Teaching Aids

Taught courses
Introduction to using Audio Visual equipment

1 hour



On successful completion of this course participants will be able to use the full range of AV equipment installed in central teaching spaces - this will include hands-on demonstrations incorporating elements such as equipment control systems, microphones and visualisers.

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Electronic classroom voting systems workshop

1 hour



This workshop will introduce participants to how to set up the recently updated electronic voting system and will also give a brief overview of ways in which this technology can be used to enhance learning.

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Creating Questionnaires on the Web

Half a day



In this half day session delegates will learn how to set up questionnaires on the web and access the resulting data using common desktop applications. Knowledge and experience of web publishing required.

Please note that this course is intended for staff only and requires a valid staff GUID

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Introduction to Mahara

1 hour lunchtime



On successful completion of this course participants will be able to:

  • Populate their profile.
  • Setup a blog.
  • Setup a group.
  • Be able to create and share a view

Course attendees must have a valid Moodle login or they WILL NOT be able to access Mahara

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Moodle courses (staff only)
MOODLE - Getting Started

half a day


This course is for members of staff only

On successful completion of this course participants will be able to:

  • Understand and exploit the potential of Moodle.
  • Allow delegates to access PowerPoint, Word and other course documents online.
  • Create online activities for students to collaborate, discuss and reflect.
  • Manage student access to material.

This course is for university staff. Some basic web skills required.

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Introduction to MOODLE 2

half a day

This course is for members of staff only

This courses introduces the new version of Moodle (2) and is suitable for those new to the platform and those migrating from the previous version (1.9).

On successful completion of this course participants will be able to:

  • Understand and exploit the potential of Moodle.
  • Allow delegates to access PowerPoint, Word and other course documents online.
  • Create online activities for students to collaborate, discuss and reflect.
  • Manage student access to material.

This course is for university staff. Some basic web skills required.

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MOODLE - Adding Basic Audio

1 hour lunchtime

This course is for members of staff only

On successful completion of this course participants will be able to:

  • Use data recorder to record presentation/lecture.
  • Transfer unedited audio file to desktop computer.
  • Upload to MOODLE.

Familiarity with the MOODLE environment required.

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MOODLE - Writing Questionnaires and using feedback

1 hour lunchtime



This course is for members of staff only

On successful completion of this course participants will be able to:

  • Put together a questionnaire.
  • Construct questionnaires using the feedback facility in MOODLE.
  • Export the collected data from MOODLE.

Familiarity with the MOODLE environment. Advantageous if participants have exisiting questionnaire they would like to host on MOODLE.

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MOODLE - Quiz and lesson activities

half a day

This course is for members of staff only

On successful completion of this course participants will be able to:

  • Understand how to create interactive assessment with quiz and lesson activities in Moodle.
  • Create a question bank as a reusable resource.
  • Create summative and formative tests for students.

This workshop is for staff who wish to add quiz and lesson activities to Moodle courses.

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Turnitin for MOODLE

1 hour lunchtime

This course is for members of staff only

On successful completion of this course participants will be able to:

  • Set up and edit a Turnitin assignment in accordance with Senate Policies.
  • Access and interpret an Originality Report generated by Turnitin.

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Video for MOODLE

Half Day

This course is for members of staff only

Prerequisites:
Familiarity with the MOODLE environment.

On successful completion of this course participants will be able to:

  • An introduction to finding, creating and using video resources on the web and delivering them to students via Moodle.
  • Showcases examples of the many different ways video is being used to enhance learning and offers help avoiding the technical pitfalls that may be encountered.

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