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Self Development Exceeding Expectations This area will be populated with courses and resources that you can use to enhance your digital skills. Evolve Evolve has many courses you can complete for self development. Virtual Bridge Recordings of the Virtual Bridge sessions recorded by College Development Network in partnership with Jisc. They are a series of 30-minute webinars. CoDE Certificate of Digital Excellence. 6 modules, that will ensure teachers and practitioners have an understanding and the skills needed to coach young people to be ready for our technologically-advanced world. BLE Blended Learning Essentials. This program contains essential knowledge for teachers, trainers & managers developing blended learning and prepare learners to succeed. Digital Skills Courses Want to work on your Digital Skills? Get the digital skills you need with these specially designed courses from Accenture. There are 7 free Digital Skills courses on the Future Learn platform. CDN Website Click to view the CDN's series of inspiring blogs from a huge range of key experts. Covering topics including college delivery, digital innovation, and leadership.

What information is on this site? We cover a range of information and resources relating to digital learning and your digital skills on this site. From the basics for both staff and students, on how to use Office 365 and Microsoft Teams , Accessibility information , Moodle guides and WCS specific resources in the College Zone , to tools that help you create engaging, interactive elements and assessments for your course. We have an FAQ section and a search function. If you still can't find what you are looking for, simply send us a message to learningtech@wcs.ac.uk and we will point you in the right direction. Meet the Team Raymond Moir Innovative Learning Manager raymond.moir@wcs.ac.uk Emma Hanna Learning Technology Team Leader emma.hanna@wcs.ac.uk Lindsay Took Learning Technologist lindsay.took@wcs.ac.uk Paul Leavy Learning Technologist paul.leavy@wcs.ac.uk How Can We Help The learning technology team are here to help the college make effective use of information communication technology in learning and teaching. We can offer advice and assistance in the design, development, adaption and use of electronic learning systems, resources and strategies, like Moodle, Mahara, Turnitin etc Learning technologies staff can also offer practical development skills in the creation of interactive learning resources to meet the needs of curricular areas. The learning technology team can provide: Just in time email support, also available for calls on Skype and Microsoft Teams One-to-one or small group training sessions on Microsoft Teams Curriculum team workshops as and when required on Microsoft Teams ​ Accessibility Policy Contact the Team

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Resource Bank Online, Blended and Hybrid Delivery CDN are adding a section on hybrid delivery, recognising that as students return to campus, there will still be those who are shielding and/or isolating because of symptoms. With the option to include those not able to attend physically, it gives more options to colleges in this and the next academic term. Delivering Curriculum Online CDN has launched a new Resource Bank of guides for Online/Blended Delivery. Working closely with the sector CDN have created a core set of useful guides in the following 6 key areas to help prepare for online, blended and hybrid delivery. For each area, 2 primary resources have been chosen that covers relevant and practical information in a very concise format (10-15 minutes). If you want to dive deeper, there are two longer reads (around 1 hour). Finally, there is a single longer resource – either an online course or significant read to explore an area in more detail. The 6 areas are: Designing for Online/Blended Delivery Preparing Materials Education for All Managing the Online Space Formative Assessment and Feedback Hybrid Delivery (coming soon) Note: this content is not intended to replace the support or training that’s available within your institution. ​ Take a moment and listen to Kenji Lamb, Digital and Innovation Lead, provide a two-minute introduction to the online/blended delivery section of the resource bank:

Tools Office 365 Loggin On, OneDrive, Outlook, PowerPoint, OneNote, Word, Excel, Sway, Teams Accessibility Checklist, Screen Readers, Video Guides, Windows Guides, Creating Documents. College Zone Distance Learning, Enhancement, Staff Development, Moodle, Staff Intranet Communication Collaboration, Skype, Zoom, MS Teams, MyDay, Office 365, Mahara, Moodle, Discord, WebEx Tools for Assessment Turnitin, Kahoot, Mahara, Moodle Assessment Tools for Creation Digital resources, BLC, ClickView, H5P, Sway, Khan Academy, Lumen 5, ScreenCastify, PowerPoint Staff Development The Staff Room, Learning and Development Team site, CPD Review.

Free Image Websites Creative Commons We have gathered together websites that have free creative commons licenses. This means that you can use them free of charge in your Learning Content. Even when they are royalty free it is best practice to still credit the image when appropriate, e.g. when you are using them in your Moodle course. Below are links to some of our favorite resources we like to use, for a full and comprehensive list of Free creative commons resources visit: "The Monster List" of Free photo sites" ​ Photo credit: Pixabay UnSplash Pixabay Pexels morguefile Free Images RGB Stock hautestock Raw Pixel Free Pik The Noun Project Adobe Free Stock Microsoft Iwaria Monster list of all free Image sites Nappy Wocintechat ukblacktech affecttheverb Help us help everyone Please contact the learning tech team if you find good sources First Name Last Name Email Send Thanks for submitting!

Office 365 - Logging on Office 365 is Microsoft's brand name for the collective tools that we all know and love, such as Word, Excel and PowerPoint as well as some new tools like Forms, Microsoft Teams and Class Notebook. Using the online tools you can collaborate and communicate seamlessly with colleagues, as well as using the familiar desktop versions to create great looking content. ​ Sign in to Office 365 Visit https://www.office.com Sign in with your Username @wcs.ac.uk e.g. patsmith@wcs.ac.uk . Enter your normal password and you're in! 365 Tools Logging On Teams Outlook OneDrive OneNote Word Excel PowerPoint Sway

Mahara At the simplest level, Mahara is two things: an ePortfolio and a social networking system combined. An ePortfolio is a system in which students can record ''evidence of lifelong learning'' -- such as essays, files, artwork or other such things they produce that can be stored digitally. This information is collected on Pages which you can create and share. Using groups creates an area to share pages and collaborate with members of the group. But Mahara is much more than just a place to store files. Mahara also includes blogging, a résumé builder, and Moodle integration. With Mahara, you control which pages and what information within your portfolio other users see. You can have as many pages as you like, each with different content, images, intended purpose and audience. Your audience, or the people you wish to give access to your page, can be added as individuals or as a member of a group. It can even be made publicly available. For example you could create: A page for your tutor, which includes assessments and your reflective journal A page to showcase your best work and résumé for potential employers A single page or a collection of pages can make up your portfolio. You can share a single page or a collection of pages you have created. You can also create a group or join a group created by you Lecturer or another student so you can collaborate on group pages. You can set it so only members of the group can view or edit the pages in the group. Full Mahara Guide What is Mahara and how can I use it? Click to find out.

PowerPoint Create presentations that stand out Get your ideas across with beautiful design, rich animation, cinematic motion, 3D models and icons. Let intelligent technology help you bring your presentation to life with a few clicks. ​ Present like a pro Tell your story with confidence with slide-by-slide notes only viewable by you. Easily translate your slides into the preferred language and use the built-in accessibility checker to be sure your audience doesn’t miss a thing. ​ Work better together With Office 365, collaborate using real-time co-authoring and comments to get input from teammates on your presentation. Plus, save it to the cloud to easily share with others and access it from anywhere, at any time, on any device. 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