Upcoming training

Introduction to Mentimeter

Join us for an introduction to using Mentimeter, our new digital learning platform, which is used to gather real-time feedback, questions, comments and reflections from participants. We’ll cover the basics, from logging in, creating slides, going live and sharing results. 

• Friday 24 October 11am-12pm 
• Wednesday 5 November 1-2pm 
• Monday 17 November 2-3pm 

Part 1: Designing Word and PowerPoint documents for everyone

Monday 13 October 12-1.15pm

In Part 1, we will look at Word and PowerPoint and show you the fundamentals of accessible design, including; formatting, heading structure, alternative text and use of images, reading order and using the built-in accessibility checkers. 

Part 2: Ensuring your PDFs are accessible

Monday 20 October 12-1pm

Following on from Part 1, if you decide to convert your documents to a PDF, we will show you how to do a final check in Adobe Acrobat pro to ensure your documents are fully accessible before you upload them to Moodle. 

How to set up a VR exhibition

Friday 7 November 10.30-12 (Bookings in 30mins slots – max of 4 people in each)

Ever wanted to run an exhibition but lack the space or time? Using low cost services such as spatial.io, this session will explain how to go about creating a virtual space and display digital artefacts that can be explored using traditional computers and mobile devices as well as VR headsets. 

Supporting students with live captions 

Wednesday 5 November 2.30-3.30 (in-person – Kings Cross)

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. Digital learning staff induction

Digital learning new staff induction

• Friday 17 October 12-1pm (Online)
• Tuesday 18 November 2-3pm (In-person)

These sessions are for all new or current academic and course admin staff, who feel they would benefit from an introduction to Moodle and other Digital Learning platforms. Please note, there is limited funding available for HPLs to attend. 

In this session we will introduce you to Moodle at CSM, including; navigation, course pages, communication and where to find support. Based on attendees’ interests we will also look at the other Digital learning platforms used at CSM: Miro, myblog, Padlet, Workflow, Panopto and MS Teams.