Category: Supporting Learning
Turnitin setting changes to improve student academic writing
All students enabled to view their similarity report by default from S2, 2021
Who needs NASA when you have Virtual Reality!
How Dr Fatemeh Salehi and A/Prof Rouzbeh Abbassi from the School of Engineering implemented virtual reality for the first time to enhance the learning experience of students.
Assessment policy brief: examinations limited to two hours
Guidance on complying with this policy change.
Assessment policy brief: changes to group assessment weighting in a unit
Policy changes include a shift from applying weighting limits on group marking from the task level to the unit level
Examiners: Submitting an ‘online exam’ to exams office
What examiners need to do in order to submit an 'online exam' to exams office.
Online exam cheating or just confusion?
Academic integrity is complex, doubly so for online exams. Being clear to students about the exam rules will help everyone.
Making economic principles pop with cultural references
Embedding pop culture references and viral trends into your unit can enhance students' understanding of key concepts. Paul Crosby and Dylan Thompson highlight some examples from Principles of Economics 1.
Prepare your students for an online exam!
A free workshop for students on exam preparation.
Summative peer review of teaching. What might it look like at MQ?
Be part of the consultation process and provide your feedback on a proposed institutional level peer review process.