Teaching Online at UTAS

Many Unit Coordinators include a group-related activity in their suite of assessment tasks. Presentations are a common form of assessment task for groups, but how can off-campus students get together to plan and record a group presentation, or simply just meet as a group?

Using the UTAS web conferencing platform, Blackboard Collaborate Ultra (from hereon referred to as Ultra), students can meet online in a dedicated session and record a single meeting, or hold a sequence of meetings. They can even upload PowerPoint slides and deliver a presentation. The resulting recording can be shared with the class (via a MyLO Discussion) or submitted directly to an Assignment Submission Folder for assessment, along with any relevant documentation like meeting minutes or PowerPoint slides.

For further information about supporting group collaboration and assessment with web conferencing, please contact your college or faculty support team.