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Your New Year’s resolution: learn something new, put it into teaching practice

Creating a Question Set - Lightbulb

If this is your New Year’s resolution (and even if it isn’t), take a look at the short training courses we’ve scheduled for January and February 2019. There’s sure to be something of interest to anyone who is involved in

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Training sessions for staff, November/December 2018

Creating a Question Set - Lightbulb

Below is a list of training sessions which are available for FSE academic and support staff. You can book via the Staff Learning & Development training catalogue. These sessions will focus mainly on the practicalities of setting up online assignments,

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Quick tips: recording voice feedback in Turnitin

Recording Voice Feedback- Microphone

This Quick Tips video shows you how to add voice feedback in Turnitin. This is a particularly quick and effective way to provide personal feedback to students, which allows them to understand their marks and how they can improve in

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19-22 July 2018 – Blackboard shutdown

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The following dates have been confirmed for the annual Blackboard shutdown to enable us to carry out essential maintenance and install upgrades.  Blackboard and Turnitin will be unavailable to all staff and students during this period. 21:00 Thursday 19th July

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Training dates for Semester 2, 2018

Training dates for Semester 2, 2018

Below is a list of training sessions which have just been released for FSE academic and support staff. They are available to book via the Staff Learning & Development training catalogue. These sessions will focus mainly on the practicalities of

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Our general training sessions

Our general training sessions

Over the past few years we have delivered a range of training sessions covering most aspects of Blackboard, Turnitin, and other elearning tools. Below is a list of the sessions we deliver regularly.  The training sessions are open to all

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Interpreting Turnitin originality reports

Screen shot of student submissions in Turnitin

The FSE eLearning Team has designed a short workshop to help academics interpret Turnitin originality reports. The 60 minute session will provide an overview of some of the benefits and limitations of Turnitin, and an insight into some of the common

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Case Study: using iPads to mark lab reports

Case Study: using iPads to mark lab reports

Over 280 1st year Chemical Engineering students are learning how to conduct experiments and write up lab reports in their course unit for 2014/15. Groups in Blackboard Turnitin: online submission of files Turnitin: originality reports Grademark: marking lab reports using

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1-to-1 bespoke eLearning training

1-to-1 bespoke eLearning training

The FSE 1-to-1 bespoke training sessions are an opportunity for FSE staff to learn about, and use software such as Blackboard, Turnitin, Nearpod and Camtasia, as well as learning skills such as how to use communication and collaboration tools and producing

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What is… Turnitin?

What is… Turnitin?

Blackboard 9 includes a link to Turnitin, a plagiarism detection tool. Academic staff can use Turnitin via Blackboard 9 to identify non-original content within student assignments. Students submit their…

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1-to-1 Support and Training

  • February, 2019
  • Bespoke 1 to 1 training
    • 20th February 2019
    • Manchester
  • Bespoke 1 to 1 training
    • 21st February 2019
    • Manchester
  • Bespoke 1 to 1 training
    • 22nd February 2019
    • Manchester
  • Bespoke 1 to 1 training
    • 26th February 2019
    • Manchester

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Notices

  • Creating a Question Set - LightbulbYour New Year’s resolution: learn something new, put it into teaching practice
    18th December 2018
  • strategies for handling disappointing results include talking to someone, learning from mistakes, applying it to your future workHelp your students bounce back from disappointing results
    17th December 2018
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