As we start to move to blended and online learning we have to think about new ways to enhance collaborative work and Office 365 makes this possible. All staff and students have access to a range of applications including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Outlook as well as personal storage known as OneDrive, to get started […]
Durham University now has access to Box of Broadcasts – an ‘on demand’ TV and radio service for education from Learning on Screen. It provides staff and students with access to an audio-visual archive of over 2.2 million broadcasts stretching back over many years and is specifically designed for academic teaching and research. The service […]
In the midst of the current coronavirus situation, many of us will be exploring ways to adapt our teaching methods that will enable us to continue to provide our students with an excellent educational experience. Video is an effective way of being able to deliver our content while at the same time connecting with our […]
Virtual office hours To maintain methods of communication and support for students this post takes a look at how virtual office hours could be organised to offer consultation time. There are several different tools you could use to engage with students; this post will start with some of the benefits of using the Collaborate Ultra […]
Using Collaborate Ultra will allow the module leader/tutor to have the ability to see what students are online. The students can communicate with you via the chatbox from within the live session. While in your module click on the webinar link on the left-hand navigation this will take you to the webinar session page, which […]
Within DUO you can hold a synchronous webinar which will enable you and your students to communicate. This guide will explain how to: Turn on Collaborate Ultra Create the tool link Here is a quick video and the written directions are below. Step one: Turn on Collaborate Ultra To utilise the webinar tool you will need to make it available on your module. […]
