{"id":162,"date":"2020-08-24T15:57:32","date_gmt":"2020-08-24T14:57:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/nualadavis\/?p=162"},"modified":"2020-08-24T17:20:09","modified_gmt":"2020-08-24T16:20:09","slug":"what-tools-should-i-invest-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/nualadavis\/2020\/08\/24\/what-tools-should-i-invest-in\/","title":{"rendered":"What tools should I invest in?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/nualadavis\/files\/2020\/08\/whattools-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-176\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/nualadavis\/files\/2020\/08\/whattools-1.png\" alt=\"tools for interactions\" width=\"1096\" height=\"743\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/nualadavis\/files\/2020\/08\/whattools-1.png 1096w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/nualadavis\/files\/2020\/08\/whattools-1-300x203.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/nualadavis\/files\/2020\/08\/whattools-1-768x521.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/nualadavis\/files\/2020\/08\/whattools-1-1024x694.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a>We start 2020 with our new VLE, Canvas, and a rich array of digital learning tools that can be used to support teaching. There are so many possibilities and it could easily be overwhelming.<\/p>\n<p>This is a short post to begin to answer one of the questions I hear last week \u201cWhat 5 tools should I invest in?\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>But, let\u2019s back up a bit, \u00a0before considering tools we need to think about what we want these tools to help us to achieve? Way back in 1998 Anderson and Garrison described the three more common types of interaction involving students:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Student-content interactions<\/li>\n<li>Student-teacher interactions<\/li>\n<li>Student-student interactions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Let\u2019s use this to come up with our list\u2026<\/p>\n<h2>Student-content interactions<\/h2>\n<p>Your starting point here is Canvas itself. You can present information on pages, embed documents, link to resources on library reading list, include videos, audio and ReCap recordings.<\/p>\n<p>Go to tool <strong>#1<\/strong> has to be <strong>Canvas<\/strong> itself.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Find out more by reviewing the <a href=\"https:\/\/ncl.instructure.com\/courses\/76\">Canvas Orientation<\/a> course or signing up to <a href=\"https:\/\/elements.ncl.ac.uk\/course\/index.php?categoryid=220\">Canvas Fundamentals<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Linked to this is tool <strong>#2<\/strong> <strong>Canvas<\/strong> quizzes.<\/p>\n<p>Canvas support a wide range of question types: multiple choice, gap fill, short answer, matching, multiple answer.\u00a0 Quizzes can help students practice skills, check their learning and encourage them revisit material.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Find out more in the <a href=\"https:\/\/ncl.instructure.com\/courses\/76\/pages\/quizzes?module_item_id=17437\">Canvas Orientation course<\/a> or sign up to one of our <a href=\"https:\/\/elements.ncl.ac.uk\/course\/index.php?categoryid=230\">Quizzes webinars<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For short PowerPoint narrations the easiest place to start is the recording features that come as part of ReCap.\u00a0 We tend to think of ReCap as a lecture recording tool, but there is also a fabulous ReCap Personal Capture tool that you can use to record yourself, and publish in Canvas.\u00a0 There are several bonuses with using ReCap \u2013 you have the ability to do make simple edits, you can use automatic speech recognition to generate captions, and students have the ability pause, rewind and make notes on the recordings that you publish. \u00a0<strong>ReCap personal capture<\/strong> comes in as tool <strong>#3<\/strong> \u2013 you can install on your computer, or if you prefer you can use the new browser based recorder &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/support.panopto.com\/s\/article\/How-to-Create-a-Video-Using-Panopto-Capture\">Panopto Capture<\/a> (beta).<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Find out more by viewing our <a href=\"https:\/\/services.ncl.ac.uk\/digitallearning\/guides\/recap\/pcap\/\">ReCap guides<\/a> or sign up to one of our <a href=\"https:\/\/services.ncl.ac.uk\/digitallearning\/contactandsupport\/training\/\">video webinars<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Student to Teacher interactions<\/h2>\n<p>Outside the limited amount of PiP time you are likely to be meeting your students online.\u00a0 For synchronous meetings there is increasingly little to choose from between Zoom and Teams \u2013 the only significant factor being that Zoom permits people to connect by phone \u2013 so supports those on lower bandwidth.<\/p>\n<p>Now is a great time to become confident with the online meeting tool you are planning on using throughout your module. \u00a0I\u2019ll leave it to you if <strong>#3<\/strong> for you is <strong>Teams<\/strong> or <strong>Zoom<\/strong> \u2013 it would be sensible to settle on one, for you and your students.\u00a0 Teams could be a strong contender if you plan to use this as a collaboration space over the module\/stage, in which case do review the article on <a href=\"https:\/\/newcastle.sharepoint.com\/sites\/O365\/SitePages\/Building-an-online-learning-community.aspx\">Building an online community using Teams<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Once you setting on your meeting tool, now is a great time to explore options for using whiteboards, polling, breakout rooms in these spaces and to begin to plan active online sessions.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Find out more \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/services.ncl.ac.uk\/digitallearning\/guides\/meetings\/\">Teams Meetings and Zoom compared<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/newcastle.sharepoint.com\/sites\/O365\/SitePages\/Get-started-with-Microsoft-Teams.aspx\">Getting Started with Teams<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/videoconferencing.ncl.ac.uk\/softwaresolutions\/zoom\/\">Zoom<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For tool <strong>#4<\/strong> I\u2019d go with <strong>Canvas Discussions \u2013 <\/strong>these are easy to use, work really well in the Canvas Student and Teacher apps and are great for Q&amp;A sessions, introductions, crowd-sourcing activities, and of course discussions!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Find out more \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/ncl.instructure.com\/courses\/76\/pages\/discussions?module_item_id=15158\">Canvas Orientation Course<\/a> and our <a href=\"https:\/\/elements.ncl.ac.uk\/course\/view.php?id=1313\">Communication and Collaboration Canvas<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Student to Student interactions<\/h2>\n<p>Learning at university is a social! There are huge limitations on what we can do in person \u2013 but what can we do to help learning be as social as it can be?\u00a0 This isn\u2019t so much about tools, but about the activities we design in: break out room discussions, group tasks, peer reviews, debates \u2013 things that might start in a timetabled session and then spill out.<\/p>\n<p>For synchronous meetings and study sessions all our students have access to Zoom and Teams.\u00a0 We can model how to use these, build students\u2019 confidence in these spaces and show them how they can collaborate in Microsoft 365 collaborative spaces (Word documents, OneNote\u2026).\u00a0 \u00a0I\u2019ve already mentioned Teams and Zoom (#3), so for tool <strong>#5<\/strong> I\u2019ll pitch for <strong>Microsoft 365<\/strong> with an emphasis on collaboration.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Find out more \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/newcastle.sharepoint.com\/sites\/O365\/\">Microsoft 365 Learning Pathways<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>What do you think?<\/h2>\n<p>These are my top 5 tools, you may have a different list.\u00a0 What have I missed out?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We start 2020 with our new VLE, Canvas, and a rich array of digital learning tools that can be used to support teaching. 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