Staff Development: Autumn 2024
CSM Digital Learning Staff Induction:
This Autumn we are launching our CSM Digital Learning Staff Induction sessions for all new academic and course admin staff, or current staff who feel they would benefit from an introduction to Moodle and other Digital Learning platforms.
Please note, we are keen to support all new staff in the academic teams and there is funding available for HPLs to attend.
Book your place!
- Thursday 26 September 2-3pm – online
- Wednesday 16 October 3.30-4.30pm – online
- Friday 15 November 10-11am – online
If you prefer a face to face session, please just get in touch.
We also strongly recommend all new staff attend our Creating accessible documents training. See below for dates.
What will the induction cover?
- Introduction to Moodle at CSM, including navigation, course pages, communication and where to find support.
- Introduction to two of the other platforms used at CSM: Miro, myblog, Padlet, Workflow, Panopto and MS Teams.
- Signposting accessibility training and further support.
- Optional follow-up sessions – 30mins session in the Spring and Summer terms to address any issues or learn something new.
Wednesdays @3.30
Supporting students with live captions
Wednesday 23 October 3.30-4.30
In this session, we will discuss the value of adding captions to live teaching (face-to-face and online) based on student feedback and research. We will also take a look at some different captioning tools, and how to use them.
Visit our Blog for more information about Live captions and the CSM DL research project.
Recording in-person teaching
Wednesday 27 November 3.30-4.30
We know that recording teaching is one of the most effective ways to support students and a key part of inclusive practice. Come along to this face to face session and learn a simple procedure for recording live sessions using Panopto.
What’s new in Miro?
Wednesday 6 November 3.30-4.30
In this session we will cover new exciting features in Miro, from recording a presentation of a board walkthrough with Talkback, using AI Assist to create visuals based on text prompts and other tools to help summarise and categorise content from a collaborative session.
What are they thinking? Digital tools to capture learning in F2F and online sessions
Wednesday 13 November 3.30-4.30
Wondering what your students are thinking? How many of them answer questions? What about the others? Come along and explore some simple tools to capture more of your students’ thoughts, ideas and responses. This will be a hands-on session with time to try out the technology.
Staff development week: December
VR at Christmas! 30min slots
Wednesday 11 December 2-4pm (book in for a 30 minute slot)
Come along to a fun, hands-on session trying out VR headsets and hopefully decorating a (virtual) tree! Slots are 30mins each with a maximum of 4 participants so we can help you step into the virtual world as quickly as possible. Spaces are limited so book soon!
Video submissions: setting up and managing effectively
Monday 9 December 2-3pm
In this session we will look at how to set up a video submission point using the Panopto plugin. Panopto is our UAL video hosting platform and is integrated with Moodle. Panopto accepts a broad range of file types and sizes, making it easier for students to submit video files. It also makes it easier for staff to review work with the inclusion of automatic captioning and removing the need to download the video file.
Using digital tools to support inclusive assessment
Friday 13 December 10-11am
In this session we will look at and discuss how simple digital tools can help improve flexibility in assessment, provide opportunities to capture learning, and help break down barriers to accessing feedback.
As always, we are also happy to organise bespoke training or workshops, or to plan a longer term project with course and admin teams.
Please let us know if you have any requests, or just get in touch for a chat.