Multimodal assessment – what, why and how?
All acts of communication are inevitably ‘multimodal’, in that all communication acts are a combination of modes. In written texts, the use of different…
Time-saving Excel tips for busy academics
As we move into the peak time of year for grading and marks processing, thousands of academics and staff across the University will be…
Hacking your lectures to make them unmissable: Wisdom from the crowd
How would you design a lecture that would achieve 100% attendance and engagement? What would make a lecture ‘unmissable’? That was the challenge set…
Canvas workshops: refresh your skills
Canvas has many powerful features and tools to help your students learn online and for you to support, interact and assess them. We provide…
The Graduate Certificate (Higher Education) accelerates your teaching and career
“I would recommend the GradCert to anyone involved in Higher education teaching. It really opened my eyes about teaching and provided me with invaluable…
Love learning – a colloquium on interactive lecture sessions
In this Colloquium, participants in the 2018 Peer Observation and Review of Teaching (PORT) program from The University of Sydney’s Faculty of Science and…
Saving time online (with Canvas)
Canvas isn’t just easy to use and visually appealing – it has a bunch of features that can help you save time if you…
Using video in your Canvas site – best practice
Many teachers are starting to use video to enhance students’ learning experience. With video tipped to consume over 80% of all global internet traffic…
Designing for accessibility in Canvas
How accessible is your Canvas site? Accessibility should be an important consideration when designing your Canvas course. The University of Sydney is committed to…
Feedback and Feedforward in Canvas
Research in education has shown that feedback is critical for enhancing students’ achievement. Good feedback is simply good teaching and is easy to give…