Most third party tool are available under Content Market or Institutional Tools, These tools are also known as LTI Tools (Learning Tools Interoperability®)
The guidance below relates to setting up live online sessions. Before setting up ‘Scheduled meetings’ for live online sessions, you should plan What to tell students. Naming conventions for sessions. Please note: Live online sessions can be scheduled via your Outlook calendar or from your Teams calendar. Instructions for both options are given in this […]
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Privacy Please be aware of the following privacy advice when using Padlet: Padlet must not be used to collect, store or share sensitive or personal information or content which may infringe copyright laws. If you are unsure about your padlet content, seek guidance from IMPs. When using the university licence, the default privacy setting is
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How accessible is Padlet? Check Padlet’s accessibility FAQs. In summary, Padlet are broadly compliant with WCAG level A for the Board product and are working towards AA. Screen-reading software: Padlet is basically compatible with screen-reader software (e.g. Apple Voice-Over, Jaws); for example, posts can be read aloud and new posts can be created using a
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In a MS Teams call different rolls can dictate actions such as the ability to share and present materials. Default roles and permissions By default, everyone will join the meeting with Presenter permissions when you set up a Teams meeting. Presenters can: Only the Meeting Organiser (the person who set up the meeting) can change
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Important: Please refer to the Policy for the Recording of Teaching and Learning Activities (Learning Capture) This policy provides information on the overarching expectations for the use of Learning Capture and how recordings can be used and shared with students, plus the key legal and data protection considerations. Transition from Stream (Classic) to YuJa: All video
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What is Teams? Teams is an online collaboration tool from Microsoft. A ‘team’ is a dynamic workspace that allows members work together and interact in one place. A team is made up of ‘channels’ in which you and your students can: Restrictions on use of Teams for Teaching and Learning Blackboard (or Canvas) must remain the central
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Introduction Blackboard is able to integrate with a wide range of other web tools Turnitin is the most widely used of these integrations. Others include Gradescope and Talis. There are also integrations with certain subject-specific tools such as Mobius (Maths) or to web-based content licensed by Schools from commercial publishers. What happens when I need a
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Screencasts Depending on the type of screencast you wish to record, you will need to choose an appropriate recorder. This article includes reference to tools which are available via the University’s Microsoft Office subscription, or provided by third parties. MS Office tools are free and already available to you – see Office Software on the IT website. Please
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The Course Accessibility Report shows The report provides an easy way to see which content items in your course have been flagged with an issue, and to start remediating those issues, direct from the report. The course accessibility report also provides some help with prioritisation, as it shows options such as “Content that’s easiest to
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The Blackboard Ally tool scans the content academics add and upload to Blackboard Learn Ultra, and generates accessibility scores to help identify the content (i.e. Word, PDF, PowerPoint etc. and any content created using text editor within Blackboard Learn Ultra) that could be made more accessible. It also provides guidance on how to fix each
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