Hello and welcome to the Teaching Continuity Support page. As part of UCL's teaching continuity efforts we have recommended a range of tools for specific activity types.
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Many staff have reported using an iPad with Apple Pencil or an Android tablet with a stylus to be a very effective marking tool. The Microsoft OneDrive app supports both platforms and provides rapid access to scripts and some annotation tools as shown in the video below (which also has captions). The OneDrive app is free, and connects to your UCL OneDrive account via Single Sign On.
Marking on a PC or Surface Pro using Microsoft Drawboard PDF
Microsoft Drawboard PDF is a very comprehensive annotation tool, but is only available for Windows 10 and is really designed to be used with a Surface Pro or a desktop with a graphics tablet. Dewi Lewis from UCL Chemistry has produced a video (cpillustrating the annotation tools available and how to mark a set of files easily.
The evidence about marking online
In this video Dr Mary Richardson, Associate Professor in Educational Assessment at the IOE, gives a guide to how online marking can differ from paper-based marking and offers some tips for those new to online marking. The video has captions.
Digital Academic Content
Moodle
This video (5 minutes) gives five tips for adding extra content and activities to your Moodle course.
Moodle Quizzes
This video shows the process for setting up a Moodle Quiz for formative assessments.
More information is availble in the UCL Moodle Staff Guide.
Interactivity Tools
In this recording of a drop-in session there is a demonstration and discussion of the interactivity tools Mentimeter, H5P and the Echo360 polls. Since this recording was made it is now possible to embed Echo360 polls into recordings at specified time points.
This video lasts approximately 35minutes and is a recording of a session delivered via Blackboard Collaborate. This recording has captions and a transcript.
Inidivudal sections of this recording can now be viewed, see below.
For more information see:
Mentimeter
A transcript and captions to follow shortly.
H5P
A transcript and captions to follow shortly.
Lecturecast
A transcript and captions to follow shortly.
Online Lectures
Lecturecast Explainer
Some of the language used within Lectuercast can be quite confusing. This video (17mins) explains what Lecturecast is and what the different terms mean.
Lecturecast Universal Capture Personal
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Further information is available from the Lecturecast Resource Centre.
Uploading content and editing in Lecturecast
This video (11 minutes) created by Medical Sciences takes you through the process of uploading content to Lecturecast, making simple video edits and adding interactive tasks to presentations. A transcript and captions are availble.
Sharing Lecturecast Content
This set of 3 short videos show you how to:
- Create a link between Moodle and Lecturecast
- Share a recording from your Lecturecast Library to a Course
- Link to individual recordings in a Lecturecast Coourse from Moodle
Creating a link between Moodle and Lecturecast
Sharing content from your Library to a Course
Creating a link to an individual Leacturecast recording from Moodle
Recording your iPad screen for Lecturecast
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This video (10 minutes) explains to students what BB Collaborate is and how to use it as a participant and a presenter. This video has captions and a transcript.
Zoom
This set of videos has been created to assist those teaching with Zoom. These videos are available to everyone within UCL. Captions and transcripts are available.
Zoom roles (6 mins)
Creating Zoom meetings via Moodle (10 mins)
Pre-assigning breakout groups and creating polls (7 mins)
Running a Zoom meeting and managing participants (10 mins)
Obtaining poll and attendance reports for Zoom meetings (4 mins)
Remote Tutoring and Supervision
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More information on using MS Teams can be found on the UCL Microsoft Teams Support Site.
Accessibility
Creating Accessible LaTeX Documents for the Stem Disciplines
In this recording of an online workshop Jim Tyson from the Digital Skills Development team covers the basic techniques required to meet UCL's standard for accessible documents using LaTeX including mathematics. This recording also contains discussion with LaTeX users across UCL. A transcript is available. For ongoing disucssion and support please join the UCL LaTeX User Group on MS Teams.
Alternative Assessments
Blogs and portfolios
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