Seminar Series

H5P: Easy interactivity in Moodle

Michelle Jacobs ||  6th November, 2024

This seminar is designed to introduce you to the exciting world of H5P. H5P is a powerful tool that enables you to create engaging and interactive learning experiences with ease. Join the amazing Michelle Jacobs, Educational Designer in the School of Nursing and Midwifery to learn the basics of H5P, explore its diverse range of content types, and be shown how easy it is to build interactive elements that can enhance your Moodle site. 

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Finalising Results: Gradebook | CE Report | Results submission

Jackie Newman and Barbara Butler ||  23rd October, 2024

In this EDS Seminar we'll look at bringing the three processes together (Gradebook setup, completion of the CE report and the submission of final results). Jackie Newman will cover what you need to know to ensure your Gradebook is calculating final results correctly, and Barbara Butler will run through how to complete the CE report and submit results from Moodle through to Callista.

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Towards inclusive learning: From small changes to reflexivity

Dana Bui  ||  25th September, 2024

This seminar will begin with small, manageable changes you can implement within your units to improve the sense of inclusion and belonging for your students. We will discuss strategies that gradually become more workload-intensive but go a long way towards creating inclusive learning environments. This session is not about the ‘why’ it is about the ‘how’. What can we do at a unit level to help the students feel more included, and how can we create space for our students to be their unique and authentic selves? 

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Gradebook

Jackie Newman  ||  20th August, 2024

This EDS Seminar Series Gradebook session will outline some strategies to set up your Gradebook to enhance student experience when viewing grades and ensure accurate results.

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Assessment: Rubric, Ranged Rubric and Marking Guide

Ingrid D'Souza and Jackie Newman  ||  24th July, 2024

In this seminar, you will be introduced to various grading options in Moodle which will assist with consistency and somewhat decrease workload throughout the semester. The session will cover various grading methods such as how to add a rubric, a ranged rubric and a marking guide to an assignment dropbox. Key differences between the three advanced grading methods will also be explored from a technical perspective. Time will be allowed for a brief overview of the educational underpinning of these tools.

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Reshaping Assessment

Ingrid D'Souza and Jackie Newman  ||  11th June, 2024

Often, in the Student Evaluation Teaching Unit (SETU) students will remark that the descriptions associated with assessment tasks were unclear and led to misunderstandings. In this seminar, we will discuss some clear guidelines and requirements strongly recommended for assessment tasks. You will also be given the opportunity to visit some of the key elements in Moodle which will assist you and your students with undertaking assessment tasks and providing appropriate feedback. 

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Safeguarding assessment against student use of generative AI

Dana Bui  ||  1st May, 2024

In this final seminar of the AI series, Dana will examine what types of assessment tasks and features of assessment design are vulnerable to misuse of AI by students. The seminar will explore ways of developing students’ AI literacy to encourage the ethical use of AI and unpack strategies for designing assessment tasks that safeguard against inappropriate student use of AI.

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Using generative AI to create assessment tasks and learning activities

Dana Bui  ||  16th April, 2024

Building on knowledge from the last seminar, Dana will discuss the use of AI to brainstorm quality, constructively aligned, and authentic assessment tasks, and will highlight the use of AI to develop, scaffold and refine constructively aligned learning activities. This session will also address ethical considerations of using AI in the creation of assessment and learning activities. If you’re looking for ways to gain efficiency in assessment tasks and activity creation, this is the session for you. 

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Fundamentals of generative AI 

Dana Bui and Jackie Newman  ||  20th March, 2024

In this seminar, Dana will give you an overview of the fundamentals of generative AI: What it is, how it works, and how it can be used. The session is designed for those who have either seldom or never used AI and want to get up to speed. The session will also be useful for those who have been using ChatGPT and want to explore different platforms and learn about some prompting basics. Jackie will also be giving a reminder of where and how to locate your AI statements in your Moodle unit. This session will be the first in a series on generative AI, and during this session, you will get a chance to vote on the topic of the next session. 

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 SEMINAR: Evaluating student teamwork using FeedbackFruits 

Catherine Fraser and Jessica Biesiekieski  ||  22nd November, 2023 

Effectively working as a member of a team is a valuable skill all students need to develop before they enter the workplace. Incorporating teamwork into our learning and teaching practices can provide valuable experiences for students to develop these teamwork skills. As educators, it can be difficult to gain insight into a team's dynamic, and to assess student’s ability to work in a team. FeedbackFruits is a Moodle-embeddable platform which allows students to evaluate peer contributions to teamwork; making visible this learning process. 

In this seminar, Catherine Fraser from FeedbackFruits will provide an overview of the platform and what can be achieved by using Feedback Fruits in your teaching. We will also hear from Dr. Jessica Biesiekierski from the Department of Nutrition and Dietetics and Food, who will discuss her experiences in using FeedbackFruits in her teaching.

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Supporting mental health in unit design

Dana Bui  ||  23rd August, 2023 

We tend to think of supporting students by observing their behaviour, but in fact, the most impactful place to look for supporting the mental health of our students is actually in the proactive and considered design of learning and assessment tasks, information and activities with which our students engage. In this seminar, Dana will discuss strategies to develop your unit a in way that eases the workload pressures on your students, provides early feedback and normalises help-seeking behaviours.

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Integrating student feedback

Scott Clarke and Dana Bui  ||  2nd August, 2023 

Join Scott and Dana in this seminar as they discuss strategies for eliciting, processing, and integrating student feedback to help improve your teaching. They outline different types and methods of feedback collection, discuss ways in which you can analyse and action that feedback, and apply it in a way that indicates to the students that they have been heard.

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Designing ChatGPT-driven assessment

Nicola Rivers  ||  28th June, 2023 

Join Nicola Rivers, a senior teaching fellow for the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, in this seminar as she shares her experience of implementing a ChatGPT-driven assessment this semester. Nicola will delve into task design and implementation, reflecting on what worked, areas for improvement, and unexpected surprises encountered along the way. If you're considering the use of ChatGPT in your assessments, Nicola aims to provide some practical guidance for getting started based on her experiences. 

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Designing invigilated assessments

Scott Clarke  ||  3rd May, 2023 

In this inaugural seminar, Educational Designer Scott Clarke discusses designing invigilated assessments. As we move towards more rich and authentic assessment in our teaching, there may still be a place for invigilated assessments to help support student learning. This seminar covers the “why, what, when and how” of invigilated assessments, and advice on how to implement a quality assessment regime.

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