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  • Instructions on use of halls and measures in KTH´s premises for HT21

    Published Jun 30, 2021

    Clarification is gathered here on instructions for the use of halls and information on KTH's measures and adaptations that have been made in premises to avoid congestion and reduce the spread of COVID...

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  • Updated guideline on course syllabus, grading system and examination valid from 1 July 2021

    Published Jun 30, 2021

    On 7 June 2021, the President made a decision (V-2021-0378) on changes to the "Guideline on course syllabus, grading systems and examinations within all levels of education" that apply from July 1 202...

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  • August support from E-learning

    Published Jun 22, 2021

    Between August 16–27, expanded support will be provided for teachers. The purpose is to offer support and guidance as you prepare your courses for the next semester, regardless of whether they take pl...

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  • E-learning - support during the summer

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    Photo: Jonas Thorén
    Published Jun 22, 2021

    From June 28 to August 9, the operational support for E-learning will have limited service, and longer response times than usual. Read more about this summer's support for you as a teacher.

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  • Possibility to order a mini studio to record and edit video

    Published Jun 18, 2021

    As of Autumn-2021, KTH's schools are offered the opportunity to purchase recording equipment for mini-studios. The recording equipment purchased provides allows teachers to record and edit lectures an...

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  • Survey on digital education

    Published Jun 15, 2021

    The Platform for the digitalisation of education (the Education Platform) is now conducting surveys of KTH's students' and teachers' views on the digital transformation during the spring semester. Wit...

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  • How the study and learning environment is linked to student well-being

    Published Jun 10, 2021

    How are our students? With the pandemic, the study and learning environment has changed, and most of the teaching has become entirely digital and at a distance. How are the students affected, and what...

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  • Zoom presence – a better way to conduct Zoom exams

    Published Jun 07, 2021

    Are you planning to examine through Zoom? Then this Lunch 'n' Learn webinar is for you! A pedagogical developer from the E-learning team introduces the theoretical framework for Zoom presence, and a t...

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  • Getting the most out of Outcomes in Canvas for goal-related grading criteria

    Published Jun 02, 2021

    The function Outcomes gives you as a teacher the possibility to use intended learning outcomes (ILO) with goal-related grading criteria in Canvas. You can connect your goals to different student activ...

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  • Hybrid workshop - test and discuss hybrid teaching

    Published Jun 01, 2021

    Now you can try what it is like to teach with students both in the lecture hall and connected via Zoom. You will get to try to set up a lecture hall with the technology you need and there is also a ch...

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  • Streamline your online education – Reach out to the viewers through small means

    Published May 31, 2021

    At this Lunch 'n' Learn webinar, media technicians at KTH share tips for creating video and also highlight students' perspectives. Here is the documentation (video, in Swedish) from the webinar and th...

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  • Have you read the letter from the Vice-President for Education 19 May?

    Published May 21, 2021

    Leif Kari, Vice President for Education, sent a letter on 19 May about current information about conditions and support for education at KTH. The main news was the scenarios for KTH's education.

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  • Design of video for teaching and video technology for online teaching (SWE)

    Published May 19, 2021

    As a KTH teacher, how can I design my teaching video to improve the learning experience in digital teaching situations, synchronously and asynchronously? This Lunch 'n' Learn webinar focused on exchan...

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  • Teacher stories: "How Mentimeter can support your teaching and students learning"

    Published May 18, 2021

    KTH now has a campus license for Mentimeter and teachers can use the tool to create interaction with the students in, for example, in a lecture. Here is video documentation (in Swedish) from the Lunch...

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  • Time for course evaluation and course analysis

    Published May 12, 2021

    This spring semester is soon coming to an end. For some courses, that is a period to do course evaluations and course analyses. With this, we would like to send a reminder to make completed course ana...

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  • Digital meetings and active student engagement

    Published May 10, 2021

    How do you succeed with Zoom meetings and active learning? In this webinar, Stefan Stenbom (Digital Learning Unit) presented principles and guidelines on creating and maintaining digital meetings that...

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  • KTH's course room template to be introduced in Canvas HT2021

    Published May 03, 2021

    As of Autumn 2020, approximately 30 percent of the course rooms will contain KTH's new course room template, distributed across the various schools. With KTH's course room template, the courses get a ...

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  • Canvas updates in New Quizzes and Assignments

    Published Apr 28, 2021

    Canvas has announced an update regarding a new type of assignment with student annotation and a new button in New Quizzes.

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  • The Transcript Widget function is now activated in KTH Play

    Published Apr 28, 2021

    On 14/4, 2021, the Transcript Widget function was activated in KTH Play. The widget automatically generates a searchable text version of uploaded, captioned videos in a text box below the video. You c...

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  • Course rooms will be in a read-only state, starting 60 days after the course end date

    Published Apr 27, 2021

    To make it easier for teachers and students to find active Canvas rooms, a new routine to manage old course rooms in Canvas will be introduced before the autumn term starts in 2021. The course rooms w...

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