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…
Canvas focus workshops
Canvas has many powerful features and tools to help your students learn online and for you to support, interact and assess them. Because it…
Anonymous marking – communicating with students
Written assignments can be easily set up for anonymous marking in both Canvas and Blackboard, as long as this is done before it is…
Professional development for academic leadership in curriculum design
Sydney’s new undergraduate curriculum is both bold and challenging in its aim to equip students with the skills and knowledge necessary to be agile…
Fellowship opportunities with the Higher Education Academy
Following a successful pilot program last year, the University of Sydney has been awarded accreditation by the UK’s Higher Education Academy for two programs:…
Connecting the dots in the new curriculum
Curriculum is ambitious business. In designing it, we make a claim about what we ought to teach, and what our students ought to learn….
Implementation of anonymous marking
From Semester 1, 2018, anonymous marking of written assignments, tests and examinations should be undertaken across all units of study. This will help to…