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Drawasaurus is a free multiplayer drawing and guessing game (online Pictionary) that can be used on phones, tablets or PCs. This is a great energiser activity or can be used effectively at the start of class to encourage engagement - it's a lot of fun! You can customise the words or use the generic words already set in the tool.Here's a short tutorial on how to use it.
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This is a fantastic resource to find strategies for learning activities. You can search activities based on class or group size, learning outcomes, preparation and duration and much more. Highly recommended.
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It is important for our students to collaborate and contribute in group activities because it can be an effective and powerful way to learn. It is also useful for preparing students for the real world by developing their communication, organisation, leadership and delegation skills by working together through a process to produce an end product. The linked resource is a great guide on how to approach and deliver group activities and assessments.
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Mentimeter consists of a wide range of interactive slides to pose questions, gather feedback, and connect with your students. It has easy-to-build presentations, interactive Polls, Quizzes, and Word Clouds. These make for great ice breaker activities or to gauge understanding. Here is a short tutorial to get you started.
The benefit of Mentimeter is that you don't have to recreate the poll every time like you would with zoom. You can add a Mentimeter activity to Moodle as a URL by sharing the voting link or create a QR code for your slides.
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H5P makes it easy to create interactive content by providing a range of content types for various needs. This is a fantastic and versatile tool. Preview and explore these content types on this link. H5P can be added to your Moodle page by "adding an activity or resource" and then selecting the H5P logo.
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Kahoot is a free student-response tool for administering quizzes, facilitating discussions, and collecting survey data. It is a game-based classroom response system. For multiple choice quizzes, music is added to create tension, suspense and adds a competitive element with a gold, silver and bronze podium at the end. Here is a short tutorial to get you started.
You can add this to your classes by sharing the generated PIN with your students and they can join in. This works well in face to face, blended and online classes.
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Click on the above page to view how padlet can be used as a tool for learning in hybrid, online and face to face sessions. A padlet virtual pinboard can be added to your Moodle page as a URL link, embedding it using html or sharing a QR code with your students in your slides. It is recommended you use a URL as this is cleaner on your Moodle page or if you wish to embed it, please add it as a page.
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This resource takes you through the process step by step.
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The Feedback activity in Moodle allows you to create and conduct surveys to collect feedback from your students. This tool allows you to create your own questions. This is a great resource to collect responses at the end of class for an insight into what went well and what could be done differently or any areas students require further clarification.
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Microsoft Forms is an online survey creator in Microsoft Office 365. All PIA staff and students have free access. This could be used by students or staff to create questionnaires, polls or quizzes. These can shared online via copy link, email or QR code. The data can be exported to Microsoft Excel and visualised graphically.
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Miro is an online collaborative platform that enables distributed teams to work effectively together. Uses may include brainstorming with digital sticky notes to planning and managing agile workflows. The tool also comes with a series of pre-built templates that can inspire or serve as a starting point for students' own project work. Some common uses of Miro are:
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Yammer is a free application to PIA staff and students. It is an alternative to Twitter, allowing those with an @pia.edu.au email address to view your posts. Communicate with anyone in the college. You can also create private groups to narrow the conversation to even smaller audiences, such as a project team or class group. Find out more about Yammer here.
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Socrative is an online platform designed to enhance student and teacher digital communications. It does this by offering a questions and answers learning system. You can create a free account here and start designing your own activities. It takes quizzes online, for remote learning and for a paper-free classroom activities. It is a good engagement tool for scaffolded activities that helps lecturers and learners to assess understanding and progress in real time. Here is a short introduction video tutorial [13.34mins] on how to get the most out of it.
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This website contains a list of online tools for online activities.
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The incorporation of remote learning in the higher education space has been accelerated since the outbreak of the global pandemic in 2020. Higher Education institutions have been investing in acquiring equipment and upgrading their network infrastructure in order to keep up with the demand for high quality virtual education. But are students paying attention in online sessions? As frustrating as it can seem when students don't switch their cameras on, this resource gives some good tips on how to navigate this.
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What the lecturer does to facilitate wrap-up at the end of the lesson - it is a quick review, to remind students what it was that they have learned (or should have learned) and allows you to see where the students are to assist you in planning for the next lesson. Click on this page to see 40 ways to leave a class.
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