How to add a video to your unit that you’ve recorded via the Desktop Capture OR automatically recorded from your lecture. Please Note: If you add a video this way it will not work the next time you run the unit. If you plan to re-use video there is a more convenient way to add links […]

Have something you don’t want students to see just yet? There are ways to hide content from all students – the easiest is to set the content to ‘Draft’ mode. This document covers how to do this with modules/folders and individual files. Head to the ‘Content’ area in MyLO where you can see the list […]

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 […]

Do you want to investigate a student quiz attempt? The quiz tool in MyLO records a student’s start time and times for all questions answered. This information can determine whether a quiz has crashed and help you decide whether a student should be given a further attempt. To access the quiz log and see the […]

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 […]

  You may find that using keyboard shortcuts increases speed, and reduces the likelihood of accidentally de-selecting text, when copying text (e.g. from a Word document) and pasting it into HTML Pages, Discussion Posts, Announcements, Quizzes and Rubrics in MyLO. With practice, these shortcuts will become second nature. Always ensure that you have the correct text selected, have […]

So you’ve created a checklist and it’s all perfect and got tonnes of good stuff in it and now you need like another 12 of them to cover all the weeks or whatever. You ‘officially‘ sort of can’t, but I have a handy dandy work-around. Sorry. No wait, don’t go!! It’s not too bad! I […]

UTAS large teaching spaces feature a range of technologies, including projectors and screens, document cameras, and lectern and radio microphones. Many of these technologies can be controlled from the control panel (a touch screen) on the lectern in the space. This visual guide shows you how to control the equipment using the control panel in many standard UTAS […]

The Harvard spaces feature a range of technologies, including front and rear projectors and screens, a document camera, numerous microphones (fixed and portable), and video conferencing functionality. Most of these technologies can be controlled from the control panel (a touchscreen) on the lectern. There is also a clicker available to allow you to move through […]

In their book, Learning in Groups: A handbook for face-to-face and online environments, Jacques and Salmon (2007) recount the story of a British business lecturer who faced decreasing attendance at weekly seminars. Seminar participation was not assessable or compulsory, but the lecturer felt that attendance was of benefit to his students.. The lecturer sent out […]