12 apps of Christmas
byAre you interested in exploring which free mobile apps could help you in your teaching or supporting your students? Would you like to take…
Teaching tips
A new Library Guide supporting Cultural Competence in curriculum
byA general purpose library guide has been created as a first stop portal to support cultural competence teaching and learning. The guide “Cultural Competence…
Using data to deploy learner support actions
byAs part of the Innovation Week, the University of Sydney held a workshop on how to better use data to understand learners and provide…
EdTool Tips #4: Beautiful Grade Centre and the Scourge of Hidden Columns
byWe’ve all had difficulties with our students not seeing their results properly in My Grades. This 4th entry of EdTool Tips on Teaching@Sydney is…
How to make your assessments ‘renewable’
byAt the recent Sydney Teaching Colloquium, three of our outstanding teachers shared how to design and implement assessments with student-generated resources that can be…
EdTool Tips #3: Getting the Lecture Recordings You Want
byThe lecture recording system at the University is a powerful platform with a challenging technological task, which means it does come with some limitations. This…
EdTool Tips #2: Speed up your marking by using smart views in the grade centre
bySmart Views are the best way to visually navigate the Grade Centre and can help speed up the marking process for you or your…
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…
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…
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…