Miro: brainstorming and planning for students and staff
Friday 29 August: 14-15.00
Explore Miro, a collaborative whiteboard platform that enhances student engagement and teamwork. This session will show how to build multimedia-rich environments for real-time interaction, annotation, and brainstorming.
It can be used for both classroom use and staff collaboration, for brainstorming, project planning, and visualisation of workflows.
Please note: to benefit fully from this webinar, you should first register for a licence from the university.
- Register for the Miro webinar. (Opens in new tab.)
- More information about Miro. (Opens in new tab.)
Use Microsoft CoPilot to Create a Moodle Quiz based on lecture content
Monday 1 September: 12-13.00
You can make a Moodle MCQ quiz based on your PowerPoint lecture slides or lecture transcript in as little as fifteen minutes by using Microsoft Copilot, the Generative AI tool available to all UofG staff.
Learn how to Copilot, and how to use the quizzes in Moodle to enhance students’ learning experience.
We will also briefly show examples of other ways to use Copilot for learning and teaching.
- Register here. (Opens in new tab.)
- Find out more about Microsoft Copilot. (Opens in new tab.)
Designing for Significant Learning: Applying Fink’s Integrated Course Design
Friday 5 September: 14-15.00
This interactive session introduces L. Dee Fink’s Integrated Course Design—a practical framework that helps educators align learning outcomes, teaching strategies, and assessment for deeper student engagement and improved learning outcomes.
Participants will explore how to apply Fink’s Taxonomy of Significant Learning to redesign courses that not only meet academic objectives but also foster personal growth, interdisciplinary thinking, and real-world relevance.
Whether you're revising an existing module or developing a new one, you'll discover strategies to help students demonstrate meaningful learning and connect more deeply with your subject.
- Register here. (Opens in new tab.)
- Find out more about Microsoft Copilot. (Opens in new tab.)
Student engagement with Mentimeter
Tuesday 9 September: 12-13.00
This webinar introduces Mentimeter, a dynamic presentation tool that boosts student engagement in both in-person and remote settings.
Learn how to create interactive slides, run polls and quizzes, gather feedback, and review student responses.
Mentimeter can also be embedded in PowerPoint.
- Register for the Mentimeter workshop. (Opens in new tab.)
- More information about Mentimeter. (Opens in new tab.)