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Mentimeter have introduced a new feature which means you can now collaborate on your Mentimeter presentations. Use this feature to: Work simultaneously with colleagues to create and edit Mentimeter content Present Mentimeter slides produced by other colleagues How does it work? Once you have set up the beginnings of your presentation, click on Share >… Read more » about Collaborating on Mentimeter presentations
Thanks to new publication Generation Z: A Century in the Making by Corey Seemiller and Meghan Grace, below are some key findings to help us to better understand this core student demographic, and so enhance the effectiveness of our teaching. Dr Martyn Polkinghorne – Education Excellence Theme Leader in FLIE
The last of our Unit Preparation Basics workshops is running on Wednesday 25th August at 11:00-11.30. Join us for an introduction, or a refresher, on preparing your Brightspace unit for teaching next semester. A Learning Technologist will talk through some of the common tasks, such as adding staff to units, the different content experiences available… Read more » about Unit Preparation Basics – workshop and resources
One of Mentimeter’s lesser known features is the ability to temporarily hide your presentation slides. It’s natural to start reading the content of a slide as soon as it appears on the screen, but maybe you would rather your students focused on what you’re saying before considering their response to the next question. You can… Read more » about How to momentarily hide your Mentimeter slides
Zoom now has the functionality to provide live captions during a session. There are many reasons that students might want to use this feature; where English is not their first language, where students are situated in a noisy environment, or to help students who may require additional learning support. You can use this feature to… Read more » about Live captioning with Zoom
The set of HTML page templates that can be used to create learning materials in Brightspace have been updated for this year providing a fresher look with improvements in accessibility and mobile access. What are HTML templates? HTML pages are a good platform for presenting content to students. Brightspace has a series of templates available… Read more » about New HTML Templates
Just a reminder that the FLIE team are still here to support you with building and planning your units during August. We will be running online drop in sessions every Friday at 11am so do pop in if you have any questions and a Learning Technologist will do their best to answer them. We also… Read more » about Support and guidance in August
I am delighted to inform you that the BU Certificate in Programme Leadership for 2021-22 launches next month. This is a 20 credit Level 7 unit for those who are new, existing or aspiring Programme Leaders. The aim of the unit is to offer experienced academics an opportunity to reflect on their skills as Programme… Read more » about BU Certificate in Programme Leadership 2021-2022
A good place to start is always the relevant BU policy document, and in this case that is the Principles of Assessment Design Policy 6c. https://intranetsp.bournemouth.ac.uk/pandptest/6c-principles-of-assessment-design-policy%20(2021-22).pdf Here are some key paragraphs that set out what is expected. Paragraph 4.3. BU supports the principle of assessment for learning rather than assessment of learning. This is underpinned by a requirement for… Read more » about Formative assessment – what might it look like?
It’s that time of year when our thoughts turn to preparing our units for the next academic year. As you think about populating your units (with the good intention of making an early start and not leaving it too late in the day!) here are five key takeaways to help get you started. 1. Check… Read more » about Unit Preparation Know How
