Learning & Teaching Academy Exchange Events
Please see below for the list of events currently confirmed and past events can be viewed in the archive.
To book your place on any of the events, please use the booking form which is available on the left hand menu and on each of the event pages.
LT Academy Exchange is designed to be a flexible series of events over an academic year, including one off events and half day events held monthly. Events are repeated, wherever possible, to assist staff attendance, however if you have problems with attending any of the sessions please do not hesitate to contact us.
There are now four LT Academy Exchange strands:
- Conferences;
- Scholarship;
- Skills (formerly MARCET ICT training events); and
- eTeach
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Main Contacts: Sarah Todd 0191 227 3279 (Conferences & Scholarship Events) and Alwyn McCabe 0191 227 4820 (Skills & eTeach)
PowerPoint Intermediate - 19th March 2010 @ 9.30 - 16.30 in Squires Building Room 203.
This course is designed for those who can create their own PowerPoint presentation but need to extend the complexity of their slide shows.
Date Posted: February 2010
Outlook 2007: Email - 23rd March 2010 @ 13:30 - 16:30 in Squires Building Room 204
This workshop will enable delegates to use Outlook 2007 more efficiently. You will learn about the additional e-mail features. The workshop will also provide underpinning skills for using an eLearning Portal, eg communicating and posting materials within eLP is very similar to attaching items to an e-mail.
Date Posted: February 2010
Outlook 2007: Calendars, meetings and tasks - 23rd March 2010 @ 9.30 - 12.30 in Squires Building Room 204.
This workshop will enable delegates to use Outlook 2007 more efficiently. You will learn how to enter details into the calendar; how to organise meetings; and how to allocate tasks.
Date Posted: January 2010
Getting started with Blackboard (eLearning Portal) for Academic Staff. 13th April 2010, @ 13.30-16.00 in Squires Building Room 204
Allows Academic staff to get to grips with Blackboard’s core functionality.
Date Posted: January 2010
Northumbria IT Essentials : First Steps
13th April 2010 from 9:30 - 12:00
Squires Building
This session will provide you with the essential information and skills to begin working with IT at Northumbria University. You will learn how to log in, locate software, use e-mail and access sources of support. You will also be introduced to IT security and best practice when using IT at Northumbria.
Date Posted: March 2010
Getting started with Blackboard (eLearning Portal) for Support Staff. 14th April 2010, @ 13.30-16.00 in Squires Building Room 204
Allows Support staff to get to grips with Blackboard’s core functionality.
Date Posted: March 2010
Excel 2007 Introduction - 16th April 2010 @ 09:30 - 16:30 in Squires Building Room 203.
This workshop is aimed at staff who need to know how to create spreadsheets or work on existing Excel spreadsheets, using formatting and calculation tools. Participants will learn the basics of a spreadsheet application and will be able to create and modify calculating spreadsheets.
Date Posted: January 2010
Practical use of TurnitinUK - 22nd April 2010 @ 9:30 - 12:00 in Squires Building Room 204.
Plagiarism Detection Software - via Blackboard
Date Posted: January 2010
Introduction to SMARTBoard - Interactive Whiteboard
22nd April 2010 10:30 -12:30 or 13:30 -15:30
Squires Building Room 203
You have a choice of either of these two hour sessions, 10.30-12.30 or 13.30-15.30 The SMARTBoard is an interactive whiteboard which can enhance presentations. A projector displays your computer desktop onto the interactive whiteboard, which acts as both a monitor and an input device. You can write on the board with digital ink or use your finger like a mouse to control computer applications.
Date Posted: January 2010
Excel 2007 Intermediate - 28th April 2010 @ 10:00 - 17:00 in Squires Building Room 203.
Delegates will build on basic knowledge of a spreadsheet application or the fundamentals and move on to more complex formulae and other more advanced Excel features. The following will be covered:
Date Posted: January 2010
Introduction to SNAP
30th April 2010 @ 09.30 - 16.30, in Squires Building Room 203
This workshop is for those members of staff who wish to create professional surveys that are easy for respondents to complete.
Date Posted: February 2010
Access Intermediate - 5th May 2010 10:00-17:00 in Squires Building Room 203
This course assumes some previous experience of database design principles and follows on from the Introduction to Access workshop.
Date Posted: March 2010
PASW for Windows 17 (Predictive Analytics Software formerly SPSS)
14th May 2010
9:30 -16:30
PASW for Windows 17 (Predictive Analytics Software formerly SPSS) is a powerful and popular statistical and data management package capable of carrying out just about any type of quantitative data analysis.
Date Posted: March 2010
Support Works
Date Posted: February 2010
MORELLO (Content Management System)
Date Posted: January 2010
PebblePad ePortfolio tool - Various dates - Squires Building
Pebblepad is an exciting new ePortfolio tool which has potential for use in many aspects of teaching and learning. It’s available to all university members and can be accessed via links on My Northumbria as well as the university staff page.
Date Posted: February 2010
Assignment Handler - various dates.
Assignment Handler is a new feature in Blackboard that offers improved functionality on assessment.
Date Posted: January 2010
