by Faye Brockwell, Learning Technologist Colleagues in the School of Psychology are exploring the use of Canvas Credentials Badges to encourage student engagement on their Discovering Statistics module. The team had already introduced a gamification element to the statistical methods…
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Your students don’t know what a RUBRIC is – and maybe you don’t either?
by Sam Hemsley, Academic Developer, University of Sussex One of the first pieces of work I took on when joining the Educational Enhancement team as an Academic Developer in September 2021, was to contribute to the content of a guidance…
Virtual Learning Environments – a parent’s perspective
My first year at Sussex as a Learning Technologist has been a transformative journey, enriched by the parallel experience of supporting my daughter through her inaugural year at a different university. This dual perspective has underscored the critical importance of…
Canvas ‘hacks’ to save you time and stress.
Let me first make it clear I’m not talking about software hacking, but about lifehacks. A lifehack is ‘a tip, trick, or efficient method for doing or managing a day-to-day task or activity’ (source: Dictionary.com). This post will show you…
Just a few things to improve accessibility on your Canvas module sites
I love Michael Moseley’s BBC podcast. In each episode he suggests ’Just One Thing‘ to increase your health and wellbeing. The recent Global Accessibility Awareness Day got me thinking of whether there’s just one thing you can do as module…
Considering the user experience of VLEs: reviewing our Canvas templates.
I first learnt about Virtual Learning Environments almost twenty years ago. As a high school teacher I attended a training session on a ‘platform’ designed to record students’ homework tasks which would one day remove the need for planners (the…
Top 10 tips for getting your Canvas modules ready for 22/23
The new empty Canvas sites for 2022/23 modules are now available to University of Sussex staff. TEL have provided guidance on how to get them ready for the new academic year and here is a top ten of things to…
How Learning Analytics can aid your teaching
Do you know which sections of your teaching content students are engaging with the most, (and perhaps perceive as the most valuable) and conversely, which are often neglected? Do students return to specific pages or even particular sections of a…
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