Teaching Tools

Case Study: How Computer Sciences are using Gradescope to autograde programming assignments.

Gradescope is a tool which enables submission of programming code. This article introduces the Gradescope programming assignment and signposts to useful documentation and sources of support.

This article will compare Canvas Quizzes to Blackboard Tests. This is not intended to be a training piece; it is an overview of the features, giving you some ideas on how Canvas compares to Blackboard. Quizzes can be created in Canvas to support assessment and feedback. Quizzes can be used for formative and summative assessments […]

The CLE project team and IT Services have been working together to undertake the necessary analysis and design work to implement Canvas by Instructure as our replacement for Blackboard Learn at The University of Manchester. This page clarifies the updated timeline for the project

Peer Scholar is a peer evaluation tool available via Blackboard. This article looks at how to manage your activity. For example, edit settings, monitor student progress in the activity, download and post grades.

Canvas Studio is a tool for uploading and sharing video content inside Canvas. Studio also has a built-in screen recording tool so you can create video messages, podcasts or any other screen recording within the tool itself. Both students and teaching staff have access to Studio. As you’d expect, Studio allows users to upload videos […]

This article takes a look at marking in Canvas and SpeedGrader (the core marking interface in Canvas).

A short summary of how to use Groups in Canvas

Canvas provides an intuitive way to add rubrics to assignments. This article compares the Rubic tools in Canvas to Blackboard.

Slate is a new course unit information management system, intended to replace the existing course unit information publishing system called CUIP. Designed and developed in FSE by James Marsh and Steve Pettifer.