Like Learning Bytes – just a bit smaller
Learning Bits is a series of presentations on Technology Enhanced Learning that can be delivered as part of existing regular staff meetings, to reach colleagues who typically can’t make time to attend other teaching and learning training.
Like our lunchtime Learning Bytes sessions, these 15 minute presentations will be delivered by members of the Learning Technology team and focus on practical takeaways, framed in a pedagogical context, with time reserved for questions and discussion. We are happy to attend in person or on Teams, subject to our availability.
We have suggested the sessions below, but we are happy to work with meeting organisers to customise the content to cover any current themes or concerns. We can also work with you to develop longer sessions for Away Days and similar events.
Please contact learning.bytes@hud.ac.uk to discuss your session!
Suggested sessions
01 Health-check your module
Check your module is meeting minimum requirements for a consistent student experience. Including a reminder of items which must be present now that the Brightspace module is the module handbook.
02 Accessibility Quick Wins
An introduction to the accessibility tools and easy fixes.
03 Setting up your Assessments in Brightspace
How to use the set-up wizard and add your assignments into content.
04 Publishing Grades and finalising your module marks
Next steps when you have completed your marking.
05 Targeting your content/communication to specific groups of students
How to use release conditions and special access so that content and communications are only seen by the students who need them and how to create personalised learning pathways.
06 An Introduction to Vevox
Using the Vevox polling system to create more engaging classroom sessions.
07 Using Vevox for low-stakes assessment
Learn how Vevox can connect with Brightspace for creating low-stakes or formative assessments.
08 Overview of quizzing tools
This session will explore the quizzing tools within Brightspace and how to set up a basic quiz.
09 Creating engaging content within Brightspace
This session will introduce you to the editing suite and Creator+ tools so you can create engaging interactive content within Brightspace, rather than just uploading materials.
10 Scaffolded and low-stakes assessment
Explore how Brightspace can facilitate scaffolded and low-stakes assessment to drive student engagement.
11 An introduction to the learning analytics in Brightspace
Learn about the various reports you can run in Brightspace to see how students are engaging with your module.
12 Brightspace: Things you might have missed
A few of our favourite features that have been introduced to Brightspace over the last few years. Including:
- Accommodations give a student extra time for all quizzes in your module.
- Multiple/allocated markers New tools to distribute marking across a staff team.
- Quick Eval see all of your outstanding marking in one place.
- Start and End dates Choices for what students can see at other times.
- Timed quizzes what happens when the time is up?
13 Brightspace for Personal Academic Tutors
An overview of how PATs can use Brightspace to track student engagement and record tutorials.
14 AI Detection and Academic Integrity
A look at assessment brief traffic lights, what the Turnitin AI report can – and does not – tell you, and Academic Misconduct case paperwork and evidence requirements.
What do you want to learn in 15 mins?
Other suggestions will be considered for topics that may be useful to your group.