This suite of resources has been developed by the Educational Development Unit (EDU) to support staff and enhance learning and teaching practice, in three major areas:
There is no prescribed route through the resources, each being designed to be accessed as and when the need arises. There is a search function at the top right of the screen.
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This resource focuses on assessment, feedback and feedforward and explores the reasons to reflect on your practice in this area.
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This resource is designed to introduce students to accessibility, and how they can make their work accessible using UHI core technologies.
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With the help of fictitious student case studies, this resource is designed to help staff recognise and make necessary accessibility-related adjustments to material.
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In this session you will learn about the legal aspects of using images in your learning resources. An overview of copyright and fair use is provided.
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In this guidance you will find information about the backup process for your Forge resources.
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In this session you will learn about making reasonable adjustments to digital resources to provide accessibility for learners
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The benefits of using video content to support learning are well established. This resource provides a guide to editing video content, and publishing movies using the Video Editor tool that is built into MS Windows 10.
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This resource discusses the Brightspace universal design principles & how these support users with additional needs. There is also information about support features, navigation & personal settings.
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This resource is designed to introduce staff to teaching online using the Brightspace learning environment, including the most important features of Brightspace to get started.
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The information in this resource aims to bridge any gaps between an Ally report and your full understanding of an issue.
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This guide illustrates how to build content in Brightspace using its text creation tool, the Brightspace HTML editor.
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This short guide illustrates the different options of completion tracking that you can offer to students in the content area.
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This guide illustrates various ways you can hide an item or a whole folder of items in Brightspace.
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This guide shows a quick and easy way to copy content (and settings and conditions) from one Brightspace unit or module (including sandboxes) to another.
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This step by step guides describes how to embed videos stored in the UHI streaming server, Medial.
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This guide is intended for FE/HN unit lecturers only. HE module leaders / lecturers may not enrol students manually.
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To ensure GDPR compliance, only authorised staff may enrol staff on Brightspace. This guide is for authorised staff. If you do not have Brightspace enrolment rights, please contact your AP nominated staff.
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This guide illustrates how to use MEDIAL for recording lectures and storing videos. It also contains information about the video service ClickView.
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This guide illustrates how to set up release conditions which allow content to be released once a student has met a specific condition.
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This step by step guide describes how to remove unwanted content from a Brightspace module.
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This resource illustrates a process for uploading interactive, multi-platform and mobile-friendly HTML5 content to Brightspace units and modules, including content developed in Forge.
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Brightspace is a SCORM-compliant learning environment. This step by step guide illustrates how to upload SCORM packages to Brightspace units and modules.
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This guide explores how to access library resources in Brightspace.
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This guide explains how to engage with students in synchronous chat meetings using the Brightspace Chat tool.
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This resource illustartes the how to create discussion forums and topics, as well as how to create and reply to threads.
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This guide illustrates how to use the FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) tool in Brightspace to provide answers to a list of common questions that your students might have.
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This guide illustrates the use of the Glossary tool which can be used to provide students with definitions or for co-creating definitions together with students.
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This guide explains how you can control your students' ability to edit discussion posts and replies after they have been posted.
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This resources offers guidance in using Mahara to set up an eportfolio. Mahara has some features not found in the Brightspace ePortfolio tool.
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Group work can help develop a wide variety of UHI Graduate Attributes. This resource illustrates how to create groups and some of the uses this tool can be put to.
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The Course Overview widget is a dashboard designed to show you valuable data about student access and engagement. The guide also conatins guidance on dealing with student disclosures.
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This guide illustrates how and why to use Brightspace Intelligent Agents to automatically scan your modules/units for criteria that you pre-define and then take action.
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This resource describes how to share comments on student work with other markers, which will be hidden from students.
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This resource offers an introduction to the Brightspace Assignments tool, including setting up, using Turnitin, rubrics and the Grades tool.
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This resource provides an introduction to the quiz tool, including where to find it and instructions on how to set up a new quiz.
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In this resource, you will find information on how to share students' work with an External Examiner as well as guidance on how to do so.
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This guide illustrates how to preview a quiz to check if any restrictions associated with the quiz work (i.e. passwords, start dates, etc.).
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This guide explains the difference between the Brightspace question library and question pools which you can use for randomising quizzes.
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Ouriginal (formerly known as Urkund) is a text-recognition tool, accessible from within Brightspace, which can be used to detect possible plagiarism within a piece of writing.
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Turnitin originality checking software, for HE only is built into Brightspace. This guide offers comprehensive guidance on its use and best practices.
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An overview of the three benchmarks for the use of technology in learning and teaching at UHI: Threshold, Developed and Exemplar.
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These UHI benchmarks provide guidance and exemplars for the effective use of Brightspace and other technologies for learning and teaching.
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There are many different forms of academic misconduct, some more serious than others. This guide offers definitions and ways to detect and prevent misconduct.
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This toolkit offers two resources featuring guidance in relation to disability support and inclusive practice; one for student support practitioners, the other for all staff.
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The aim of this toolkit is to help staff to support students with mental health conditions. Various sections cover definitions, warning signs and support roles.
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MS Teams is the university's official virtual classroom tool which is integrated into Brightspace. In this resource, you will find answers to questions you might have about MS Teams.
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This interactive resource provides guidance on how to carry out the role of PAT effectively (roles and responsibilities; the best advice for students; linking to other services).
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Effective student representation is vital. This resource provides guidance on the role and lifecycle of a student representative and how to create effective staff-student partnerships.
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An index of UHI policies, teaching resources (including core technologies that have been approved for teaching), and further information.
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