Would you like your students to access grades and feedback in a Assignment Submission Folder, as well as feedback you have marked up on their submission using Grademark/Feedback Studio? Make sure your students know where to look to get the information they need! Use our template to quickly and easily create an Announcement, an HTML page, an […]

Would you like your students to see the results of a Quiz that you have published? Make sure your students know where to look to get the information they need. Use our template to quickly and easily create a News item, an HTML page, an email (sent from MyLO) or a Checklist item. The template […]

Do you use PowerPoint to create learning resources? This great slideshow presents a range of tips to boost your productivity with PowerPoint. Our favourite tip from the slides is to hold down CTRL + SHIFT on your keyboard as you click and drag an object: this will duplicate the object and place the new object […]

When setting up Discussion activities, it is important to make the purpose of the discussion and the rules of engagement very clear. Include clear instructions, a purpose for the discussion and some rules in the Description of your Discussion Topic. Here is an example of a Description for a Discussion Topic. It was used by […]

This Blog Entry explains how students can find their grade, feedback, Rubric feedback and Grademark feedback via the Assignment tool. Please feel free to add the link to your MyLO  site, or print it and hand it out to students, if you feel it would be helpful.

Google Scholar (www.scholar.google.com.au) is a very useful tool you can use to find journal articles. However, if you use Scholar to search for articles while off-campus, you may be prompted to pay for access the full text version of the article. Fortunately, you can configure Google Scholar to search for an article in a UTAS […]

This resource [PDF] explains how to include an image (from a computer or the web), or embed a YouTube video in a discussion post. This can be a very useful skill to teach students when you want them to share ideas and viewpoints that they have found on the web, in articles or in the […]

This resource [PDF] explains how to attach a document, like a PDF or a Word file, to a post in a discussion thread. This is a very useful document to provide to students when you want them to share resources or perhaps post some work for feedback from other students. Please feel free to upload […]

To set up notifications of new announcements in your unit follow the steps below. 1. Locate your profile icon at the top-right of the page and click on it. 2. A small menu should show, click ‘Notifications’. 3. From the page that loads you can check the email address that notifications will be sent to. You can choose […]

Do you use the Announcements tool to communicate with students on MyLO? Here are two things you can do to help students keep track of the important announcements you add to the Announcements tool. Tell students about the Announcements button Students can now access Announcements from just about anywhere in a MyLO unit by clicking on the Communication menu option, then […]