Teaching Tools

This article will compare the Assignment tools within Canvas to Blackboard. This is not intended to be a training piece but a overview of features to give you some idea as to how it differs from Blackboard.

Peer Scholar is a peer evaluation tool. This article provides an overview of the different types of evaluation activity that you can build in Peer Scholar and what the workflow process looks like for students.

Mentimeter continues to grow in popularity across the University and this post shows off a new Quiz Competition feature.

Find out more about the core Teaching and Learning Tools we can support you with in FSE eLearning.

Mentimeter have released some Ai functionality that groups responses to your open ended questions, we have now enabled that functionality for use across UoM.

It is now possible to access the Mentimeter Powerpoint Add-In on your UoM managed device.

Case study: Using Gradescope to mark handwritten work in Maths.

Lu Shin Wong, a Senior lecturer in Chemistry, used Gradescope Bubble sheets in a summative exam for over 200 students. Teaching Academy asked Lu Shin about his experiences of using the Gradescope Bubblesheets.

Mentimeter is an interactive presentation tool. Check out this post for links to guidance and further resources.

Find out how to sign up for a licence, create your first Mentimeter presentation or use Mentimeter with your existing Powerpoint slides.