During the pandemic most lectures have been online – either as recordings or as live Zoom sessions. Academics noticed that the ‘chat’ facility in the latter encouraged more questions and discussion than they had experienced during in-person lectures on campus.…
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Adding a ‘chat’ backchannel to in-person classes
Tagged with: Canvas, communication, community, Padlet, Poll Everywhere, polling
Posted in Apps and tools, Blended learning, Polling tools
Posted in Apps and tools, Blended learning, Polling tools
5 easy steps to set up inclusive, self-running study groups within your module
By Paolo Oprandi and Sarah Watson. What are study groups? A study group gives students the opportunity to meet on a regular basis and work together towards a common goal, such as unpacking concepts within a module, undertaking weekly module…
Peer Learning with Canvas
Peer learning is a term that covers a broad spectrum of activities in which students work together to further their learning, from peer teaching, to group working, to peer assessment. There are great benefits to be seen from peer learning…
Tagged with: Canvas, Collaboration, discussion, peer learning, peer review
Posted in Canvas, Learning Design
Posted in Canvas, Learning Design
Managing online activities with Canvas Sections and Groups
Tutors want to divide up students for a range of purposes, from the administrative to the creative. Canvas has two tools for this which work in distinct ways providing lots of opportunities, but sometimes causing some confusion. This post will…
5 Online Tools for Active Learning
Active learning is an approach to teaching and learning that requires students to take an active approach to learning material by analysing the topic and producing something tangible. It is different from passive learning which involves listening and reading but…
Simple ‘podcasting’ in Canvas with Panopto and Zoom
Podcasts are increasingly popular and many people are keen to adopt and adapt the medium for education. A previous post on this blog looked at ways that you can power up your pedagogy with podcasts but it may be that…
Teaching during a global pandemic: Meeting the Sussex Baseline
The Covid-19 global pandemic has introduced enormous uncertainty across the HE sector while social distancing measures will undoubtedly place restrictions on the ability of institutions to deliver face-to-face teaching or undertake in-person assessment come the autumn term. As a result,…
Tagged with: Baseline, Blended learning, Canvas
Posted in Blended learning, Canvas, Learning Design, Learning Technologies
Posted in Blended learning, Canvas, Learning Design, Learning Technologies
Canvas tips and tricks
While more teaching and learning is happening remotely, Canvas is increasingly central to engagement with students. As we have been using Canvas for nearly two years now we thought it was a good time to remind you of some features…
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