Matthew Hains

• What ICT skills should teachers have? Jul 26, 2021
  Technology has invaded almost every space in our society. Education is not exempt from this invasion. Technology is an enabler, an enhancer, a platform to do far more than what was possible even twenty years ago. As teachers, it is our responsibility to weave technological knowledge and skills into our teaching and also our own […]
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• Exam Styles and Multi-Level Lists template for MS Word Jul 6, 2021
  In a previous post titled Styles and Multi-Level Lists for Exam Setting in MS Word, I made available a Word document I created where I edit lists and styles that I use often for the formatting of exam papers. I have updated this to include line styles for write-on papers for Theory. I have also […]
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• Scanning written work using OneDrive for Exam Submission in MS Teams Jul 2, 2021
  If students are doing an exam that is a standard pen & paper but are required to submit it digitally, here is a tutorial I made for our students assisting them in scanning their work using OneDrive and then submitting via a Microsoft Teams assignment. I recorded it in two parts. Part 1 is a […]
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• Channel calendars, meeting options and the lobby in MS Teams Jun 25, 2021
  This video addresses some of the various challenges we are dealing with when it comes to online teaching such as having students see their scheduled meetings on a calendar, being made attendees instead of being presenters and not being able to start up meetings before the teacher gets there! I hope this will help teachers […]
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• Microsoft Teams Breakout Rooms for Invigilation Jun 13, 2021
  Having to move very quickly to online teaching again necessitated the need to continue running ‘school’ as ‘normally’ as possible, despite being online. This meant having to find a way to keep an eye on my students who were writing a test at home. I thought I could use the breakout rooms feature in MS […]
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• An idea for marking in Microsoft Word Jun 10, 2021
  I like to use Microsoft Word documents in Microsoft Teams because my students can type straight onto the document, submit it and I can mark it. No printing, no PDF annotations, just direct marking on the document with very little hassle. I have tried out the Draw feature in Word and it works well for […]
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