EdTool Tips #1: Personalise your Blackboard Site
byIn the first of Teaching@Sydney’s New EdTools Tips series, Educational Designer Kevin Samnick shows you how small tweaks can customise your Blackboard site for…
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LMS Update for week beginning 4th October 2016
byAs reported previously, the learning management system (LMS) will be reviewed over the coming months. A ‘request for tender’ (RFT) was issued in September…
Designing and reflecting on assessment
byThe Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) recently held their assessment forum, an afternoon of presentations by teaching staff that gave insights into…
Graduate Employability 2.0 workshop: The connectedness learning toolkit – Wednesday 19 October
byGraduate Employability 2.0 is the title of Ruth Bridgstock’s 2015-2016 Australian National Senior Teaching Fellowship. The fellowship takes a networked approach to graduate employability…
Improving the visual aesthetics of your Blackboard site
byHave you always wanted to make your Blackboard site more visually stunning? With some basic knowledge of coding for the web, you can do…
“I’ll see you on the discussion boards”: Tips for Engaging Students this Semester
by“If you want to get the most out of this unit, I’ll see you on the discussion boards.” This is what Associate Professor Abelardo…
Podcasts on Legal History – An interview with Professor Joe Campbell
byLegal history is part of our shared history of ideas. In this interview, Adjunct Professor Joe Campbell talks about his Legal History Podcast series…
Fear and anxiety are enemies of learning: 53 Powerful ideas all teachers should know
byAs we approach the three-quarter mark of semester 2, final assessments are in our students’ minds at the same time as we are trying to…
LMS Update for week beginning 26th September 2016
byThe invitation for learning management system (LMS) vendors to tell us about their platforms, called a ‘request for tender’ (RFT), is now in its final…
2017 Strategic Education Grants Now Open
byThe Strategic Education Grants program is a competitive scheme to fund educational innovation and targeted curriculum development to deliver enhanced student learning outcomes across the University. The…