Learning, teaching and assessment

Implementing online learning quality

Here are some straightforward options to implement or improve online learning quality in your subject.

Advice for online and flexible learning

Advice on enhancing the quality of teaching based on experiences from past semesters.

Seven ways to improve students’ online learning experiences in your subject

Advice on enhancing the quality of teaching based on experiences from past semesters.Staff login required

Seven practices to avoid in online teaching and learning

What to avoid in order to create a successful online teaching environment.

Framework for building or improving an LMS site

The technology enhanced learning (TEL) framework is a starting point for thinking about course/subject redesign or approaches in developing a new subject.

Downloadable LMS page templates

Templates available for you to directly add into your Canvas LMS subject. Use these as a quick way to get started building your subject.

On-campus digital exam using LMS Classic Quiz

For academic staff who have nominated in the Exams Portal to have a quiz in the LMS as their final exam.

On-campus digital exam using Cadmus

This exam option is recommended for subjects using long-answer or essay length responses.

On-campus written exams with Gradescope scans

This exam option is recommended for subjects where a handwritten response is an assessment requirement.

Recommendations for the format of on-campus written exams

Using Zoom for synchronous tutorials

Zoom is integrated into the LMS and is the recommended tool for synchronous online sessions.

Using LMS discussions for asynchronous tutorials

Synchronous activities are conducted in real-time. Asynchronous activities can take place at any time.

Ensuring your first Zoom session is a success

Our recommendations for your first Zoom session.

Managing large classes in Zoom (Zoom Meeting vs Zoom Webinar)

A comparison of the options available in Zoom to manage large classes.

Minimising and troubleshooting audio and connectivity issues in Zoom

Technology issues are a reality of using a live conferencing tool. We outline steps you and your students can take to minimise these issues.

Practicing with Zoom by myself using two devices

Information for new users to Zoom on setting up and practicing using Zoom prior to delivering of your class.

Preparing and familarising my students with Zoom

Preparation tips for staff and students before the first Zoom session, including approaches for a successful Zoom session.

Setting up Zoom in the LMS and scheduling a session

Get step-by-step information on how to enable Zoom and schedule a session directly from a Canvas LMS subject.

Recording my Zoom session to the Cloud and giving students access

Information on the methods available for recording Zoom sessions, and how to access your recordings.

Using Zoom features to engage my students in active learning in live online sessions

Information on Zoom meeting tools useful for online teaching, and choosing tools for various activity types and class sizes.

Establishing communication channels and a sense of community

Check in with your students by establishing channels for communication and using them early and often

Active learning in lectures

We outline principles and strategies for active learning in lectures.

Using video in teaching and learning

Producing a video can be a daunting task. Let us help you select the best style of video production for your purpose, creating a better video resource to enhance student learning.

Self-recording lectures on your own device

How to self-record your lectures using Echo360 Universal Capture.

Reusing Lecture Capture recordings

If you have recordings of a guest lecturer or a particularly useful past resource from a previous teaching period you can add them to your current LMS subject.

Scheduled recordings in your teaching space

Until further notice, you can still deliver your lecture in the original timetabled room, where a Lecture Capture recording will be made of your presentation.

Record and edit a narrated slideshow presentation using Universal Capture

Narrated slide shows are best reserved for static visual content like collections of photographs, a series of diagrams, or sets of data visualisations.

Record a 90-second introductory video using Universal Capture

A brief introductory video can be used to introduce students to a concept, module or the subject as a whole. Self-recorded videos are also a great way for teaching staff to introduce themselves and create a sense of teacher presence in your subject.

Record and share an audio message

An audio message is a simple way to welcome your students and create a sense of teacher presence in your subject.

Video and audio - recording, editing and uploading

Pointers on how to get the most out of the equipment you have readily available in your workspace or pocket for self-recording lectures.

Establishing communication channels and a sense of community

Check in with your students by establishing channels for communication and using them early and often

Establishing communication channels and a sense of community

Check in with your students by establishing channels for communication and using them early and often

Using LMS discussions for asynchronous tutorials

Synchronous activities are conducted in real-time. Asynchronous activities can take place at any time.

Implementing online learning quality

Here are some straightforward options to implement or improve online learning quality in your subject.

Team-based projects

Team-based projects are continuous group assessment tasks that encourage students to work collaboratively towards a common goal and cultivate work-related skills.

Working with collaborative documents in Canvas LMS

This guide covers setting up a collaborative document along with ways to include the document in your Canvas LMS subject to allow student access.

Introduction to dual delivery

Dual-delivery subjects are subjects that are taught in two modes: blended delivery (online and campus-based) for students who can attend campus, and entirely online delivery for students who cannot attend campus.

Split cohort teaching

Students are timetabled into separate activities (eg on campus tutorial vs online tutorial) depending on whether they can attend campus or not.

Live-streamed sessions

Live-streamed sessions bring together groups of remote and campus-based students for less interactive sessions, such as lectures.

Planning for live-streamed sessions

Live-streamed sessions enable remote students to attend live by live streaming, rather than waiting for the Lecture Capture recording to become available.

Blended synchronous learning (BSL) sessions

Highly interactive, seminar-style sessions. Campus-based and remote students are taught simultaneously, using BSL-enabled venues to bring the cohorts together.

Designing blended synchronous learning sessions

An introduction to BSL activities that will assist you in implementing these activities in your BSL lesson plans.

Facilitating blended synchronous learning

BSL activities offer the campus-based and remote students a simultaneous learning experience.

Advanced tips for blended synchronous sessions

BSL support and training for teaching staff

Support and training resources for teaching staff delivering BSL sessions.

Active learning in lectures

We outline principles and strategies for active learning in lectures.

Designing alternatives to campus-based learning activities for remote students in dual-delivery subjects

Principles, advice and examples to assist in designing effective remote learning within dual-delivery subjects.