by Kitty Horne, Academic Development The University of Sussex Business School is actively exploring the role of artificial intelligence in higher education, focusing on practical approaches to both enhance learning and address the challenges Artificial Intelligence (AI) brings. Through collaborative…
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Feedback templates: designing flexible rubrics and grading forms
During the summer of 2020 the University of Sussex Business School worked with a team of student connectors to co-create a series of new marking criteria for each level of study. The project sought to ensure quality and provide consistency,…
Canvas, Panopto and Padlet: what’s new?
The learning technologies that we use at the University of Sussex see a steady stream of updates as they respond to the needs of their users. We thought it would be useful to pull together all of the recent updates…
Using the Canvas Accessibility Checker
There are lots of steps that can be taken to make sure that your module content is digitally accessible to your students. From headings and font colours to tables and alternative text, it can feel like there is a lot…
Using captions in Zoom and Panopto to improve accessibility
When creating learning resources it’s important to make sure that they are accessible. Not only does this provide students with the support that they need, it is a legal requirement. One way of doing this is to provide text alternatives…
Top tips for large and small group (online) teaching
This post aims to provide some quick tips and tricks to help improve student engagement during online teaching sessions. We understand that group sizes mean different things to different people, a small group in one discipline may be considered a…
Encouraging engagement in breakout room activities
Zoom breakout rooms can be a great way of facilitating interaction between students during online teaching sessions. They can be particularly useful when teaching large groups, when the possibility of student contributions is more limited. However, there is a danger…
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Posted in Active learning, Blended learning, Learning Design
Posted in Active learning, Blended learning, Learning Design
Co-created marking criteria
Over this summer the University of Sussex Business School embarked on a project to co-create new marking criteria for assessments within their courses. This project saw students, academics and professional services staff come together to collaborate on and produce a…
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