Staff VU Collaborate Virtual Hive Drop-In (Online, 11am & 3pm)

Online

These virtual drop-in sessions are available to all VU staff who have a question about VU Collaborate, Zoom, Panopto and teaching online. They run from 11:00-11:30am and 3:00-3:30pm every weekday through the Zoom Classrooms section of VU Collaborate Essentials. You can work alongside a team member to ensure your questions are answered as you share your screen in Zoom.

There are no bookings to be made, just login to VU Collaborate Essentials during one of the sessions.

Using Office365 & Padlet for Teaching (Online) 12pm-1pm

Online

You can add some interactivity and collaboration to your Zoom classes using Office 365 shared documents and Padlet.

Office 365 allows you to create shared documents which work like Google docs.

Padlet is web based software that enables people to add virtual 'post it notes' to a virtual 'wall', so they can record and share their ideas.

In this one hour session you'll see some examples, then get hands on and learn how to:

• create a padlet  
• embed a padlet directly into your VU Collaborate site
• create a shared document
• share the link with students in VU Collabroate and Zoom

Staff VU Collaborate Virtual Hive Drop-In (Online, 11am & 3pm)

Online

These virtual drop-in sessions are available to all VU staff who have a question about VU Collaborate, Zoom, Panopto and teaching online. They run from 11:00-11:30am and 3:00-3:30pm every weekday through the Zoom Classrooms section of VU Collaborate Essentials. You can work alongside a team member to ensure your questions are answered as you share your screen in Zoom.

There are no bookings to be made, just login to VU Collaborate Essentials during one of the sessions.

Create & edit videos with Panopto (Online) 12pm-1pm

Online

Do you find yourself answering the same question or addressing the same topic multiple times? A short video explaining a frequently mis-understood concept or assessment requirement, or demonstrating a skill or procedure could save you time, while being available for students to review at any time. 

Come to a Panopto workshop to learn how to record brief, targeted information sessions and demonstrations for students.  You will also learn how to add captions and share these videos in VU Collaborate.  Students can also record videos then use Panopto to edit and share those recordings for learning and assessment.   

The workshop is held online using Zoom. Get access by going to the VU Collaborate Essentials space, selecting the Communication tab then choosing Zoom Classroom from the dropdown list. You then click on Join next to the title and date of the workshop to get started.  See this 20 second video for how to get there.  

Create engaging learning activities with H5P (Online) 1:30pm-2:30pm

Online

H5P is an open source platform for creating and sharing interactive digital learning objects.  It is integrated with VU Collaborate so that VU staff can easily create and share H5Ps with other VU staff and students.   

The workshop on H5P - Digital Learning Objects shows:  

What the H5P interactive learning object is   Location and access   Creating an H5P of your choice (maybe an interactive video or drag and drop activity) Inserting the H5P into VU Collaborate and sharing it  

The workshop is held online using Zoom. Get access by going to the VU Collaborate Essentials space, selecting the Communication tab then choosing Zoom Classroom from the dropdown list. You then click on Join next to the title and date of the workshop to get started.  See this 20 second video for how to get there.  

Staff VU Collaborate Virtual Hive Drop-In (Online, 11am & 3pm)

Online

These virtual drop-in sessions are available to all VU staff who have a question about VU Collaborate, Zoom, Panopto and teaching online. They run from 11:00-11:30am and 3:00-3:30pm every weekday through the Zoom Classrooms section of VU Collaborate Essentials. You can work alongside a team member to ensure your questions are answered as you share your screen in Zoom.

There are no bookings to be made, just login to VU Collaborate Essentials during one of the sessions.

Using the Dropbox – Originality Check (Urkund by Ouriginal) (Online) 12pm-1pm

Online

In this session we will discuss and demonstrate the capabilities of the Originality Check by Urkund (Ouriginal) for the dropbox in VU Collaborate.   

The session will cover:  

Accessing and switching on the originality check  Viewing originality check results  Managing originality check issues  

The workshop is held online using Zoom. Get access by going to the VU Collaborate Essentials space, selecting the Communication tab then choosing Zoom Classroom from the dropdown list. You then click on Join next to the title and date of the workshop to get started.  See this 20 second video for how to get there.   

Staff VU Collaborate Virtual Hive Drop-In (Online, 11am & 3pm)

Online

These virtual drop-in sessions are available to all VU staff who have a question about VU Collaborate, Zoom, Panopto and teaching online. They run from 11:00-11:30am and 3:00-3:30pm every weekday through the Zoom Classrooms section of VU Collaborate Essentials. You can work alongside a team member to ensure your questions are answered as you share your screen in Zoom.

There are no bookings to be made, just login to VU Collaborate Essentials during one of the sessions.

Using Zoom Virtual Classrooms (Online) 12-1pm

Online

This workshop is for staff at VU using Zoom for teaching.  

We will cover how to schedule the virtual classrooms and use all its key functions for teaching which include: 

• sharing different and multiple screens  
• managing participants 
• creating breakout rooms 
• creating polls 
• managing security and your meeting settings 

The workshop is held online using Zoom. Get access by going to the VU Collaborate Essentials space, selecting the Communication tab then choosing Zoom Classroom from the dropdown list. You then click on Join next to the title and date of the workshop.  See this 20 second video for how to get there.  

Staff VU Collaborate Virtual Hive Drop-In (Online, 11am & 3pm)

Online

These virtual drop-in sessions are available to all VU staff who have a question about VU Collaborate, Zoom, Panopto and teaching online. They run from 11:00-11:30am and 3:00-3:30pm every weekday through the Zoom Classrooms section of VU Collaborate Essentials. You can work alongside a team member to ensure your questions are answered as you share your screen in Zoom.

There are no bookings to be made, just login to VU Collaborate Essentials during one of the sessions.

Data informed teaching 2: VU Collaborate and H5P reports 12-1pm