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.
The purpose of this page is to curate how-to videos to help you use those tools effectively. This page is laid out to reflect the activity groupings given on the Moving to online teaching and supervison web page.
Tips for Teaching Online
This video (32 minutes) provides a practical guide to teaching online and gives useful advice for teachers and students. Thanks for Dr Zachary Walker from UCL Institute of Education for making and sharing this video.
Digital Academic Content
Moodle
This video (5 minutes) gives five tips for adding extra content and activities to your Moodle course.
More information is availble in the UCL Moodle Staff Guide.
Online Lectures
Lecturecast Universal Capture Personal
This video (10 minutes) takes you through the process of recording lectures or content using your own computer and the Lecturecast Universal Capture software. Thanks to Ian Calder, UCL School of Management, for giving us permission to use this video.
Further information is available from the Lecturecast Resource Centre.
Recording your iPad screen for Lecturecast
This video (11 minutes) takes you through the process of using your iPad to record on-screen content and uploading it to Lecturecast. Thanks to Ian Calder, UCL School of Management, for giving us permission to use this video.
Making a video from a PowerPoint with audio
This video (11 minutes) shows you how to take an existing PowerPoint presentation and record an audio narration on each slide. This can then be exported as a video file, which can be imported into Moodle, Lecturecast or Media Central.
Compressing video files using Handbrake
This video (7 minutes) demonstrates how to compress video files using the open-source software Handbrake. This can be used with all videos, but is particularly useful where making narrated PowerPoint videos (see above) produces large file sizes. Such videos can often be compressed to around a quarter of their original size with minimal loss of quality.
Online Seminars and Group Study
Blackboard Collaborate
This video (17 minutes) shows how to set up a Blackboard Collaborate room within Moodle and use it for a live seminar or teaching event. Thanks to Ian Calder, UCL School of Management, for giving us permission to use this video.
Further information is available in the Blackboard Collaborate Resource Centre.
How to use Blackboard Collaborate in your teaching and learning practice
This video (26 minutes) from Lauren Clark, UCL Institute of Education, discusses how the MA in Education programme uses Collaborate to teaching both local and distance students. Lauren offers some ideas for teaching practice and hints and tips for running successful teaching events.
Blackboard Collaborate Student Guide
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.
Remote Tutoring and Supervision
ISD has produced this video which explains a number of tools available for remote working. This includes Microsoft Office365 tools such as email, calendar, OneDrive and Teams and use of the virtual private network (VPN) and Desktop@UCL Anywhere for accessing central systems and software.
More information on using MS Teams can be found on the UCL Microsoft Teams Support Site.
Alternative Assessments
Blogs and portfolios
UCL Reflect
UCL Reflect is UCL's blogging service for teaching and learning. This set of 6 short videos are a brief overview of what the service is for and how to use it.
- UCL Reflect: Introduction
- UCL Reflect: Class Blogs
- UCL Reflect: Posts and Pages
- UCL Reflect: Menus
- UCL Reflect: Appearance (Themes and Widgets)
- UCL Reflect: Plugins
More information about Reflect can be found in the Reflect Blogging Resource Centre.
Video assignments
Video assignments can be submitted via Moodle using the Echo360 plugin for Moodle assignments.
Moodle Video Assignment: Staff Guide
This short video shows how to create and review / grade video assignments in Moodle. This video has captions. A transcript is available via Media Central.
Moodle Video Assignment: Student Guide
This short video deminstrates how to submit a video assignment via Moodle. This video has captions. A transcript is available via Media Central.
