Tools and Resources

Find out about the TEL tools available to you through guides and links to stories and tool tips. Blackboard Blackboard is the University of Bristol’s centrally-supported online learning environment. It has a range of tools for communication, collaboration, assessment, feedback, reflection and content management,…

The 12 tips in the article available below aim to provide medical educators with guidelines for creating engaging online discussions that both support and challenge learners’ understanding. The advice draws on a recent study examining the experiences and activities of 24 educators in MOOC…

How do you teach students to recognise the potential symptoms of cardiac disease, during a pandemic, with limited access to patients? Flo Mouy (Cardiac Teaching Fellow) responded to this challenge by introducing the students to Harvey, a specialist mannequin developed for teaching. Flo created…

Penny Whiting and Kaitlin Wade met the challenge of moving their MSc programme online during the pandemic. By exploring guides and experimenting with the tools available, as well as attending the BILT Digital Design course, they successfully moved their programmes online using Blackboard, Xerte,…

TurningPoint Students are able to use their mobile device and/or laptop to vote on questions posed live in a PowerPoint presentation. Please get in touch with us at fhs-te,@bristol.ac.uk if you would like help getting started, as you will need to install TurningPoint software…

Xerte is a simple, easy-to-use authoring tool for creating effective and engaging digital learning materials. It’s designed for educators to create interactive learning activities, including self-test quizzes, without the need for any coding or programming knowledge. Xerte is available to UoB and honorary/associate staff…