Supporting Language Teaching with H5P

Posted on 26th November 2021 by Gosia

Loiana Leal Pavlichenko – Lecturer in Portuguese School of Modern Languages Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences What did you do? Loiana has been using H5P to create formative exercises for students studying Portuguese at a range of levels in the School of Modern Languages. Using H5P Loiana has authored resources to support reading, writing, grammar, listening and pronunciation. Loiana uses H5P to present new material and to give students short activities to self-evaluate, Read more about Supporting Language Teaching with H5P[…]

Supporting Maths teaching with H5P

Posted on 25th November 202117th January 2022 by Gosia

Paul Mackay has been creating and incorporating H5P content as a regular part of teaching mathematics at INTO. The H5P content editor supports the use of LateX – speeding up the creation of content, and this is a feature that Paul uses in most of his resources.

Nearpod – the use of this interactive learning platform online and in the classroom

Posted on 6th October 202111th October 2021 by Claire Burnham

Nearpod is used in a series of lessons across INTO courses and allows a range of interactive activities to be incorporated into lessons. Find out more from Dr Paul Mackay and Dr Rachelle Maddison.

Using structural and stylistic domains within formative feedback to enhance students’ writing and communication at Level 3

Posted on 21st September 202122nd September 2021 by Claire Burnham

Professor Caroline Walker-Gleaves used formative feedback extensively with final year students to improve professional skills.

Laptop screen with the ARCCIS Storyboard page open

Virtual GPS: Online fieldwork using ArcGIS StoryMaps

Posted on 4th August 202123rd August 2021 by Gosia

Dr Louise Callard from Geography used ArcGIS StoryMaps to produce virtual fieldtrips: narrative, interactive map, photos (including 360o), videos, activities and questions.

Equitable Assessment Framework for today’s Digital Learners

Posted on 23rd July 20214th August 2023 by Claire Burnham

This collaborative project supported instructor’s adoption of the Transparency in Learning and Teaching (TILT) framework to help structure and communicate their assessments.

Assessing students innovatively via peer-reviewed small group video presentations

Posted on 6th July 202111th March 2022 by Claire Burnham

Dr Jessica Komes assessed students through a pre-recorded oral group presentation. As well as assessing the student’s ability to orally articulate the intended knowledge and skill outcomes, this approach helped students engage with each other and provided an opportunity for peer feedback.

Embedding the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) within first year biosciences skills teaching

Posted on 8th June 202123rd August 2021 by Claire Burnham

The School of Natural and Environmental Sciences have utilised the Sustainable Development Goals as a platform to develop students’ global awareness and essential graduate attributes. Find out more from Dr Sara Marsham.

Diagram of the Lab heath and Safety project

FMS BNS Health and Safety Case Study

Posted on 28th April 20214th August 2023 by nkv15

The aim of this project was to produce an online lab health and safety package to support students from Biomedicine, Sports and Nutrition. Academic staff were finding it difficult to monitor student engagement with the module handbook and lab code of conduct and wanted to have a more standardised approach to ensure that all students are aware of and complying with health and safety requirements in the lab.

Managing large file submissions in Fine Art

Posted on 28th April 20218th September 2021 by nkv15

Chris Jones and Richard Elliott, from the School of Arts and Cultures, explain how they used OneDrive successfully throughout the pandemic to allow students to digitally submit their work in place of what would have been ‘in person’ studio presentations.