Prepare for new academic year on Moodle – Grid format and the module dashboard block

The Cityr course format dashboard showing links to activities and quick links

We’ve got a series of posts to help you prepare for the new academic year on Moodle. This is our fourth post and looks at the module dashboard in both City Course Format and Grid Format modules. Module dashboards City Course Format dashboard   In modules using the City Course Format, the Module dashboard provides easy…Continue Reading Prepare for new academic year on Moodle – Grid format and the module dashboard block

Prepare for new academic year on Moodle – Lecture Capture

We’ve got a series of posts to help you prepare for the new academic year on Moodle. This is our third post and will cover connecting Lecture Capture to Moodle. Connect Lecture Capture to Moodle for Term 1 Most taught sessions classified as lectures in the MyTimetable system for Term 1 2024/25 will be automatically scheduled to be recorded…Continue Reading Prepare for new academic year on Moodle – Lecture Capture

Prepare for new academic year on Moodle – consistency and content

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We’ve got a series of posts to help you prepare for the new academic year on Moodle. This is our second post and will cover managing content and ensuring consistency on modules across a programme. Course format Course formats in Moodle enable different layouts and structures for your module. At City, the City Course Format…Continue Reading Prepare for new academic year on Moodle – consistency and content

Prepare for the new academic year – Moodle refresh, module start dates and training

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This year, there will be only a minor refresh of Moodle, and so across the summer the Digital Education Team are offering guidance and training to staff on how they can prepare for the new academic year and refresh their knowledge of Moodle. We’re putting together a series of posts to help you prepare for…Continue Reading Prepare for the new academic year – Moodle refresh, module start dates and training

Rabbits, post-its, green screens and stop motion animation – a week of work experience in LEaD

An image of a Youtube still clip with the title - The Forensic Process (stop motion) and a picture of a sylvanian rabbit and panda in an animated scene.

Recently I was lucky enough to undertake 4 days of work experience with the LEaD Multi-media team at City, University of London. This was organised as part of my year 12 placement and was an opportunity to experience working in a University environment and to experiment with video creation and production, stop motion animation and…Continue Reading Rabbits, post-its, green screens and stop motion animation – a week of work experience in LEaD

Ten years, ten highlights

Yesterday marked a full decade since I started working at this university. The Learning Enhancement and Development (LEaD) department was officially launched on my second day in the job, at an on-campus event with LEaD cupcakes, leaderships speeches and aspirations of where things had come from and what we were to become. The annual Learning…Continue Reading Ten years, ten highlights

ISLA Community of Practice – June 2024

Are you interested in learning more about hybrid teaching and how to implement it effectively? Our Community of Practice brings together like-minded educators who are keen on exploring new ways of teaching and learning with ISLA technology. During this CoP, we will be hearing from Marc Mimler, programme director of the LLM, who recently transitioned…Continue Reading ISLA Community of Practice – June 2024

A visit to Google’s Accessibility Discovery Centre

A group of City staff and our Google host standing in front of the Google building. Everyone is smiling. Above the entry to the building is a large Google logo.

Just before Global Accessibility Awareness Day 2024, I was part of a group from City who visited Google’s Accessibility Discovery Centre in the heart of London’s Kings Cross. The group was made up of colleagues from across City, all of whom have an interest in digital accessibility. There were staff from the Library, the EDI…Continue Reading A visit to Google’s Accessibility Discovery Centre

Jisc’s Accessible Digital Futures project: Growth of AI in and as assistive technology

Attendees at the JISC workshop discussing accessibility

In celebration of Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) held on the 16th of May this year, Sylwia Frankowska-Takhari and I were invited to participate in the second session of a series of workshops that are part of a project called ‘Accessible Digital Futures’, a joint effort between Jisc’s National Centre for AI in Tertiary Education…Continue Reading Jisc’s Accessible Digital Futures project: Growth of AI in and as assistive technology

Reflections on the MA in Academic Practice Symposium

Main themes of the symposium One central theme that emerged from the event was the importance of reflective practice and continuous professional development. The presenters emphasised how the MAAP has encouraged them to pause, reflect on their teaching approaches, and engage with educational theories and literature to shape and refine their practices. Several presenters discussed…Continue Reading Reflections on the MA in Academic Practice Symposium