Teaching with technology
At Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington teaching fully integrates technology for digital access, enhanced interactivity, and learning creation.
Information is available to aid teachers in what technology they could use in their teaching, how to apply it, and where to get support.
Staff support for Nuku
Due to the completion of the Learning Platform Project on 19 December 2023, project roles not continuing into BAU, and Learning Design and Academic Development resources in CAD prioritising financial recovery projects, BAU support for Nuku going forward will be during scheduled sessions or through self-help from Trimester 1 2024.
Self-help resources for course coordinators and support staff
Outside of the scheduled course preparation sessions, course coordinators and support staff will have access to the following self-help resources to aid them in preparing their course for teaching:
If you have Nuku-related queries, please:
- consult our resources for self-help courses: Nuku Support Community, Teach in Nuku, Tools for L&T in Nuku, and Toiere
- Come along to a Nuku Support Hub session and ask some questions: Tuesday and Thursday 1:30pm – 2:15pm on
Zoom: nukusupport
For Nuku technical support:
- for functional queries email nuku@vuw.ac.nz
- for technical queries and issues log a call via the staff service centre.
For more information on support in 2024, see the website.
Teach in Nuku
This course provides guidance and instructions on all aspects of delivering your course on Nuku. To access this course, enroll on the Nuku website. Once you're enrolled, the course can be found on your Nuku dashboard.
The following checklists are stored within the Teach in Nuku course, and can be viewed on the following page once enrolled:
Is your Nuku course ready for students?
Course rollover checklist
- Courses are automatically rolled over months before the trimester begins. The checklist was created for course coordinators or administrators to ensure that the course copy has been completed, and there are no issues in the new course. This is a technical administration checklist, not course preparation or quality assurance.
Course preparation checklist
- The course preparation checklist provides course coordinators and support staff with a step-by-step guide to ensuring their course is ready for students to start learning. This checklist should be started before the first day of O' Week, and completed before teaching begins.
Yellow support button
Within Nuku, click on the yellow support button to access online support. Support information changes depending on which page and function you are on in Nuku (e.g. If in quizzes, support information with be focused on creating and managing quizzes). This is the best way of receiving just-in-time functional support for Nuku.
Canvas guides
For Canvas support, anyone can search the full Canvas Guides.
Support channels for Nuku
Nuku status and support
For information on systems statuses such as outages, performance issues and upcoming maintenance please refer to the Nuku status and support page.
Technical issues logging a call
For technical queries and issues, such as error messages, tools not working, incorrect information or users in Nuku etc, please log a call via the staff service centre.
Nuku queries and advice Inbox
For functional queries regarding Nuku, such as assessment setup, content creation etc where the answer could not be found in the self-help courses or the Canvas Community, please email Nuku@vuw.ac.nz if the solution cannot be found within self-help resources or via community support.
Support for teaching with technology
Technical help and support
Contact the Digital Solutions service desk for technical help, support, and service requests.
Technology for teaching development
Training and development sessions and resources are available for staff to enhance their digital teaching practice and technology application.
Nuku self-help and support courses for staff and students
Staff Support course catalogue - Go to the Staff course catalogue page and find out what courses and resources you can access for yourself. Find a course, enrol in it and it will add it to your Nuku dashboard.
Student Support course catalogue - Go to the Student course catalogue page and find out what courses and resources are available for students to understand how to engage with digital tools for learning. Staff can find a course, enrol in it and it will add it to your Nuku dashboard.