Student Guide: Mentimeter
Guidance on how to:
Access Mentimeter as a participant.
Use Mentimeter to create your own presentations.
Author: Rebecca Riley
Mentimeter: Get Started
Find out how to sign up for a licence, create your first Mentimeter presentation or use Mentimeter with your existing Powerpoint slides.
Student Guide: Hypothes.is
Hypothes.is is a tool which supports ‘social annotation’. Social annotation involves reading and thinking together.
Hypothes.is
Hypothes.is in a pedagogical tool which supports ‘social annotation’.
Hypothes.is: Get Started
This post provides step by step instructions to setup Hypothes.is in Blackboard.
Discussion tools
Discussion Boards are available in Blackboard to facilitate conversation between staff and students. External discussion tools are also available to embed in your course space.
Piazza
What does Piazza do? Piazza is a web based discussion tool that facilitates interaction among instructors and students. You can create a Piazza class within your Blackboard course unit and use the class as a single space to manage communications for your unit. Visit the Piazza website for, information on accessibility, a quick start guide […]
Student Guide: Piazza
A student guide to using Piazza.
Piazza: Get Started
Step-by-step instructions for setting up Piazza for your Blackboard course.
Blackboard Assignments vs Turnitin: Which tool should I use?
This article offers a comparison between Blackboard assignments and Turnitin assignments, and explains the common features and considerations that might influence the choice of tool.