Supporting Your Teaching FAQ Hub
This FAQ outlines the e-learning tools available to staff.
Information Services guidance for working from home can be found in the FAQ here
Human Resources (HR) guidance for working from home can be found on the HR website here
We recommend staff and students use Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox web browsers
Blackboard as a Learning Environment
What can I do? |
How do I do it? |
| Familiarise yourself with Blackboard |
See our Getting Started in Blackboard Guide If you do not see all your modules see our FAQ on how Staff are enrolled on modules See our Blackboard FAQs |
| Manage your learning content effectively |
See our FAQ on uploading files and content to Blackboard See our FAQ on managing your links and folders See our Checklist on making your documents accessible See our Teaching Tips |
| Use Announcements within Blackboard to communicate with the students on your module | |
| Let your students know how to contact you by adding contact information to your profile |
See our FAQ on adding Staff information to a Blackboard module |
| Use Blackboard tests and surveys for formative assessment |
See our FAQ on Creating a test or survey in Blackboard See our guidance on tests and surveys See our Teaching Tips |
| Enable students to engage with yourself and each other via a discussion board |
See our FAQ on adding a discussion board to your Blackboard module See our guidance on discussion boards See our Teaching Tips |
| Utilise blogs, wikis and journals for student reflection and collaboration |
See our guidance on blogs See our guidance on wikis See our guidance on journals See our Teaching Tips |
E-submission
What can I do? |
How do I do it? |
| Familiarise yourself with using Turnitin for E-submission |
See our Quick Start Guide to Turnitin See our Turnitin FAQs |
| Create Turnitin submission points for your students to submit their assignments to | See our FAQ on creating a Turnitin submission point |
| Mark Turnitin submissions and provide feedback online | See our FAQ on marking assignments in Turnitin |
Lecture Recording
What can I do? |
How do I do it? |
| Install Panopto on your own computer so you can make recordings from wherever you are working | |
| Check your microphone is working | See our FAQ on checking your microphone is picking up sound |
| Make a Panopto recording |
See our FAQ on making a Panopto recording See our FAQ on re-using recordings you have previously made See our Teaching Tips |
| Add quizzes to your Panopto recording |
See our FAQ on adding a quiz to your Panopto recording See our Teaching Tips |
Virtual Meetings
What can I do? |
How do I do it? |
| Familiarise yourself with using Microsoft Teams for Virtual Meetings. | |
| Install Microsoft Teams on your machine |
See our FAQ on downloading Microsoft Teams |
| Arrange a meeting or virtual teaching session |
See our guide on Online Meetings with Microsoft Teams |
For further help and guidance please see the E-learning webpages and our Guides and Documents webpage
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