Prioritising flexible assessment arrangements in a hybrid model means shifting on to more sustainable approaches designs that are sensitive to the needs and circumstances of students, giving them more control and ownership over assessment processes. ‘Flexibility’ in assessment is about responding to students’ individual learning needs as well as needs of the curriculum. The key is making assessment relevant to the learner.
Academic Registry will be publishing a series of help guides over the next 3 weeks every Tuesday and Thursday to assist staff in developing inclusive learning resources. These step by step guides will help everyone meet the requirements of the new accessibility regulations with comprehensive advice. Guidance will cover various topics such as accessibility features of various tools available to us all and simple techniques we can use to ensure resources are accessible as possible.
Providing online meetings and webinars in a way that most people can access and engage with can be challenging. The following provides some simple tips everyone can adopt to ensure the technology is best used to enhance the experience for all participants…
Did you know that Microsoft provide online training classes for Teams? All classes are live and led by instructors whom advise on multiple aspects of using Teams and answer any questions you may have. What topics are covered? 30 minute orientation, Teams introduction for educators and staff in higher education, Online classes and lectures with all your students, Run effective meetings and Working from home…
When creating any learning resources within PowerPoint it is essential to ensure that the information contain within it can be accessed by all your students. Whilst remote teaching you won’t be present to clarify your slides, the following tips can help to ensure your slides are accessible…
Did you know you can create quizzes and polls with Socrative and share them online with your students? Socrative is a quizzing tool designed specifically for education activities and can be used for engaging your students even when working remotely. With Socrative you can quickly develop polls to check student progress or build self-paced quizzes with instant feedback for formative assessment…
Do you know that Forms can be used for data gathering purposes by all university staff, students and researchers? A form is very quick and easy to set up. Forms can be used for Simple surveys and questionnaires, Feedback forms, Registrations and event sign-up, Quizzes and more…
Forms is a tool for setting up surveys and quizzes available to staff and students with their University Office 365 account. You can create up to 200 forms with 100 questions per form…
The Accessibility Checker tool within Microsoft’s Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint enables you to easily check for any accessibility issues in your content…
There are a number of small adjustments you can make to your Sways to ensure increased readability and accessibility for everyone. This post discusses how to add alternative text to images and select clear styles and fonts.
