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 […]

If you use the Groups tool to organise groups of students in your MyLO site, you may find it helpful to download a spreadsheet listing the students  and the Groups they are members of. Here’s how. Step 1 Select the Grades tool from the MyLO Toolbar. Step 2 Select the Export button. This appears towards the top left of the Grades tool when […]

You may need to add students to a particular Group in your unit’s MyLO site. Here’s how. Do not manually add students to the Campus Groups, Mode Groups or Unit Groups Categories. These are system generated Groups and adding students manually may cause issues in future. Step 1: Select the Groups tool from the MyLO toolbar, then select a Group Category (the ‘container’ of the […]

When you create Group Categories in MyLO, you need to set a Group Prefix, for example, ‘School Group’. When MyLO creates the Groups in the new Category, each Group is named using the Group Prefix followed by a number, for example ‘School Group 1′, ‘School Group 2‘ and so on. Once the Groups have been created, you can edit the names to make […]

There are a variety of online tools and software applications that you can use to help students create or perform items for assessment, and submit online. Here, we  review some of the tools supported by UTAS.   Tool Suitable for… Submission Marking and feedback Considerations Microsoft Office Creation of a range of documents, from Word […]

Presentations, delivered by individuals or small groups, are a common form of assessment in face-to-face classes. What am I really assessing? Presentations can be used to assess students’ ability to explain, justify (e.g. a particular pitch or strategy), structure and argument, represent their findings (analysis and evaluation) and/or synthesise ideas. The success of a student’s presentation hinges […]

If used for formative assessment, in-class tests can be a useful means of helping students check their progress throughout the semester (as long as feedback is provided following the test). The tests can also provide you with rapid feedback about the class’ progress so that you can adapt your teaching focus accordingly. Getting all students – […]

What does it do? The Groups tool allows you to create and manage groups of students. You can then set up Release Conditions to release items in MyLO to students in a particular groups or groups. Useful terminology Groups are organised into Categories. A group must be assigned to a Category. By default, MyLO already […]

You can email some or all students enrolled in a unit from the unit’s MyLO site. You can utilise existing MyLO Groups to email specific cohorts of students, like Distance (External) students. Alternatively, you can easily email the whole class. You can also use the Classlist to email students (either as groups or individually). To […]

Presentations are a common form of assessment for group and individual assessment tasks. Presentations are usually delivered during face to face tutorials. How can we ‘translate’ the task of delivering a presentation into something that is feasible for distance students? Here are three possible solutions. Presentations during online sessions If you have a relatively small […]