Self Enrolling Groups are useful when you want students to self-select themselves into groups, for example into Tutorial Groups, Project Groups or Study Groups. Groups in MyLO are contained in sets called ‘Categories’ – so to create a set of groups (like a tutorial signup area) we will need to create a new ‘Category’ of groups […]

Don’t like the default banner?  You can change it! Go to your unit and hover your mouse over the top-right of the banner image (or click if you are on tablet/mobile) – you should see three dots in a square as circled below. Click the icon and choose “Change Image”. From the window you can […]

You may have seen “View as Student” option in your unit and while it can give you some useful previews of your unit, it doesn’t allow you to complete quizzes or see results. It also doesn’t allow you to submit an assignment and you can’t also test group-based content because there’s no way to enroll […]

The new MyLO ‘Daylight’ interface allows you to pin your units to your MyLO Homepage. This guide will go through how to access your MyLO Homepage and how to pin a unit. First access the MyLO Homepage by logging in with your Student Username and Password from http://www.utas.edu.au/mylo You will see a page similar to the […]

It can be very helpful to view your MyLO site across two (or more) tabs. Working this way can be useful, for instance, when you: need to view one HTML page (e.g. Week 1) whilst editing another HTML page (e.g. Week 2); or record marks in the Grades tool whilst reading student contributions to a Discussion; or […]

MyLO includes a powerful tool known as Quicklinks. This tool allows you to link to a range of items inside and outside of your MyLO site. You can use this tool to create links pretty much anywhere in MyLO including Announcements; Descriptions of Modules and Items;  HTML Pages; Discussion posts; and feedback in Assignment Submission Folders, Rubrics and Quizzes. […]

This article discusses common technical problems with MyLO and associated software and some handy ways to help! Students can’t hear me in online room? (Blackboard Collaborate) While the Online Rooms are generally reliable the more common issues encountered with Online Rooms are around audio not working (lecturer or student). I have personally found that when […]

This page details common student questions and details strategies you can use to alleviate the number of questions you receive via MyLO Discussion posts and emails. QUESTION: Will lectures be recorded? Where are the recordings? Include the following information in your Unit Outline (perhaps under Details of Teaching Arrangements). whether or not lecture recordings will be captured; when recordings […]

To access feedback on your quiz follow the steps below: Step 1: Click the ‘Assessments’ item on the toolbar, then choose ‘Quizzes’ as circled below. Step 2: You will see a list of quizzes for your unit, locate the quiz you want to view feedback for in the list and click the small icon to […]

VideoNote is a tool included with MyLO. It allows you to capture short videos of up to three (3) minutes using a webcam and microphone*. The tool is available anywhere that you can see the WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) editor in MyLO, including: HTML pages; Discussion descriptions and posts; Quiz questions answer options and […]