Do more digital with your teaching and assessment

Do you want to try something new in your teaching or assessment?  Are you concerned that your materials aren’t as accessible and inclusive as you would like them to be?  Why not come along to one of our short online* training sessions to learn a new skill, improve your teaching materials or explore new assessment methods?

Add more interaction to your course by using polling software like Mentimeter for Continuous Module Dialogue or to engage students either during class or asynchronously between sessions.  You could also Use online whiteboards to encourage student interaction or ask students to collaborate on projects using Microsoft Teams: get a Beyond Basics Overview or learn about Document Management and Collaboration.

Digital Accessibility is a vital part of making your course inclusive and we have courses on Enhancing the Accessibility of your Moodle Courses, Creating accessible PowerPoint Presentations  and  Creating accessible Word documents.  You might also want to ensure you are following Best practice for video captions and transcripts when sharing multimedia.

Liven up your course with more multimedia content by learning how to do Basic video editing using iMovie on a Mac or Record a narration over your PowerPoint on a PC to convert your  presentation to video.  You could also come on our Podcasting made easy workshop or our series of workshops for making a film using your iPhone (Planning, Filming advice and Make a short film) and pass these skills on to your students so they can create multimedia content as part of their course.

If graphical content is a challenge, our beginners courses in Basic image editing using free tools can get you started with existing content while An introduction to free graphic design tools and Creating Infographics using free web-based tools are a great way to start creating more original content without having to buy expensive software.

Finally, if you’ve never done Digital book-making, it can be great for digital storytelling and Sway, Microsoft’s modern presentation tool is another interesting option for presenting your material in new ways.  These can also open up new possibilities for your students and the ways in which they present their coursework.

We’ve cherry picked a few courses below that might be of particular interest, but for our full schedule of upcoming courses visit Digital Skills Development News on the Digital Education blog.  If you subscribe to the blog you’ll get regular updates from us and our other Digital Education teams. Click on the link(s) below to book a place or add yourself to the interest list to be informed about upcoming dates.  More details about how to book, how to join sessions etc. can be found on our Practical Course Information page.  If you aren’t sure what training you need and would like individual support and advice we also have a regular drop in during term time.

*All sessions are online via Microsoft Teams unless otherwise indicated.

Add more interaction and collaboration

01/02/2023	10:00	11:00	DSD: Mentimeter for Continuous Module Dialogue (CMD) THIS SESSION IS NOW CANCELLED
08/02/2023	10:00	11:00	DSD: Use online whiteboards to encourage student interaction
02/02/2023	10:00	11:30	DSD: Microsoft Teams Workshop 1: Beyond Basics Overview
08/03/2023	10:00	11:30	DSD: Microsoft Teams Workshop 3 – Document Management and Collaboration

Make your content more accessible

24/01/2023	14:00	15:30	DSD: Creating accessible PowerPoint Presentations
02/03/2023	10:00	11:30	DSD: Creating accessible PowerPoint Presentations
24/01/2023	14:00	15:00	DSD: Best practice for video captions and transcripts
31/01/2023	14:00	15:30	DSD: Creating accessible Word documents
09/03/2023	14:00	15:30	DSD: Creating accessible Word documents
02/02/2023	14:00	15:30	DSD: Enhancing the Accessibility of your Moodle Courses

Use more audio-visual content

25/01/2023	14:00	15:00	DSD: Basic video editing using iMovie on a Mac
25/01/2023	10:00	11:00	DSD: Record a narration over your PowerPoint on a PC
02/02/2023	14:00	15:00	DSD: Podcasting made easy – workshop
07/02/2023	10:00	11:00	DSD: Planning a short film
07/02/2023	14:00	15:00	DSD: Filming advice for a short film
14/02/2023	10:00	11:00	DSD: Make a short film using your iPhone

Create and edit graphical content

31/01/2023	14:00	15:00	DSD: Creating Infographics using free web-based tools
15/02/2023	10:00	11:15	DSD: Basic image editing using free tools (Demo)
21/02/2023	14:00	15:00	DSD: An introduction to free graphic design tools

Present material in new ways

08/02/2023	14:00	15:00	DSD: Digital book-making
25/01/2023	10:00	11:30	DSD: Sway, Microsoft’s modern presentation tool – Workshop
21/02/2023	14:00	15:30	DSD: Sway, Microsoft’s modern presentation tool – Workshop

Please note that the above dates and times were correct at time of publication but are subject to change.  Follow the links provided or check our latest schedule for the definitive current schedule.