College of Social Sciences

Introduction to Power Automate

Monday 7 September - 13-14.00

This webinar will introduce you to the practical uses of Microsoft Power Automate. You’ll see demonstrations of how to use a SharePoint List Form to gather data and trigger automatic emails and notifications, automate Planner task creation, use SharePoint List to track and report data, and visualise the data in PowerBI.

We’ll also demonstrate how Power Automate integrates with SharePoint Lists for data management and PowerBI for reporting, helping you streamline processes and improve productivity.

Student Engagement with Mentimeter

Thursday 10 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.

Build a Flow with Power Automate

Monday 14 September - 13-14.00

This webinar is for participants who are already familiar with the basics of Power Automate. Please attend the Introduction to Power Automate webinar first if you are not familiar with Power Automate.

Starting with the creation of a Power Automate flow for Approvals, this webinar will guide you through the steps for creating a Power Automate flow by starting with a template, then customising and adding actions, and connecting the flow to a SharePoint List to gather data for tracking and reporting.

Introduction to GenAI for Learning and Teaching

Tuesday 15 September - 12-13.00

Discover how Microsoft Copilot, the university-approved GenAI tool, can help you generate ideas and resources for lesson planning, rubrics, and generating quizzes from lecture content. This webinar will show you how to use generative AI to spark new ideas, generate resources, and design activities that support diverse learning needs.

You will also learn how to make a Moodle MCQ quiz based on your PowerPoint lecture slides or a transcript in as little as fifteen.

Whether you're short on time or looking to refresh your approach, Copilot offers practical tools to enhance your teaching. Join us for a hands-on session where you can leave with real examples and ideas you can apply immediately.

Practical Copilot for Educators: Create, Customize, Engage

Monday 21 September - 13-14.00

This webinar is for participants who are already familiar with the basics of Copilot. Please attend the Introduction to GenAI for Learning and Teaching webinar first if you are not familiar with Copilot or GenAI.


Copilot helps you to create lesson plans, rubrics, and more. This webinar will show you how to create a detailed plan for an interactive lecture and tutorial that creates and integrates digital content, tools and in-class activities to engage students. In this hands-on session, you will be asked to follow along with the demonstration to create a plan and activities for your own teaching content.

 

Introduction to Power Query

Thursday 24 September - 12-13.00

This webinar provides an introduction to Power Query, a data preparation tool built directly into Excel. It is particularly useful for anyone who regularly works with spreadsheets and wants a more reliable way to clean and organise data. 

You will be guided through the core features of Power Query, including how to tidy columns, remove inconsistencies, transform data into different formats, and combine information from multiple files. These tasks are carried out through a familiar Excel-style interface, making it accessible even if you have limited technical experience. 

The session will also highlight how Power Query records each step you take, allowing you to reuse the same process when your data updates. This reduces the need for repetitive manual work and helps ensure consistency. 

This webinar is well suited to staff in teaching, administration, or research roles who are looking to build confidence with data and develop more efficient, repeatable ways of working in Excel. 

Copilot: Developing Better Working Practices

Tuesday 29 September - 12.30-13.30

Many people are now comfortable using Copilot for basic tasks such as drafting emails, summarising documents and generating content. This webinar focuses on the next step: how to use Copilot more effectively by applying techniques that experienced users employ to improve accuracy and productivity.

The webinar will explore practical examples including creating custom instructions, using screenshots and images as inputs, asking Copilot to explain and learn from its mistakes, identifying assumptions in AI responses, and developing prompts that produce more reliable outputs.

The emphasis will be on realistic workplace scenarios that professional services colleagues can apply immediately in their day-to-day work.

Build Your Own Interactive Persona In Copilot

Wednesday 30 September - 13.00-14.00 

Bring a new “voice” into your classroom: in this hands-on session, you’ll learn how to design and summon your own interactive persona using Microsoft Copilot – a custom AI character that can role-play experts, challenge student thinking, and support self-directed study.
 
You will then have time to adapt this structure to your own context – for example, a Law case mentor, a reflective teaching coach in Education, a business strategist, a policy stakeholder, or an environmental campaigner – and test your draft persona live.