Teaching Tools

Like Blackboard, Canvas has its own tool for storing and managing student grades and feedback.  This article will compare the Canvas Gradebook to Blackboard.

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.

Peer Scholar is a peer evaluation tool which is currently available via Blackboard. This article provides an introduction to Peer Scholar, including factors to consider before choosing to use Peer Scholar and guidance on initial set up.

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.