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.

Webinars

One hour sessions delivered on Zoom - consisting of demonstration and opportunities to ask questions.

• An Introduction to Canvas: the aim of this short webinar is to provide you with an introduction to the Canvas environment. Suitable for all colleagues.
• Getting your Canvas Course Ready: a short webinar to support you while you create your new Canvas courses for the 2021/22 academic year.

Online course

• Canvas New Analytics: this course introduces you to Canvas New Analytics and how it might be used to support teaching and learning.

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.

Book onto Using H5P to create engaging digital content

Inspera Assessment is the University's new system for centrally supported digital exams.

If you want to find out how to create or mark exams you can book onto a webinar or workshop, suitable for academic and professional services colleagues.

Webinars

Creating an Inspera digital exam webinar

Inspera digital exam marking webinar

Workshops (in person)

Creating an Inspera digital exam workshop

Inspera digital exam marking workshop

NUIT are offering Microsoft Teams training sessions. See the Teams webinar schedule for more information.

NUIT are offering Zoom training sessions. Find out more on their Zoom webpages.

Accessing your School and Programme Data (Part 1)

In this session we will show you what PowerBI entails and how you can navigate the different elements of it. This is useful when checking your School or Programme’s data from NSS, PTES, stage evaluations and degree classification reports.

Book onto Accessing your School and Programme Data (Part 1)

Using your School and Programme Data (Part 2)

In this session we will present an overview of the latest PowerBI Data dashboards, and guide you through how data from NSS, PTES, stage evaluations and degree classification reports can be used in your School or programme.

Book onto Using your School and Programme Data (Part 2)

This session will provide an overview of national surveys (NSS/PTES/PRES) and institutional surveys (stage evaluation, informal module check-ins), including the ways in which these different surveys support each other.

Book onto The Power of Feedback: Student Surveys

Creating video content

Find out how to get the best out of equipment you have, how to capture and edit accessible video, and how to upload your creations to Canvas.

Launch the Creating Video Content digest on Sway.

Video next steps: edit, caption and share your videos

Launch the Video Next Steps: Edit, Caption and Share your Videos digest on Sway.

Effective rubrics for digital assessment

The digest uses rubric examples from across the University and gives pointers on how to create and develop these for use in your own teaching teams. It has notes on rubric structure; the differences between qualitative and quantitative rubrics; how criteria relate to module learning outcomes and a checklist for evaluating your rubric.

Launch the Rubrics Digest on Sway.

Electronic marking with Turnitin

This digests looks at the benefits of using Turnitin, setting up an assignment, marking tools, QuickMarks and Rubrics.

Launch the Electronic Marking with Turnitin digest on Sway.

Engaging students in synchronous online learning

Explore the tools available in Teams and Zoom to virtually engage with students.

Launch the Engaging Students in Synchronous Online Learning digest on Sway.

Engaging students in synchronous sessions with digital polling

Find out about some of the benefits of using polling, and some of the tools available for your synchronous sessions.

Launch the Engaging Students in Synchronous Sessions with Digital Polling digest on Sway.

Maintaining student engagement

Explore techniques and approaches for keeping your students engaged in online learning.

Launch the Maintaining Student Engagement digest on Sway.

Non-synchronous learning activities

Explore the role and benefits of non-synchronous learning activities in your teaching.

Launch the Non-Synchronous Learning Activities digest on Sway.

Peer learning

Find out about different models of peer learning, investigate advantages, address challenges and consider how to frame and deliver peer learning using tools in Canvas.

Launch the Peer learning digest on Sway.

This course (approx 1 hour on line activities) is available on Canvas.

• Self-enrol on Accessibility in Practice

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

• Start the Canvas Orientation Course

You may be developing a new module for the first time or rethinking the delivery of a familiar module.  In this short course we introduce you to some new tools – a design canvas and our localised version of the popular ABC learning design workshop developed by UCL. 

The course follows the general structure of an ABC workshop with a number of short activities for you to complete.  At the end of this you will have prototyped a module design that you can then build in Canvas.

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The design process is by its nature a reflective one, and during this course we will ask you to think deeply about what you teach and how you teach it, about what students will learn and how they will learn it. 

You will get the most from the course if you complete the suggested activities in the order that we present them. 

The activities and suggested timings are below:

1. Design conversations (20 mins)
2. The shape of your module (5 mins)
3. Your module storyboard (20 mins)
4. Adding activity detail (15 mins)
5. Mark formative and summative assessment (10 mins)
6. Review the shape of your module (10 mins)
7. Plan your next steps (5 mins)

The course has short articles and videos between the activities to guide you through the steps taking you from ABC to Canvas. Along the way you will hear from colleagues who have used this approach to deliver engaging student learning. 

The course is a self-enrol Canvas course. Join it at this link: Module Design: ABC to Canvas (once you have joined it will be listed as one of your courses)

Work through this course independently, or with your module team. We can also offer this as bespoke workshop for schools or stage teams - contact ltds@ncl.ac.uk to discuss your requirements.

This short, self-paced course is available in Canvas and will introduce personal tutoring best practices and responsibilities for the role. 

• Start the Personal Tutoring course

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

• Start the How to Create a Podcast course