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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In this session you will learn about: Bloom’s taxonomy , Writing learning outcomes , Keywords, objectives, activities and output
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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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In this session you will learn about the creation of quizzes for use in online learning materials.
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This session provides a range of information focusing on enhancing the use of the VLE in a blended or online delivery.
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In this session you will learn about how to engage learners at a distance using technologies including:
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Video conferences and virtual classroom sessions can be active, collaborative and engaging for students. This guide focuses on the planning and delivery of such activities.
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In this session you will learn about using Microsoft Word templates to create good quality, accessible PDFs. It covers the benefits of using online learning content and quality assurance issues.
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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 session you will learn about making reasonable adjustments to digital resources to provide accessibility for learners
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In this session you will learn how to create accessible PDF documents. You will look at why and when we use accessible PDFs, and how to create and assess them for accessibility.
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In this session you will learn how to use the UHI Toolkit to share and find learning resources that can be used in your teaching.
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In this session you will learn about the principles of shooting video and the key steps to planning and filming a successful shoot.
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In this session you will learn about why we use video and how it is used in a flipped classroom delivery model.
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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 guidance you will find information about the backup process for your Forge resources.
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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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This checklist has been created to support you in the development and maintenance of your unit and module spaces within the learning environment.
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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 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 build content in Brightspace using its text creation tool, the Brightspace HTML editor.
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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 explores how to use the Course Builder to construct and review an entire unit/module in one place, allowing for rapid course creation.
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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 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 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 guides describes how to embed videos stored in the UHI streaming server, Medial.
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This step by step guide describes how you can personalise your Visual Table of Contents (Visual TOC).
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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 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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Comprehensive guide to moving a unit or module online
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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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In this resource, you will find answers to questions you might have about Webex in Brightspace. The resource is organised topically with links to specific Webex help pages.
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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 resource explains how to create group discussions using the Brightspace Groups and Discussions tools.
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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 offers guidance and best-practice example about how to set up awards and certificates using the Brightspace Awards tool.
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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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This resource offers an introduction to the ePortfolio tool, including where to find it, how to use it and use cases.
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This guide illustrates how students can use the portfolio system Mahara to create blogs. Importantly, Mahara is by default private.
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A guide on how to create a wiki for students using Outlook and SharePoint.
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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 explains how you can control your students' ability to edit discussion posts and replies after they have been posted.
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This guide explores how students can exchange files in Brightspace using the Locker function of the Groups tool.
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This guide explores how to access library resources in Brightspace.
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This resource explores marking groups. Learn how to set up groups to break up a large cohort and to filter submission by marking group.
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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 offers an introduction to the Brightspace Assignments tool, including setting up, using Turnitin, rubrics and the Grades tool.
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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 resource explains how to create and mark group assignments using the Brightspace Groups and Assignment tools.
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Video assignments give students (individually or in groups) the ability to create video presentations, answer questions using video and much more.
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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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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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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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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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This resource describes how to share comments on student work with other markers, which will be hidden from students.
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This guides explains how you can attach a feedback file to a grade item which can be downloaded when students look at their mark.
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This guide describes the steps you need to take to manually enter marks into the gradebook in Brightspace.
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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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These UHI benchmarks provide guidance and exemplars for the effective use of Brightspace and other technologies for learning and teaching.
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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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