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Blackboard Ultra Self-study CPD Resources

Blackboard Ultra Self-study CPD Resources

The 2021/22 academic year sees Teesside move to a new Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) – Blackboard Ultra. Ultra is a modern, responsive platform, designed to function on all devices (including mobile). From May to August 2021 the Digital Transformation Team

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Major Update to Teams

Major Update to Teams

A major update to Teams will be released in late September to mid-November. The update means that meeting recordings will automatically expire 60 days after recording unless action is taken by someone with edit options to save the recording. The

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Free Adobe Stock Access for Staff

Free Adobe Stock Access for Staff

Teesside University users can now access all of the free content in the Adobe Stock Library! Having access to these different types of free content can really help you to improve your teaching content and make it more visual for

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Adobe Spark: An Opportunity for Assessment – Dr Mark Butler

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The Digital Excellence Impact Case Studies is a platform to showcase digital excellence in learning and teaching practices and thinking across the University. Launched by the Digital Transformation team in SLAR a few months ago, our next digital excellence case

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Adobe Education Summit 2021

Adobe Education Summit 2021

Adobe are hosting a free virtual event on 28th and 29th July. The Adobe Education Summit aims to help you to discover how to create inspired teaching experiences and design for deeper learning. There is a pre-event that starts today

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Managed Transition Help Guides

Managed Transition Help Guides

Following the implementation of the new Blackboard Ultra VLE and the series of CPD sessions, we have now created a number of help guides to assist you in the transition to the new VLE. These help guides cover a range

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How on earth do you run a F2F legal clinic during an international lockdown? – Chris Noon

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The Digital Excellence Impact Case Studies is a platform to showcase digital excellence in learning and teaching practices and thinking across the University. Launched by the Digital Transformation team in SLAR a few months ago, our next digital excellence case

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Building blocks for Education 4.0

Building blocks for Education 4.0

Dr Ann Thanaraj, our Assistant Academic Registrar for Digital Transformation, Paul Durston, our Digital Learning Manager and Dr Sam Elkington, our Principal Lecturer in Learning and Teaching Enhancement at Teesside University have published their views on what they think are

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TUOLE: Reimagining the Student Experience using Immersive Learning Experiences – James Bingham

TUOLE: Reimagining the Student Experience using Immersive Learning Experiences – James Bingham

The Digital Excellence Impact Case Studies is a platform to showcase digital excellence in learning and teaching practices and thinking across the University. Launched by the Digital Transformation team in SLAR a few months ago, our first digital excellence case

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XMA Apple Professional Learning Sessions are available to book now!

XMA Apple Professional Learning Sessions are available to book now!

For professional services staff and teaching staff across the University.

Apple Teacher is a free professional learning program designed to support educators. It builds confidence in educators and allows them to get the very best out of their devices for learning, teaching and productivity… Read more and find out how to book

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