Workshops and Training

Our new AI webinar series introduces a range of popular AI technologies and tools, demonstrates their present capabilities and limitations, and provides an overview of Newcastle University’s Principles for the use of AI. A dedicated session for assessment and AI also provides practical advice for colleagues on how to work with and embed AI tools in their assessment strategies.

• An Introduction to AI at Newcastle University (webinar)
• Assessment Design in an AI Landscape (workshop)
• AI Productivity for Learning and Teaching (webinar)

Canvas is Newcastle University's Virtual Learning Environment (VLE). It is an online learning platform where you can host all of your course content, study materials, and module and programme information. The aim of these webinars is to provide you with an introduction to the Canvas environment and how to best utilise Canvas to support your teaching and learning.

• Getting to Know Canvas: Introductory Webinar (60 minute webinar)
• Canvas Announcements & Groups: Effective Communication & Collaboration (30 minute webinar)
• Canvas New Analytics: Getting the Most Out of Canvas Data (30 minute webinar)
• Canvas Discussions: Using Discussion Boards to Foster Engagement (30 minute webinar)
• Canvas Modules – Organise your Teaching Content and Create your Course Flow (60 minute webinar)
• Canvas Rich Content Editor – Craft Engaging Learning Material (60 minute webinar)
• Canvas Calendar (60 minute webinar)
• Canvas Sections (60 minute webinar)
• Canvas Sub Account Training (60 minute webinar)
• Creating and managing digital assignments (60 minute Canvas/Turnitin webinar)
• Online Marking and Feedback using Canvas (60 minute webinar)

ReCap is Newcastle University’s lecture and event recording service. ReCap allows audio and visual material, including the presenter’s voice, presentation slides and visualised documents, to be recorded, edited and published online.

• Using ReCap in Teaching Spaces (webinar)
• ReCap Personal Capture (webinar)
• Editing ReCap Recordings (webinar)
• Using ReCap for Video Assessment (webinar)

Inspera Assessment is the University's system for centrally supported summative in-person digital exams. Our Inspera sessions, suitable for all colleagues, cover the fundamentals of creating or marking a digital exam. There is also a tailored session for Professional Services colleagues available.

Authoring and Creating Content (For Academic Colleagues)

• Introduction to Inspera for Academic Colleagues: Accessing Inspera and Authoring Question Sets (webinar)
• Advanced Content Creation for Question Sets in Inspera (webinar)

Marking and Moderating Exams (For Academic Colleagues)

• Marking an Inspera Digital Exam: Introductory Webinar (webinar)
• Marking an Inspera Digital Exam & Enhancing Feedback for Learning: Advanced Webinar (webinar)

Introduction to Inspera for Professional Services Colleagues

• Inspera for Professional Services Colleagues (webinar)

Turnitin allows electronic submission of assignments on Canvas with similarity checking (including online marking and grading via Turnitin Feedback Studio). This session will demonstrate how to mark and provide feedback on assignments submitted to Turnitin.

• Online Marking and Feedback using Turnitin (webinar)
• Creating and Managing Assignments (Canvas/Turnitin webinar)

NU learning analytics offers a holistic overview of student engagement and attainment data, drawn from various university systems and presented in a visual, user-friendly interface. The purpose of the system is to provide colleagues with data-driven insights to help support students on their learning journey. The aim of the following session is to provide a brief introduction to the system, followed up by looking at several case studies of student data and how we can interpret this data.

The following workshop is available:

• An introduction to the Newcastle University Learning Analytics (NULA) system

Incorporating reflection into your teaching practice is an effective way to help students understand their own learning processes and develop an awareness of their own skills. NU Reflect provides the tools to do this, ensuring students have the reflective skills to prepare them for a successful future.

• Using NU Reflect to Support Reflective Practice and Skills Development (webinar)
• Effective Personal Tutoring using NU Reflect (webinar)

Vevox is the University's centrally supported audience interaction system. Training is available for colleagues who are new to Vevox and audience interaction systems. An advanced session is available for those who would like to know more about the enhanced features and functionality of Vevox and a specific PowerPoint session is available for those who wish to use the Vevox PowerPoint add-in.   

• Getting Started with Vevox Audience Interaction System (webinar)
• Vevox Advanced Features (webinar)
• Introduction to the Vevox PowerPoint Add-In (webinar)

Buddycheck is a Canvas integrated tool for peer evaluation of group work contribution. It can be used to enable students to evaluate their own and their peer's contribution to, and performance in, group work.

• Introduction to Buddycheck for Peer Review (webinar)

H5P is a tool that lets you create simple online content such as interactive videos, quizzes, games and presentations. This training webinar offers a 30-minute introduction to H5P looking at some of the benefits of using the tool, followed by an optional 30-minute task where you can try creating some H5P content yourself.

