Icebreaker Mentimeter can be an excellent icebreaker tool at the beginning of any presentation, or you can use it to break up a long session and help with transition between activities or topics. You can ask an easy question to help your audience get started, get to know one...
Icebreakers aren’t just useful at the beginning of a class to facilitate introductions – they can be used throughout the session to help foster unity, access prior knowledge, as energisers or topic segues, and are also good for breaks. Activities can relate to the content, subject or topic or...
How to do this This activity is designed to elicit student feedback on the session and to help them reflect on their learning. Preparation An exit ticket is a quick quiz to gauge students’ understanding of the lesson, so you can use a range of question types. Some popular...
UTS is an inclusive university, which aims to give all students the opportunity to be successful. With our culturally, linguistically and ability diverse students in mind, the LX team has produced this guide to making your Canvas course as clear as possible. When writing materials for students, it’s vital...
When students complete scored H5P activities in Canvas, their answers will be stored and made available via ‘Reports’. Reports can be used to find out the following information: for each content item, you can see the list of all students who have answered a question. for each student, you can see their first, last and best...
How to do this This activity is best created in the Get Started module in your Canvas course (find out more about this module in the Canvas subject shells resource). You can create the activity by following these steps: Use your UTS email to create a Padlet account. Describe what the...
How to do this Summarise your topic into a 60-second chunk. With an average reading speed, that’s approximately 140 words. You should discuss the following: What is this topic about? How is it related to what has been discussed or will be discussed next? What are the key points...
How to do this Backchannelling can be used in classrooms to enable engaging and interactive learning environments. To encourage all students to participate actively, i.e. post a comment, question, concern or the facts/ideas they consider important, backchannelling can be made compulsory component of your class activities. Here’s how you...
How to do this Use your UTS email to access Zoom Create a Zoom session and copy the link to the session to add to your Canvas course. Create a new page and provide students with details about the purpose of the activity, for example: Preparation for assessment tasks, such...
How to do this Set up the page in your Canvas course for students to edit. There is a template available in your faculty’s template Canvas course. Encourage students to collect terms from the literature they read throughout the subject, such as mandatory and recommended readings. Invite interested students...
