Welcome to the October 2023 edition of the HEFi newsletter. In this edition, you can find information about our upcoming training events, about some HEFi tools guidance, and some top tips for canvas. In addition, you can meet one our of new staff members and see highlights of our recent visit to Dubai.
Upcoming events
Improving Assessment and Feedback through Digital Tools:
Can we? Should we? How do we even...?
Date: Monday 16 October 2023 (12:00-13:00)
Location: Online (Zoom)
Please join colleagues from across the Higher Education sector who will share practical insights into their experiences with implementing new digital assessment tools, from requirements gathering, through onboarding and first use, to evaluation and next steps. Book using this link to our events page.
See the full range of the
Events, seminars and workshops available across HEFi.
HEFi in the Spotlight
Frida Johansson (Digital Education Developer)
Today we hear from our latest new starter, Frida Johansson, who shares a little about herself and her thoughts about joining the University of Birmingham and HEFi.
HEFi Online guidance
The Higher Education Futures Institute have created a library of self-paced guidance on teaching and learning, and digital tools such as Canvas and Panopto. Please take some time to explore all the resources we have to offer.
Top tips: Adding or Removing courses from your Canvas Dashboard
If you want to change the list of courses that appear on your Canvas Dashboard. You can do so from the course list. This does not unenroll / remove you from the course, simply removes it from the dashboard. Step by step instructions can be found below.
In other news...
HEFi fly to Dubai
Over the last two weeks members of the HEFi team have been working on the Dubai campus, supporting the professional development of staff who teach and support learning. As the Dubai campus starts to grow this has provided valuable opportunities to promote new connections and networks across the Edgbaston and Dubai campuses. The team joined the UoB Dubai Strategy Day and ran workshops; including on Generative AI, programme approaches to assessment, active learning, block teaching, digital skills, personal academic tutoring and more! There was also an opportunity to celebrate the completion of the first Education Enhancement Fund project in Dubai, which had a focus on developing student communities of practice and was launched to staff and students during Welcome.
In between the more formal sessions we had the opportunity to have informal conversations with academic and professional services staff from across the campus.Despite the blistering heat (which was over 40 degrees on some days!) it was a productive visit which received really positive feedback from staff in Dubai.
