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Consider affordances and challenges of asynchronous discussions and when, where and why a discussion will be most useful. Social boards (To build a sense of community or belonging e.g. warmers, shared experiences, help forums, information) Content boards (When collaboration supports deeper understanding e.g. individual or group activities, reflection, debates/...
A Group Set is a set of groups you create to use for assessment tasks, or to organise categories of groups. You can have up to 200 groups in a Group Set. When creating a group set via ‘+Group Set’, you can choose to: Allow students to sign up to a group within...
An effective subject site requires planning. A plan: Helps you sequence student learning more efficiently. Helps you identify the resources or online learning activities you should source or develop. Enables you to identify gaps and opportunities to enhance your subject site. In this 10-min video, we explain how to...
How do you currently use your subject site? Subject sites are used for many different purposes. Tell us how you use your subject site currently, with the poll below. A subject site often used to provide administrative and procedural information about the subject to students. It also provides information...
This model is suitable for: Fully online subject Online lectures and tutorials Any cohort size Subject with heavy theoretical contents The subject coordinator of 54052 Economy, Society and Globalism from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) needed to convert his subject into a fully online mode. He had never...
Access Subject Information in Canvas To find Subject Information, navigate to your subject site in Canvas and select ‘Subject Information’ from the course navigation menu on the left. Your Subject Information should display automatically. It may take a few seconds to load. In a multi-subject site, select the Switch...
UTS policies require that staff comply with all relevant legislation when undertaking their duties at UTS. Under Australian Copyright legislation and commercial content licences, UTS staff can use legitimate amounts and types of copyright content for teaching purposes. These requirements specify legitimate amounts and types of content that can...
A Canvas site for a new subject is preloaded with a Canvas subject shell. A Canvas subject shell includes: A subject homepage A Get started module, to help you orient students to your subject A sample module A checklist of things to do before your Canvas course gets published...
UTS academics designing subject sites in the learning management system (LMS) are recommended to follow the nine guiding principles. Each principle provides key benefits for students and staff. UTS aims for consistent site design across all sites within the LMS. The common layout of Canvas courses should be intuitive,...