• Using H5P to Enhance Learning and Teaching (introductory webinar)
• Using H5P to Enhance Learning and Teaching (advanced webinar)

These workshops support all colleagues with a role in teaching and supporting learning to begin to collate and articulate their claim for Associate Fellow, Fellow, or Senior Fellow of the HEA. There are two versions of the workshop available:  

• Preparing for HEA Associate Fellowship/Fellowship 
• Preparing for HEA Senior Fellowship 

See our Professional Development  pages for further information 

This full day workshop will provide an overview of the requirements for Principal Fellow of the HEA, the submission process, and provide time to develop your application. 

• Preparing for Principal Fellowship 

If no workshops are available to book, please declare your interest.  

The NEPS route to recognition provides colleagues with the knowledge and skills they need to enhance their teaching/support of learning and be able to make a successful claim for Fellow of the HEA.  

See our NEPS pages for further information and how to register 

The ELTS route to recognition supports early career postgraduates who teach to gain Associate Fellow of the HEA.  

See our ELTS pages for further information and how to register.

The course serves as both an introduction and a refresher to learning and teaching practice. It is a non-assessed self-paced course designed to support colleagues in their teaching practice, covering fundamentals of learning and teaching: from designing modules to giving feedback and supporting groupwork.

You may want to complete this course if you are pursuing the PSF Experiential Route.

Explore the course

• Colleagues are auto-enrolled on this course and can access it via Canvas: NU Learning and Teaching Foundations
• You can also self-enrol on the course if you do not have access: Enrol on Learning and Teaching Foundations

This course provides you with some of the core skills and techniques for embedding accessibility into your teaching and learning practice, and in making your digital resources accessible to everyone.

• Accessibility in Practice (Canvas self-enrol course)

This is a comprehensive online training resource developed for all Newcastle University colleagues and can be accessed 24/7 from your Canvas dashboard.

• Canvas Orientation Course (Canvas self-enrol course)

Field trips are common components of many modules. In this online course, you will consider the benefits fieldtrips can bring to students. You will discuss the inclusivity of field trips and give you time to ensure certain aspects of these experiences are fully inclusive to all learners. The course will explore virtual field trips and replacement activities that could be used to supplement your teaching if a fieldtrip is not always possible.

• Field trips in teaching (Canvas self-enrol course)

Please note: this course is part of our Newcastle Educators Practice Scheme (NEPS) and is freely available and open to all colleagues.

This short course takes around one hour to complete and guides you through the steps needed to make your own podcast, from initial ideas through to uploading your first episode.

• How to Create a Podcast (Canvas self-enrol course)

In this online course you will examine the possibilities surrounding laboratory teaching from a practical standpoint. The course provides ideas and information useful in reviewing your work in this area and looking at how to develop new sessions. It will also explore the idea of remote laboratory based teaching for a blended approach to learners, and one that could potentially ensure your teaching is inclusive to all.

• Laboratory teaching (Canvas self-enrol course)

Please note: this course is part of our Newcastle Educators Practice Scheme (NEPS) and is freely available and open to all colleagues.

LEC Orientation is a a short self-paced Canvas course designed for colleagues to work through before curriculum transformation.

Designed to take about one hour to complete, this briefing provides background to the requirements of the LEC. It outlines the benefits that our Curriculum Framework will bring and directs you to key resources that will be useful to explore before a supported design period with the Curriculum Transformation Team.

The Orientation acts as a starting point for more detailed study of the LEC framework and supporting policy.

• LEC Orientation (Canvas self-enrol course)

Are you developing a new blended module for the first time, or rethinking the delivery of a current module? This course follows the general structure of an in-person module design workshop with a number of short activities - you can complete these independently or with your module team. At the end of this course you will have prototyped a blended module design that you can begin to implement.

• Module Design: ABC to Canvas (Canvas self-enrol course)

LTDS also offer module design as a bespoke workshop for schools or stage teams - please contact ltds@newcastle.ac.uk to discuss your requirements.

A self-paced Canvas course developed to support you as you teach/support/work with diverse student groups, particularly international students. This module explores a range of topics that will give you the opportunity to make your learning and teaching provision and your classroom more inclusive for all students, including international students. 

Understanding and supporting international students (Canvas self-enrol link)

Enhance your understanding of neurodiversity and learn how to support neurodivergent students in higher education. This course explores different ways students think and learn, offers practical strategies for support, and highlights key resources available, informed by the real experiences and voices of our neurodivergent students. Designed for all Newcastle University staff, it offers valuable insights to improve student support across various roles. Engage at your own pace and revisit materials anytime to reinforce your learning.

Understanding and supporting neurodivergent students (Canvas self-enrol link)

This online course looks at how to use and effectively design Automatically Marked Questions (AMQs). It explores the benefits of this type of assessment and how to identify the appropriate place to use this technique in your own teaching. You will evaluate how to choose the most effective question types to support student learning and also develop skills in writing effective automatically marked questions. 

• Using and constructing automatically marked questions (Canvas self-enrol course) 

Please note: this course is part of our Newcastle Educators Practice Scheme (NEPS) and is freely available and open to all colleagues.