Designing Effective Educational Videos
byWhen it comes down to it, as an educational designer I am concerned with the creation of meaningful teaching resources guided by the theory…
Teaching tips
Inclusive Culture in Our Teaching: Universal Design in Canvas Event
byProviding high quality education is a matter of social justice, and ‘Universal Design for Learning’ (UDL) is an innovative framework that supports all learners…
Innovative uses of discussion boards for collaboration and community engagement
byOnline discussion boards, whether those that come as part of Blackboard/Canvas or come from an external provider, are a great way to engage your…
(Don’t) Make Me Think
byDuring the year 2000, in the height of the dot-com bubble, Steve Krug’s slim and conversational book Don’t Make Me Think burst onto the scene. Neither the first nor the…
Why design matters when keeping students’ attention online
byWeb and interaction design has had a long history of making difficult and complicated systems usable. When tech is easy we use words like ‘intuitive’,…
EdTool Tips #9: Canvas and Turnitin – Guide to New Setup and Workflow
byI’m really excited to be working in the central Educational Innovation team on the transition to Canvas. As our early adopters begin to hit…
Tour open Canvas sites from the University and get ready for Thinking in Canvas
byOver 70 physical classroom doors are being flung open across the University during the Week 4 // Open Door event. As more and more…
Thinking in Canvas: Get inspired by innovative Canvas sites from around the University
byAs we move into semester 2, over 90 units of study will be running their unit sites in Canvas for the first time. The…
Building Effective Interactive Polls for Lectures
byIn our previous article on Interactive Polling Tools, we reviewed three popular polling tools with the aim of helping you select the most suitable…
Three Interactive Polling Tools Reviewed
byTo poll or not to poll, that is the question! Interactive Polling Tools (also called student response systems, ‘clickers’, or classroom response systems) have been…