On-demand workshops

Come break the ice together and discuss activities and the technologies behind the suggestions for welcoming our students. Register for joining instructions then log on at anytime from anywhere.

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Learn how to find, use and create free online open educational resources in your teaching in 30 minutes. This is a self-directed course with Jason Williams at hand to answer any questions you may have. Register for joining instructions then log on at anytime from anywhere.

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We run several workshops to support colleagues claiming for HEA and Anglia Ruskin Fellowships.

1. Claim development workshop
This workshop is for those new to the APRS and for those developing their senior or principal claims for fellowship. We advertise dates but can facilitate a workshop for six people or more. It runs for two hours.
2. Claim development writing retreat
This workshop is for those writing their claim to the APRS. Experienced assessors will be on hand for advice for all categories of fellowship. Lunch is provided. We require six participants or more for the workshop.
3. Mentor and assessor workshop
This workshop is for those who have already gained senior or principal fellowship of the Higher Education Academy and want to learn more about the requirements of mentors and assessors with the APRS. The workshop runs for two hours.
4. APRS standardisation workshop
This workshop is for assessors. After the initial assessment of claims, the assessors come together to ensure that they are assessing at the right level, and to discuss any difficulties they might have. The workshop runs for three hours.

We also administer the Anglia Professional Recognition Scheme for Teaching and Supporting Learning.

With Box of Broadcasts, you can access and use programmes/films that aired on terrestrial/freeview TV and don't have to worry about copyright.

BoB is where you can find/organise/edit clips, and permanently embed them into your teaching and VLE for viewing within the UK.

You'll need to register with our University Library to log in to Box of Broadcasts so check if you can by the Box of Broadcasts website. If you can't login, contact the University Library.

Canvas quick wins is a self-directed resource/course sharing tips on some of the additional features of Canvas with Kate Outhwaite. It is available to all staff as a read-only resource. Alternatively, colleagues can ask to be added to the course as a student to allow submission of evidence for CPD recognition. Register for joining instructions then log on at anytime from anywhere.

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The aim of a course design intensive workshop is to develop the practice of course design and development in expanded, multi-disciplinary teams.

It provides a focused period of time that leads to tangible outputs and speeds up development times. The Course Design Intensive workshop:

• Takes the form of a team-based curriculum development process
• Encourages collective ownership by the course team
• Takes a strategic focus that considers institutional priorities, programme focus and external accreditation
• Provides time and space to think creatively
• Fills the gap between ideas and paperwork
• Is active and intensive but supportive for teams.

Course Design Intensive workshops bring together experts, critical friends and students. It's one of things that makes the workshops different. They add to the process by:

• Providing access to design expertise
• Facilitating rapid iterative improvements to designs
• Offering exemplar material
• Contributing scholarly knowledge and advice
• Asking key questions for the course team to think about.

Testimonial

"The two days were really the most effective mode of course development I have worked with, and I have worked on this process at three Universities, ranging from single courses to whole-faculty portfolios. The idea of starting with the kind of graduate that we want at the end of the process, and the students we are able to attract, then systematically working out how to get from one to the other is really effective."
Professor Christopher Land, Head of Department: Human Resources and Organisational Behaviour, LAIBS

Choose from an introductory or hands-on session on our main eAssessment platform, Turnitin GradeMark. We also run a workshop on good Multiple Choice Question design.

1. Introducing GradeMark
This workshop introduces Turnitin GradeMark and considers how we are using it for online assessment. Topics discussed include the student support available, the practicalities of accessing and marking assignments, and the tools available in GradeMark. This workshop is not hands-on. 
2. GradeMark Hands-On
Explore the GradeMark grading tools within your Turnitin Account with support and time to ask specific questions. Within in the session, there's an opportunity to look at a wide range of different features such as Grade Anything, Grading Templates and analytics. Attendees must have access to their own Turnitin account and should have something meaningful to grade within it.
3. Multiple Choice Question (MCQ) design
This workshop focuses on how to avoid some of the common pitfalls in MCQ design (as typically used in the Questionmark Perception platform). The traditional MCQ question structure is explored as well as some alternative approaches.

We run 3-hour workshops for academic staff on enhancing supervision of Undergraduate Major Projects (UMP), which are either faculty-based or cross-faculty workshops. High quality pedagogical materials are provided that draw on best practice and research in the UK Higher Education sector. Staff can also attend drop-in sessions and webinars.

The emphasis is on providing academic staff with concrete, tangible and practical ideas and tools they can utilise in their own supervisory practice. As well as considering the practicalities of supervision, there is a focus on establishing more consistent approaches within supervisory course teams. This includes considering appropriate mutual expectations, clarifying roles, proving feedback and feed-forwards, managing and monitoring progress, and recording supervision sessions.

Colleagues identified the ideas or tools they had learned about in the workshops which they would definitely be taking forwards into their own future practice. These included:

• Clarifying supervision expectations
• Using audits and surveys to gain insights into your cohort's confidence and ability
• Focusing on feed-forward rather than feedback
• Negotiating a learning contract
• Publishing a profile of supervisors and their areas of experience
• Using role play to clarify and demonstrate expectations
• Making the link with the students about skills development and industry
• Developing a one-year process model of what happens and when
• Using first supervision questionnaire to gain insights into skills development and support.

Students all over the world are downloading, watching and learning about Anglia Ruskin. Come along and see how it works. Learn how you can global exposure for your teaching/department/university, while enabling your students to watch and learn anywhere, any time. 

This hour-long hands-on session is designed to get you using the technology. We'll tell you about any upgrades and changes, discuss the pedagogical value of iTunes U, and discuss ways in which you can employ this technology to enhance your students' learning. 

Students who can revisit lectures for the purpose of revision do better than those who can't. Learn more about how it works, how to edit the output and how to make personal captures from the comfort of your own home/office.

This hour-long hands-on session will also cover new features after the upgrade.

Learn how to create Microsoft Word and PowerPoint documents that are accessible and inclusive to users, including to those with dyslexia, colour blindness and screen reader users. You'll also learn how to convert these files into accessible PDFs.

Topics covered in this workshop including:

• using ARU-provided accessible templates
• good practice in fonts, colours and line spacing
• using styles for structure, automated table of contents and navigation
• creating accessible PDFs
• alternative titles, texts and captions for visuals
• easy-to-read tables
• applying templates to existing documents.

Dr Jennifer George led a webinar on creating accessible documents (introduction) in September 2015.

Share your video with students or staff on MyPlayer. You'll learn how it works, how to embed a video into your VLE/web page and what the benefits of using video and audio in your teaching.

This hour-long hands-on session will also explore the pedagogical value of video and audio.

Learn how to create polls, competitions and surveys from scratch in this 30-minute interactive webinar with Jason Williams.

All webinars begin at 10am (attend from wherever you are).

Please email alt@aru.ac.uk to request alternative times and dates.

Join Dr Linda Brown to understand how to make your teaching and resources more accessible – available on demand. Please email alt@aru.ac.uk for more information.

Using quiz tools in Canvas is still available as a read-only resource for all staff on Canvas Quiz Hub. Register for joining instructions then log on at anytime from anywhere.

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