Below are the sessions for week beginning 4 July. (A complete list of summer 2011 e-learning sessions is available on the Upcoming Sessions page). Please click on the date/time below for more information about each session and to book a place. Turnitin for automatic referencing feedback Wednesday 6 July 2011, 10.00-11.00am, Stoddart 7324, City Campus…
Below are upcoming sessions for the remainder of June. (A complete list of summer 2011 e-learning sessions is available on the Upcoming Sessions page). Please click on the date/time below to book a place. Turnitin for automatic referencing feedback Thursday 16 June 2011, 11.00am-12.00pm, Furnival 9310, City Campus Introduction to e-learning Tuesday 21 June 2011,…
We’re pleased to announce a programme of summer e-learning sessions, including a range of new topics. These sessions are part of the summer professional development programme Realising Our Potential (see all of the sessions on offer). We’ll be adding more sessions, so please check back regularly. Here are some of the earliest scheduled sessions: Good practice…
Last month we had a blog post which discussed some draft guidelines for staff about the use of externally provided tools, such as social media websites, for teaching purposes. As mentioned in the previous article, there can be advantages to using the newest and most up to date tools for teaching and learning purposes, but…
The IT Skills Team has created an online version of their popular training course ‘Tame Your Inbox’ which focuses on managing your email inbox more effectively. The online course takes place in Blackboard over 10 days and consists of a daily screencast, activity and links to optional resources. The first cohort will start on 3 May, though staff can complete…
External websites such as social media are increasingly being used for teaching purposes. Staff doing so often want to take advantage of new opportunities not available inside of Blackboard, use more feature rich versions of tools like blogs or wikis or experiment with opening elements of their teaching or research up to the wider world. Staff have also used such external…
Below is a list of upcoming e-learning sessions, the final ones as part of the Refreshing e-learning at SHU initiative’s programme of staff development. Over the last twelve months these sessions were designed to help support staff through the transition to Blackboard 9 and encourage refreshment in e-learning practices. Of course we’ll continue to have staff…
Below is a list of the upcoming e-learning sessions for the next two weeks (follow the link to see the complete list of scheduled sessions). Please click on the date/time below to book a place: Supported time for preparing your 2010/11 sites Tuesday 25 January, 12:00 – 1:00pm, Owen 333, City Campus SHU Assignment Handler enhancements Wednesday…
Below is a list of upcoming e-learning sessions for the next two weeks (follow the link to see the complete list including ones scheduled through Feb). Please click on the date/time below to book a place: Getting your grades and feedback online Monday 17 January, 2:00 – 3:00pm, Harmer 2203, City Campus SHU Assignment Handler enhancements Tuesday…
There are many Refreshing e-learning sessions scheduled throughout January, including supported time to begin preparing your semester two Blackboard sites and time to get support with adding grades/feedback to the Grade Centre. Please click on the date/time link to book and for further information: Good practice in Blackboard 9 site design and preparation Wednesday 19…