In this week’s 2 Minute Tech Tip video you can find out how to set up a rubric and add it to your assignment to Canvas. Rubrics make your grading criteria clear to students, and can be used to provide feedback in Speedgrader.

For more information about setting up assignments and using Speedgrader in Canvas, please take a look at our guidance on Canvas.

If you have questions about this video or any other questions related to learning technology, please contact LTHelp@gsa.ac.uk

This week’s 2 minute tech tip shows you how to pre-assign students to break-out rooms in Zoom. For help with this or any other learning technology queries, remember you can contact us at LTHelp@gsa.ac.uk.

 

OER repositories

There are many repositories of OERs publicly available on the internet. A large proportion of these showcase OERs associated with particular educational institutions or projects, but there are several repositories which aggregate material from a range of sources. Here is a list of some of them – an internet search for ‘OER repositories’ will reveal more.

• Solvonauts  – a search engine that searches across repositories (they also provide open repository software for institutions wanting to set up their own repository of OER).
• MERLOT  – tens of thousands of discipline-specific learning materials, learning exercises, and content builder webpages, together with associated comments, and bookmark collections, all intended to enhance the teaching experience of using a learning material. All of these items have been contributed by the MERLOT member community, who have either authored the materials themselves, or who have discovered the materials, found them useful, and wished to share their enthusiasm for the materials with others in the teaching and learning community.
• MIT OpenCourseWare  – a web-based publication of virtually all MIT course content. OpenCourseWare (OCW) is open and available to the world and is a permanent MIT activity.
• OpenLearn – a repository of open materials produced by The Open University, who also work with other organisations by providing free courses and resources that support their mission of opening up educational opportunities to more people in more places.
• OpenStax  – tens of thousands of learning objects, organised into thousands of textbook-style books in a host of disciplines, all easily accessible online and downloadable (note: this resource was formerly known as Rice Connexions).
• Saylor  – nearly 100 full-length courses at the college and professional levels, each of which is available right now – at your pace, on your schedule, and free of cost.
• AMSER: Applied Math and Science Education Repository  – a portal of educational resources and services built specifically for use by those in Community and Technical Colleges, but free for anyone to use.
• Internet Archive  – a library that contains hundreds of free courses, video lectures, and supplemental materials from universities in the United States and China.
• OER Commons  – free-to-use learning and teaching content from around the world.
• Open Course Library  – a collection of shareable course materials, including syllabi, course activities, readings, and assessments designed by teams of college faculty, instructional designers, librarians, and other experts.

This week’s 2 Minute Tech Tip is actually a 1 Minute Tech Tip! It shows you how to hide or minimise your desktop icons in Windows 10. This is useful if you would like to quickly clean up your desktop prior to a Zoom meeting or video recording where others may see your screen. 

For help with this tip or any other Learning Technology issues, please contact us at LTHelp@gsa.ac.uk

This week’s 2 Minute Tech Tip shows you how to easily play music or sound on your computer over Zoom. This is useful if you are showing videos to students, or if you have sound featured in a presentation that you are giving. 

For further help with sharing audio over Zoom, or any other Learning Technology issues, please contact us at LTHelp@gsa.ac.uk