Introduction to Blackboard Ally Accessibility Tool

M4.21

This 30 minute workshop to give module leaders a brief overview of the key features of Blackboard Ally including accessibility guidance and automated alternative formats.  Ally is a tool integrated within Blackboard modules intended to enable accessible content to all users.

Assessment & Feedback

Room T2.11 The Curve, Teesside University, Middlesbrough Campus

This workshop is an opportunity for colleagues to engage with and reflect on different models for effective feedback practices and to gain valuable insights and practical guidance into ways they might optimise their own assessment feedback processes for themselves and their students.

Introduction to Academic Workload at TU

MS Teams

This session will introduce academic staff to the Academic Workload Management Framework (AWMF) along with the process of workload planning, publication and acceptance of workload allocations.

Introduction to Regulations

MS Teams

Workshops for academic and professional staff involved in the progression and award of students through the Assessment Board process with a specific focus on the Assessment Regulations.

Designing Learning Experiences on Blackboard Ultra

M7.11 Middlesbrough Tower, Teesside University

A series of monthly institution-wide sessions aimed at colleagues in Schools to introduce the basics of Blackboard Ultra and get to grips with the features they will be expected to use when setting up and delivering modules and assessing learning. A key feature of these sessions will be to help colleagues design impactful learning experiences on the VLE, ensuring that the VLE becomes an expansion of the learning ecosystem.

How to Refer

TBC

As a module tutor you may encounter students struggling with various aspects of their academic or personal lives. It can be useful to know how to respond to these situations and what advice to give