Learning technology guides for students
We’ve rounded up all the student guides for UTS learning technologies here in one spot.
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Your Subject Outline – now available to students in Canvas!
Read about the simplified process for getting your Subject Outline into Canvas – no more downloading and re-uploading of PDFs!
LXT Snapshot: Atieh Fallahi on speaking two languages
What makes a Canvas Champion? Atieh Fallahi from the Business School tells us about her LX Transformation experience.
Help is on the way! Bookings now open for Canvas Lab
With Autumn session just around the corner, we are extending our support hours so we can help all teaching staff who are starting with Canvas ensure that their subject site is good to go. Even if you’re not using Canvas yet, we’ll be assisting with a wide range of...
New in Canvas: the Canvas Plagiarism Review
Turnitin is one of the most important tools at UTS for identifying cases of academic dishonesty. However, feedback to the LX.lab team from our academic community revealed issues with the Turnitin assignment setup in Canvas – primarily, that it was a complicated process and involved too many steps, thus...
Transformation: how it’s making a difference
This year, we embarked on one of our biggest learning and teaching programs at UTS with the LX Transformation. Our move to Canvas, starting with postgraduate courses, is an opportunity to match our digital environment to the campus experience, as well as an opportunity to transform the student experience...
Getting students to do pre-class activities: Advice from Joseph Yeo
One of lecturers’ and tutors’ common complaints is that many students don’t prepare for classes. But is it always their fault? And is it purely due to a lack of interest or motivation? Joseph Yeo answers these questions with a definitive “No”.
How to make your subject more accessible
At UTS we pride ourselves in setting a high standard for inclusivity so that students are provided with the best access to education as possible. In this post, I will go through how you can use the in-built features of Canvas to easily make your subject content more accessible...
Making your Canvas site clear to all students: 4 tips from our new guide
When students come to university, they don’t just learn new knowledge and skills. They also learn a new language to describe and explain what they are learning about. And this doesn’t just apply to international students – all students must learn a new way of using English within their...
Students as co-designers in the LXT
Engaging students as partners is a powerful idea, the implementation of which has the potential to transform HE. (Healey, Flint & Harrington, 2016) The LX Transformation project at UTS has grown out of the move to the Canvas learning management system. To enrich the process, the Faculty of Engineering...
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