Announcements & News
Panopto will be bringing new features within the new update 5.6: Blackboard Gradebook integration — Blackboard users can now integrate Panopto’s video quizzes into their LMS as assignments, and access quiz results directly from within the LMS gradebook. Build video…
Start of term essentials Preparing your Blackboard course: 5 essentials Can’t see your Blackboard courses? When are new Blackboard courses created? Your new standardised Blackboard course layout TEL ideas for induction sessions Here are a few ideas for increasing attentiveness…
We’ve got a new learning tool called CampusPress for blogs, portfolios, websites and more The University has invested in a new online tool for use in teaching, learning and assessment called CampusPress. You can start using it with your students…
I just wanted to highlight a couple of tools we have that you could use during induction talks or to complement face-to-face induction activities. 1. Classroom polling and feedback with Poll Everywhere Poll Everywhere is a live polling and feedback…
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1. Do you use rubrics and have multiple markers in any given Turnitin assessment? Problem: Feedback has been lost Cause: Settings were changed on the assessment by a person who did not create the rubric Advice: Turnitin assessment settings should…
This is to advise on a few bugs and issues with Turnitin reported in recent days by various institutions worldwide. Turnitin are working on resolving them, however please let us know at x4455 or tel@uwl.ac.uk if you experience any anomalies.
Poll Everywhere is a classroom voting tool you can use in different ways to increase classroom engagement and support learning. Here are 7 ways to do more with Poll Everywhere; there’s information here for new and experienced users alike. 1.…
As well as the automated scheduled recordings, you now have the flexibility to start your own recordings in any UWL Replay classroom. You can record audio and the computer screen and then add the recording to Blackboard for your students.…
With the new semester fast approaching, here are some useful ideas from the TEL team: Accessing new modules New modules appear on Blackboard 13 days before their official start date. If you cannot see modules you believe you should…