Canvas System Update – 15 Jan 2022
These are the latest Canvas system updates that will become available from 15 Jan 2022. Please click on an update to expand and view the information. If you have any questions please submit a support ticket via the help menu in Canvas.
Using Turnitin within Canvas – common queries from staff and students
A Central University Turnitin Account has been created for Turnitin assignments created and submitted through Canvas. This allows classes, assignments and both staff and student users accounts to be created automatically in Turnitin without the need for any additional effort required by teaching/support staff. The integration also…
Canvas System Update – 18 Dec 2021
These are the latest Canvas system updates that will become available from 18 December 2021. Please click on an update to expand and view the information. If you have any questions please submit a support ticket via the help menu in Canvas.
YouTube as an Effective Educational Resource
Educational videos have become an important part of higher education, providing a content-delivery tool in many flipped, blended, and online classes (Brame, 2016). If you are considering whether to use 3rd party YouTube videos for supplementing or extending on the knowledge gained from existing course…
Canvas System Update – 20 Nov 2021
These are the latest Canvas system updates that will become available from 20 Nov 2021. Please click on an update to expand and view the information. If you have any questions please submit a support ticket via the help menu in Canvas.
Canvas System Update – 16 Oct 2021
These are the latest Canvas system updates that will become available from 16 Oct 2021. Please click on an update to expand and view the information. If you have any questions please submit a support ticket via the help menu in Canvas.
Digital Portfolios
Introduction to ePortfolios ePortfolios are digital presentations of a student’s experiences, achievements and aspirations. Creating an ePortfolio involves skills essential for 21st century learning; organising and planning material, giving and receiving feedback, reflecting and selecting and arranging content to communicate with a particular audience in…
Using Teams Live Events in Large Cohort Lectures
By Dr Danielle McConville, Senior Lecturer Education, QMS This post is based on my experience of using a Teams Live Event for a 50 minute lecture to 360 students in my level one, non-specialist Accounting module in the last academic year. Last year, MS Teams…
Video content – don’t Lose it, Re-use it!
Many of you will have created video content during the move to online teaching as a result of the Covid 19 pandemic. This content may well be re-usable in the current academic year. If you do want to use some of the videos that you…
Canvas System Update – 18 Sept 2021
These are the latest Canvas system updates that will become available from 18 Sept 2021. Please click on an update to expand and view the information. If you have any questions please submit a support ticket via the help menu in Canvas.
Canvas System Update – 21 Aug 2021
These are the latest Canvas system updates that will become available from 21 Aug 2021. Please click on an update to expand and view the information. If you have any questions please submit a support ticket via the help menu in Canvas.
The Virtual Year Abroad: Facilitating Online Linguistic and Cultural Immersion of Modern Languages Students in a Global Pandemic
Submitted by the Year Abroad Team for Modern Languages: French, Spanish and Portuguese (Dr Dominique Jeannerod, Dr Karol Valderrama-Burgos & Dr Tori Holmes) Introduction: In the context of the global pandemic prohibiting travel abroad, we faced an urgent need to provide an…