The Abercrombie Sandpit: Tracing connections between the designed environment and learning activity
The Abercrombie Sandpit is a new learning space in the Abercrombie Building. We like to think of it as a ‘living, learning laboratory’ where…
Writing Workshops for 2018 HEA Fellows
What is the Sydney Educational Fellowship Program? In 2018 the University of Sydney became an accredited partner of the Higher Education Academy (HEA), allowing…
EdTool Tips #14: Finding the answer to your Canvas questions quickly
There are a wide array of new and existing support options for Canvas and it can be hard to know where to start. We…
Digital Writing and the English Classroom
In a 2015 report, the Foundation for Young Australians highlighted the importance of enterprise skills, including digital literacy and critical thinking, for navigating a…
Practicalities of anonymous marking
Anonymous marking of assessments with written elements is now in effect across the University. A variety of enterprise tools allow coordinators and markers to…
Open Canvas Sites – 2018 edition
As the University started to explore Canvas in semester 2, 2017, almost 100 unit coordinators designed their sites in Canvas for the first time,…
What OLE choice will you make?
In June last year over 100 academics chose to embark on a bold expedition to turn concept into reality and create the Open Learning…
Open Door Week – now in week 8!
The Week 4 // Open Door initiative over the past three semesters allowed teachers from across the University to openly invite their colleagues to…
Demystifying Sections and Groups in Canvas
Some common myths are still flying around campus about Sections and Groups in Canvas, what to use them for, and how best to manage…
EdTool Tips #13: Using Arc for student video submissions in Canvas
Arc is the new video hosting platform we are using in Canvas. As is typical with the EdTool Tips series, we wanted to go through…