It has always been difficult to find times and spaces to train staff in some of the tools and platforms they need to use in […]

I first learnt about Virtual Learning Environments almost twenty years ago. As a high school teacher I attended a training session on a ‘platform’ designed […]

This year’s theme for LGBT+ History Month is ‘Behind the Lens’ and seeks to focus attention on the makers of images. However, everyone is a […]

The key learning technologies in use here at Sussex are regularly updated in response to customer feedback. In this post we’ve cherry-picked some of the […]

Canvas, Moodle, Totara, Sakai? LMS customer service is their main differentiator. Let us help you find the best LMS customer service experience!

The new empty Canvas sites for 2022/23 modules are now available to University of Sussex staff. TEL have provided guidance on how to get them […]

Do you know which sections of your teaching content students are engaging with the most, (and perhaps perceive as the most valuable) and conversely, which […]

The learning technologies that we use at the University of Sussex see a steady stream of updates as they respond to the needs of their […]

Polls and quizzes can be great for increasing the interactivity of teaching sessions and encouraging student engagement. You might want to use a poll to […]

Providing responsive and consistent feedback to students is an important if challenging part of assessment, however there are techniques and tools that can help you […]

There are lots of steps that can be taken to make sure that your module content is digitally accessible to your students. From headings and […]

Online discussion forums can be a useful tool for asynchronous communication amongst teachers and students. The functionality allows for both focused (singular posts for short-lived […]