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Professional Development Workshops

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Academic Centre delivers a series of workshops with a focus on introductory, basic principles and information across a range of topics.

All workshops are conveniently held online throughout the year, use the button below to book your place – seats are limited.

Read through the descriptions for each workshop:

This two hour Artificial Intelligence (AI) workshop is available by arrangement with the Academic Centre. Bookings for this workshop will be available once a request has been made and agreed to. This is a workshop that is designed to help you understand AI’s potential in education and how artificial intelligence (despite the negative press) is improving education. 

This one-hour AI workshop is available by arrangement with the Academic Centre. Bookings for this workshop will be available once a request has been made and agreed to. The workshop is designed to help you understand what Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) means to assessment, understand how the Swiss Cheese Metaphor is applied to assessment, and know how to use appropriate assessment methods in the AI environment. 

Introduction

This 2-hour Kickstart session is about getting you up and running, this workshop is about MIT as an academic organisation and what you need to know. Note: This does not replace any School level induction.

Objectives

By the end of the session, you will be able to:

    1. Recognise where you can find help and resources for teaching at MIT

    1. Identify how Academic Centre can help you teach at MIT

    1. Identify where to get help if you are new to teaching

    1. Locate information on MIT governance, policies and procedures

Structure

Overview of MIT systems

    • Canvas

        • MIT templates

        • Home page – telling students about course

        • Introduce self

        • Discussion forum for the course

        • Course Outline

        • Assessments on Canvas

    • Teams

        • Introduction to Microsoft Teams

    • SharePoint

        • Key points of access and file storage.

    • MITNet

        • Introduce people to where to find certain useful information.

        • Policies/Procedures

        • Academic Centre

        • Academic Registry

    • EBS/OnTrack/SMS

    • Fleximode

        • What is the Fleximode Studio?

        • What is the Knowledge Base?

Workshop Booking Form

Introduction

Your first step to creating engaging Canvas courses! Learn core principles and essential skills to set up and manage a basic Canvas course, meeting all requirements from day one.

Objectives

    • Understand what Canvas is and why we use it at MIT

    • Understand the basic Canvas interface

    • Create a Basic Canvas Course including Modules, Pages, Discussions and Assessment

    • Organise Files efficiently

Structure

What is Canvas?

    • Review pages and content

    • Basic navigation Menu

    • Help – 24/7 and Knowledge Base platform (Website)

Importing content

    • Using a template

    • Editing tools

    • Modules

    • Pages

    • Canvas page from scratch

    • What if you inherit a course?

    • How to create Pages
Workshop Booking Form

Introduction

Book a virtual 1:1 with an Academic Partner who'll be happy to discuss any support and advice you might need.

 

Workshop Booking Form