Courses and Events for Staff
Development opportunities are offered throughout the year for staff who would like to learn how to use the University’s Digital Education systems. It is possible to filter listings by the following categories:
| Ally | Gradescope | Mediasite | Minerva | PebblePad |
| Top Hat | Turnitin | On Demand | Live Streaming |
PebblePad: 20 minute bookable sessions
Book a 20 minute one-to-one support session. Colleagues from the Digital Education Systems team will guide you through how to incorporate this application into your teaching or assessment activities.
Make Minerva Accessible with Ally | On Demand
Using Ally to check and fix the accessibility of teaching and learning material in Minerva.
Live Streaming using Microsoft Teams | On Demand
The on-demand self-study Live Streaming using Teams training, combines, video and presentation to help you build you technical skills. Learn and train on your own schedule, at your own pace.
Top Hat: 20 minute bookable sessions | Choose your time slot
Book a 20 minute one-to-one support session.
Getting started with Ultra Course View in Minerva | On Demand
This is a recorded version of the Getting started with Ultra Course View in Minerva session that is running June – September 2022 to prepare staff for building learning and teaching resources in their 22/23 Minerva modules. The training is suitable for Staff and PGRs who use Minerva to deliver or support learning and teaching….
Copying Tests from 21/22 original modules to 22/23 Ultra Course View modules in Minerva | On Demand
On demand course showing how to copy Tests from your 21/22 modules to 22/23 modules.
Top Hat for Active Learning
Suitable for: Academic staff and PGRs who teach. During this course participants will learn how to create polls and quizzes in Top Hat. Content: Creating questions & discussions. Looking at the gradebook for learning insights (and how the use of folders can make these easier to interpret). How to upload slides into Top Hat so…
Top Hat for Active Learning
Suitable for: Academic staff and PGRs who teach. During this course participants will learn how to create polls and quizzes in Top Hat. Content: Creating questions & discussions. Looking at the gradebook for learning insights (and how the use of folders can make these easier to interpret). How to upload slides into Top Hat so…
Using Gradebook in Minerva Ultra Course View Modules
To prepare staff for using the Gradebook to return grades and feedback to students in their 22/23 Minerva modules. This session is an overview of the core functionality of the Gradebook in the new Ultra Course View. The session will cover: Layout of Gradebook Methods for returning grades and feedback Administrative functions of Gradebook Please…
Getting started with Ultra Course View in Minerva
To prepare staff for building learning and teaching resources in their 22/23 Minerva modules. This session is an overview of the core functionality in the new Ultra Course View, focussing on how to add key content types.
Getting started with Tests in Ultra Course View in Minerva
Suitable for: Staff and PGRs who use Minerva to deliver or support learning and teaching. Aims: The overall aim of this course is to prepare staff for creating tests in their 22/23 Minerva modules for formative or summative assessment. The session will cover how to: Create a test in Ultra Course View Apply common test…
Getting started with Ultra Course View in Minerva
To prepare staff for building learning and teaching resources in their 22/23 Minerva modules. This session is an overview of the core functionality in the new Ultra Course View, focussing on how to add key content types.
Getting started with Tests in Ultra Course View in Minerva
This course aims to prepare staff for creating tests in their 22/23 Minerva modules for formative or summative assessment.
Using Gradebook in Minerva Ultra Course View Modules
The session will be a mixture of presentations and demos with plenty of opportunities for questions.