GSA eLearning News

Two easy-to-use methods to get your data back! We all need to recover data at some point - a previous version of a file or a deleted course page we need to use again. The two methods detailed below will help you recover your lost data. 1. Recover previous versions of a page: You can recover previous versions of a page in Canvas by accessing the Revision History for that page. To do this, click the options icon in the top right of the page you want to recover (the three vertical dots) to access the page options. From here select 'View Page history' to access your previous versions. 😀 2. Recover a deleted page:  Canvas has a hidden feature called 'undelete' to recover deleted content from your courses. To access the feature simply add /undelete  to the url of your course in your browser's address bar. For example if your course url is  your new url would be  From here you can restore any previously delete...

The Digital Education Unit at University of Glasgow has gathered 12 apps that they think may be useful in teaching and learning for online and distance education. Starting on the 9th of December 2019 they will reveal one app per day for 12 consecutive working days. They have added some festive cheer by creating a different short Christmas themed game for each day which you will need to complete before the app for that day is revealed. Each game should only take around 5 minutes to play. If you prefer not to play the game don’t worry, you’ll be able to still see the app for the day. The aim is to showcase the creativity and work the Digital Education Unit provides and to give you some new ideas for ways that the 12 Apps can be used in online learning. Find all the fun at uofgdigitaled.com . Hope you enjoy it! 

As a GSA student or staff member, you have free access to all the contents on  Linkedin Learning . This online platform offers video tutorials and short courses on many topics which are beneficial for your studies and beyond. Some of the most popular Linkedin Learning courses are on software applications useful to designers, architects and artists including the Adobe CC suite, Revit, ZBrush and Rhino, as well as most of the other software available on GSA Library computers. Linkedin Learning can be accessed both on and off campus. ______________________________________________ Here are instructions for logging into Linkedin Learning: https://lib.gsa.ac.uk/?s=linkedin+learning ______________________________________________ There's more to Linkedin Learning than software tutorials!  Here are just a few of the many and varied courses you can check out on Linkedin Learning: Learning Art Direction (Becoming and Art Director) Green Building Concepts Foundations ...

We hope all teaching staff can find time to undertake some CPD before the start of term, and we've devised a programme to help you to do so. The Learning Resources Staff Development Sessions offer you some bite-sized training opportunities to inspire your teaching. What have we got in store for you over the first weeks in September? We've got Planet eStream coming to show all interested staff how to use the media streaming service... We've got Mark Charters discussing how to extend learning with Audio feedback... We've got Vivienne Vine demoing the new, much anticipated GSA Intranet... We've got the Canvas showcase, featuring a host of your colleagues: Johnny Roger - Student Films for Assessment, embedding and sharing Vivienne Vine - New Student Welcome Gateway Michael Dancer- Embedded Planet eStream photosets as slideshows in Canvas Mark Charters - Online Elective and PG Cert Louise Hopkins -Painting and Printmaking Community (Guest lecturers, au...

Coming in September:  Learning Technology Staff Development Sessions,  Canvas Rollover Workshops,  and Canvas Showcase In September the GSA Learning Technology team has sessions planned for staff to help introduce new systems (Keylinks Reading List, Collaborate Ultra Virtual Classroom) and other sessions to help improve your use of Canvas. Plus we've got Canvas rollover workshops and a visit from the Planet eStream trainers. Scheduled Sessions: Canvas Showcase: September 9th Intranet Training with Vivienne Vine: September 10th Planet EStream corporate trainer visits GSA: September 12th Other sessions to be scheduled September 2 - 13th: Reading List – Keylinks Training (the new reading list software - staff can now update their own lists throughout the year right inside your Canvas course) - Multiple dates September 2 - 13th Canvas Rollover Training - get your 19/20 course student-ready. - Multiple dates September 2 - 13th Collaborate v...

GSA Teaching Staff: Your 19/20 courses are now live! They should appear on your Canvas dashboard when you log in.  The 19/20 courses are now ready to be populated with your content. You will find that the new courses have a home page that includes instructional videos to guide you through the setting up process. All existing GSA staff enrolments on 18/19 courses should have been replicated in the 19/20 versions of the courses. This includes admins, teachers, support and observers on courses. External users - teachers, guest speakers, or external examiners - have not been added to the new courses. If any external user needs to access 19/20 courses they can be enrolled directly by the other teaching staff, by the programme administrative staff, or by contacting lthelp@gsa.ac.uk When you open your 19/20 course, you will notice that the home page is a page of instructions for you. You can also view all the videos on the  Using Canvas for Staff course . PLEASE NO...

First, a bit of news:  The Canvas teacher app  has been updated and greatly improved. Please install the latest version if you haven't already. The GSA Intranet has launched (and there was much rejoicing). This means that HR and Marketing forms and information are now found at intranet.gsa.ac.uk , rather than on the VLE. Please go to the Intranet from here on out. The Blackboard VLE is being phased out. The 2019 Degree Show is upon us. That means Summer! And New Canvas Courses... Before you head off for far flung locales, you may want to get your 2019/20 Canvas courses up and ready. Learning Technology have created a four - part video series that lasts 20 minutes in total, and a new 10-point checklist to tell you everything you need to know about rolling over your course and getting content imported and in place. You can view the videos in Canvas . Or, you can take a look at them in this blog post, below. You will also be able to view the videos...