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There are many different ways that you can push PowerPoint presentations beyond a simple slide show. Have you considered using animations, branching, SmartArt, multimedia or interesting slide transitions? Here are a few ways that you can enliven your presentations. Zooming in PowerPoint If you want your presentations to look more dynamic try using Zoom in […]
Wordclouds can be a really useful tool for visualising themes within qualitative text datasets quickly and easily. In Higher Education, this approach can also be used to show key words within a text, to visualise student feedback, and to help those with a more visual learning style to engage. A quick search for ‘free Wordcloud […]
Warm-up activities in an online environment Warm up activities are short, and often fun, activities designed to encourage students, and prepare them to learn by stimulating their minds (and/or their bodies). Why a warm-up activity? Any kind of engagement with your students will help to build a sense of community and belonging, which is good for […]
As we resume teaching face to face after 3 years of remote and hybrid teaching, as an academic passionate about making an impact, it’s fantastic to be back in the classroom and lecture halls! Did I just use the word ‘lecture’? It’s 2022, post-covid and it’s become more apparent than ever before, that while it’s […]
Have you ever wondered if a student accessed your Blackboard learning materials? Have students said that they can sometimes get lost and find it hard to find where they got up to? Would you like to be able to turn on a button to help with both of those things? Welcome ’Mark as Reviewed’ Below is a […]