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Structuring a tutorial
As Director of Teaching at Melbourne Law School, I have the privilege of running inductions for new teachers at the School. It is great to meet new people, and to have an intensive discussion of how we teach. Something that was asked this term related to how to structure a tutorial. After an intensive semester of teaching, I thought it was worth noting what I do in my tutorials (as opposed to seminars or lectures, which have different aims and content). A typical tutorial structure, for me, might include: Some other great advice is available from the Oxford Centre for Teaching and Learning. My key points would be:
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Removing notes from PowerPoint: a game changer for Mac
I have been juggling a significant teaching load this year. I generally use PowerPoint as a visual aid for teaching; and, for my own purposes, often use the ‘notes’ function in PowerPoint. For accessibility, I distribute PowerPoints as an editable file – not a PDF – on the learning management system, but this often means my notes need to be removed before the PowerPoints are distributed. Deleting notes across PowerPoints is time-consuming and repetitive – there has to be a better way. There is – and it is a game changer. For those using a PC, there is a fairly simple solution to delete all notes: https://www.howtogeek.com/730732/how-to-delete-all-presentation-notes-at-once-in-microsoft-powerpoint/ On a Mac,…
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