Moodle Mondays – Adding YouTube videos to your course
What is it? YouTube is a video sharing website available at http://youtube.com which allows you to upload, share and view videos. How does it work? There are two ways in which you can add...
Author: Daniel Mackley
Moodle Monday’s – Annotate student assignments in Moodle
Moodle now has the facility to grade student assignments online using its built-in PDF annotator. This means that assignment files no longer need to be downloaded to be marked electronically. If a student has uploaded...
Moodle Monday’s – Glossary Activity
What is it? The glossary activity enables participants to create and maintain a list of definitions (like a dictionary), or to collect and organise resources or information. Glossaries have many uses, such as: A...
Learn with Lynda: Social Media in the Classroom
Social Media tools and platforms are increasingly being used by institutions and academics to enhance teaching, learning and the student experience. UCISA have recently published their Social Media Toolkit: a practical guide to achieving...
Improve student interaction and engagement with participant response tools
Quick polling is an interactive way to engage students in classes by asking them to respond to quick questions and provide immediate feedback. (Calma et al, 2014) Class participation tools can facilitate student engagement with each other, the...
Top Blog Posts 2015
It’s been another busy year on the TEL blog with 77 published posts, 20,647 views, from unique visitors, who left 65 comments. October attracted the most views with 2,469 when 12 posts were published. The...
5 Days of EMA with Turnitin – Day 3: Submitting Assignments and Interpreting Originality Reports
Activity Time Required (approx) Blog post 12 minutes Activity 10 minutes The fourth stage of the Assessment Lifecycle is Submitting. This part refers to the process of students handing over assignments to be marked and fed...
5 Days of EMA with Turnitin – Day 2: Creating a Turnitin Assignment
Activity Time Required (approx) Blog post 10 minutes Activity 15 minutes Setting the assignment details is a key part of the Assessment and Feedback Lifecycle. Such details include: what is required from the student? What...
Learn with Lynda: WordPress Essentials and WordPress in the Classroom
Recently, I had the opportunity to attend the first Academic Lynda.com User Group on behalf of the Information Learning Services Directorate. This gave me great insight into how other institutions across the sector are...
Students as Researchers Vacancies in TEL
The Students as Researchers Scheme gives York St John students the opportunity to be paid to carry out research alongside members of staff. The primary aim of the scheme is to engage undergraduate students and staff in...