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Developing Digital Excellence
As term begins we wanted to take this opportunity to let staff know about the skills and development opportunities Learning Services are providing as part of our Developing Digital Excellence programme.
This is the second year we have created a series of workshops where we wanted to share our expertise and collaborate with staff within a number of key development areas. We are continuing to use the 4 strands as we feel they resonate with the key drivers for teams. We have also got some new developing areas, following the feedback we had last year.
If you are a new member of staff, the sessions on using classrooms and lecture theatres may be very useful, and we are also keen to welcome all new academic staff to our introudctory session around using Learning Edge. This session introduces staff to thier test area in Blackboard and looks at some of the key elements of the system for all new starters.
These sessions are face to face and are all delivered in our training room on the 2nd floor of the LINC building, however we are keen to deliver more sessions as online using Collaborate as we had some excellent feedback from our online session in July when we had over 50 people logged into the Blackboard Service Pack 12 update session.
These sessions are all within our programme and you can book your place online via the HR Staff Development booking system.. If there are sessions you feel might be beneficial to your team as a bespoke event, or you feel your team could attend as an online session, please get in touch with me.
The Digital Classroom
Lecture theatre equipment Wilson 1 04/10/13 11.00am – 11.30am
Introduction to classroom equipment B004 04/10/13 4.00pm – 4.30pm
The Digital Practitioner
Getting started with Learning Edge – essential skills for tutors using BlackBoard
15/10/13 10.00am – 12.00pm
Restock your presentation toolkit 16/10/13 1.00pm – 2.00pm
Successfully managing online marking – A guide to using the grade centre in Blackboard 17/10/13 12.00pm – 1.00pm
Capturing workshop or seminar work in Learning Edge/Blackboard
23/10/13 1.00pm – 2.00pm
Beyond the Baseline – building an exemplary course 30/10/13 2.00pm – 3.00pm
The Digital Researcher
Systematic Reviews: where to search 10/10/13 10.00am – 11.30am
The Digital Office
Outlook desktop email 3/10/13 9.30am – 12.30am
Outlook desktop calendar 4/10/13 11.30am – 1.00pm
Folders and file management on the Edge Hill network 7/10/13 9.30am – 10.30am
Word 1 – managing paragraph and page formats 8/10/13 10.00am – 11.30am
PowerPoint 1 – introduction to on-screen presentations 14/10/13 2.00pm – 4.00pm
Excel 2 – functions and workbook management 22/10/13 10.00am – 12.00pm
Publisher 1 – introduction to desk top publishing 24/10/13 10.00am – 12.00pm
Rachel Bury
Academic Liaison Manager – Quality, Marketing and Communication
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If you have any questions just ASK US!
We have a new question and answer system which you may find of some use. It’s a great place to start if you have a question for us, the system is currently growing and improving thanks to your questions. Ask Us also holds all of our contact details and an online chat system for a quick response and our text number for getting answers to what you want to know when you’re on the go.
Ask Us is our own little Learning Services version of the google style search system. By visiting and asking Learning Services relevant questions you’re helping improve the system for everyone.
So if you have any questions just Ask Us!
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Don’t turn your mobile off!
… if notifications are irritating you – CHANGE THE SETTINGS!
Blackboard’s Mobile App (updated to v4.0 in August) has been a great hit with Edge Hill students, increasing engagement with courses and facilitating online discussion with fellow students.However, we have heard that some students have stopped using the app because their phones were getting notifications every time a tutor uploaded or changes the content of a course. If you don’t want these notifications then you should edit your notification settings – and this can be done within the Mobile App itself: From the dashboard (the first screen when you login) tap the Settings Icon – then Notifications. You can then select which notifications you want – (the one you’re most likely to un-tick is circled in the image). These settings apply to all your courses.
Alternatively, you can change the settings using a PC or Mac. Go to the ‘Dashboard’ in any course and click on a button labelled ‘Edit Notification Settings’. You can then set the ‘Bulk Notification Settings’ (the same settings as on the mobile) – or ‘Edit Individual Course Settings’. For detailed information here’s a guide: Setting your Mobile Learn course notifications
If you are a tutor working early in the morning or late into the evening you can schedule content to be released at a more sociable time – see this short video: Timing the release of content for announcements.
If you have any questions please leave a comment below or contact Learning Technology Development on 01695 650754 or via [email protected].
David Callaghan
Learning Technology Development Officer
