learning experiences.…
Tagged with: A - Z of apps, Collaboration, Engagement, Interactive teaching, Quizzes
Posted in Mobile learning, Polling tools
Posted in Mobile learning, Polling tools
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