Staff from Student and Library Services have worked with Teesside Students’ Union to develop a programme of activities to raise awareness of Dyslexia as part of Dyslexia Awareness Week (7-11 October 2019)…
Blackboard Downtime This Summer: 29th August – 2nd September
As usual, we’ll be making some improvements to the Blackboard website at Teesside University this summer. Read on for more information…
Digital Accessibility Sessions 5th July
Alistair McNaught will be joining us next Friday 5th July to help us prepare for the EU directive web accessibility requirements from September 2019. There will be two sessions on: From compliance to culture change; turning digital accessibility legislation into a quality student experience. At first glance, preparing for digital accessibility legislation seems as exciting as going to the dentist and maybe just as stressful. This session attempts to show otherwise. Using a range of practical activities to help you reflect on your own good practices, the session will explore the opportunities the legislation provides for the kind of joined up thinking that will help maximise return on investment, optimise the student experience, prioritise staff training and rationalise quality assurance processes…
Student experience accolade for Teesside University
Teesside University has scooped a prestigious award for its ambitious initiative to digitally empower students and staff. The University won the Student Experience category at the annual Educate North Awards. It was in recognition of the Future Facing Learning initiative,
Teesside University Students’ Union Sport and Activity Survey
Calling all students, our Students’ Union need your help to shape a new sports strategy! This survey is for current Teesside University students regarding their sport and activity usage on campus. We are collecting this data to best inform practice
Embedding files from OneDrive online
Microsoft OneDrive has some great features that can simplify how you manage content in your VLE. Embedding files can save you time and help your students access content more easily. You can manage all of your content from OneDrive and if you make any changes to the files, your students see the updates straight away in the VLE without you having to do anything else!
Microsoft Teams: To collaborate or not to collaborate?
Microsoft Teams, which is part of the Future Facing Learning toolkit, supports collaboration and co-authoring. When you add a Word, PowerPoint or Excel file to a team it’s automatically enabled to allow you to work together with other team users in real time on the same file…
Future Facing Learning Conference 2019
Future Facing Learning is a unique pedagogic approach developed at Teesside University, and is designed to equip students with the knowledge, skills and tools to thrive in a complex and uncertain world. The conference will explore emerging Future Facing Learning practices, informed by research, scholarship and industry engagement. The morning keynote speaker will be Alex Beard, author of Natural Born Learners: Our Incredible Capacity to Learn and How We Can Harness It…
Future Facing Learning Self Help Videos and Student Support
As well as providing support for academic staff, we also have a number of resources and support options for students covering how they can use the Future Facing Learning toolkit. Steve Bunce, an Apple Professional Learning Specialist has created over 30 videos covering applications in the toolkit focusing on how students can broaden their digital skills and increase productivity…
FFL – Curriculum Enhancement Workshops
Curriculum enhancement is a central feature of the Academic Registry CPD offer. Aligned to the University’s Future Facing Learning Strategy, Teesside 2020 and to the UK Professional Standards Framework, the curriculum enhancement workshops are designed to provide academic staff with the opportunity to actively engage in meaningful dialogue…