When to Refer – Safeguarding and Prevent
Training on the university’s policies and procedures on how and when to refer staff and students to the various support services which are available, e.g. when people are affected by issues such as...
View ArticleManaging Redeployment
Following the university’s restructure of support staff, a number of people are now in a redeployment position and all managers were asked to attend this HR training session on how to help those staff...
View ArticleMedial Version 5 Preview
Caught up with the recording of Medial’s preview of version 5 of their product from November on YouTube. It will bring improvements to the quality of video playback, which now defaults to the highest...
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ArtWorks Scotland Forum for Practice Development
Following on from the Interface Symposium held here at Sunderland last September, I was asked to attend the ArtWorks Scotland Forum for Practice Development at the National Theatre of Scotland to...
View ArticleCanvas On-Boarding Webinars
Participated in a series of webinars delivered over three days which covered everything we needed to know to get started with our shiny new Canvas VLE. The webinars were divided into three topics,...
View ArticleCanvas On-Site Training
Following on from the on-boarding webinars, this was the big one – four days of intense on-site training on every aspect of Canvas. Everything. Notable items from day 1 included rubrics, discussion...
View ArticleNERAC Training Day
NERAC, the North East Regional Assessment Centre, is based within the University’s Disability Support Service and provides study needs assessments for students at the University and from other...
View ArticleMedial Version 5 Demonstration
Following on from the webinar preview of Medial version 5 we had back in January, this morning we had a visit from our new account manager who came to introduce themselves and give us some more...
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Canvas Network Training Course
In preparation for the Participatory Arts MOOC which I am helping to develop, and which is being hosted on Canvas Network, Instructure asked us to complete this training and preparatory MOOC which, as...
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Canvas UK User Group
Attended the Canvas UK User Group in Birmingham representing the University of Sunderland for the first time. I’m told that when this group started a few years ago it was half a dozen people around a...
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CMALT Webinar for New Assessors
Those of you who follow me on Twitter may have experienced the pleasure of my little rant as technology utterly failed me for this webinar, but I was at least able to get the recording working a...
View ArticleBlueprint Courses Webinar
Watched a webinar recording explaining how the new(ish) Blueprint Courses tool works in Canvas. This is the tool that allows a kind of parent – child relationship between courses which gives you the...
View ArticleAnalytics 2 Webinar and Consultation
Attended a webinar for a demonstration of the new version of Analytics currently being developed for Canvas. The new version will bring a new look and make it easier for staff to get an overview of...
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ExamSoft Demonstration
We’re looking at options for a secure eAssessment system that would be able to replace our archaic EDPAC forms, and ExamSoft were the first company to provide a demonstration and discussion for us...
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Respondus Demonstration
Following ExamSoft last week, today it was Respondus who gave us a demonstration of their software. Their quiz tool is Respondus 4, which was described as a legacy product, and it did look old. It was...
View ArticleParamedic Innovation Event
I was invited along to this event today to contribute to the continuing development of our medical programmes, specifically with regards to the integrations between various systems. Representatives...
View ArticleiTrent HR System
The university is in the process of rolling out a new HR system, iTrent, from Midland HR. This was my training, as a manager, on how to access and use the new system to manage leave and absences,...
View ArticleALT Accessibility Webinar
Joined the ALT South webinar on online learning materials and accessibility, in which Tharindu Liyanagunawardena, Chair of the Online Learning Research Centre at the University College of Estate...
View ArticlePanopto Demonstration
Joined a web meeting in which a representative from Panopto demonstrated their lecture capture system as this is another area of interest for us currently. I already have some experience with Panopto...
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Introduction to British Sign Language
Ah, some proper CPD! An intense three hour introduction to deaf awareness and British sign language taught by Robin Herdman with the aid of two interpreters, and a welcome change from the usual half...
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