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Guidance

Canvas, MS Teams and Office 365 provide detailed guidance for staff and students:

Canvas Staff guidance: https://community.canvaslms.com/docs/DOC-10460-canvas-instructor-guide-table-of-contents
Canvas Student guidance: https://community.canvaslms.com/docs/DOC-10701-canvas-student-guide-table-of-contents
Microsoft Teams video training (Microsoft)
Microsoft Teams: A Beginner's Guide to Teams in Office 365 (Chorus)
Using MS Teams for Webinars
Anglia Learning & Teaching Canvas and LMS Minimum Requirement page
Anglia Learning & Teaching's ten top tips for moving to online teaching - descriptive version / short version
Student retention and Covid-19 In June 2020, Universities UK hosted a webinar on addressing the impact of Covid-19 on student retention.
The QAA guides and resources: COVID-19 Support and Guidance in particular:
- Securing academic standards and supporting student achievement: including key information on exams and assessments in the current environment; communication and consultation with students; the 'safety net'; or 'no detriment' approach to grading; credit volume and progression; degree algorithms; the use of externals; whether certificates or transcripts should be marked to indicate the special circumstances of this year; and advice on resits and appeals.
- Practice and lab-based assessment: including advice for the creative arts, music and performance, as well as laboratory and simulated clinical environments, with key guidance on topics such as alternative modes of assessment and student support.
- Accelerated degrees: focusing on topics including alternative assessments, progression, learning outcomes, student deferrals and delays.
- Work-based learning (including placements/ partnerships/ apprenticeships/ study abroad): providing guidance on professional and optional placements, study and work placements abroad, apprenticeships and partnership working
- Focus on: Technology Enhanced Learning: Providing guidance and resources for getting your teaching online, lecture recording, enhancing inclusion and accessibility, and student participation and co-creation.
- How to address essay mills and contract cheating: Guidance for higher education providers to protect academic integrity and combat the use of essay mills in their institutions.
Advance HE Creating Socially Distanced Campuses and Education Project Leadership Intelligence Reports addressing key themes around student education and experience:

References

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