Winter Block Starts

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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. 

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 Office 365 & 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. 

Using Dropbox Originality Check (Online) 12pm-1pm

Online

In this session we will discuss and demonstrate the capabilities of the Originality Check (Urkund by 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 for teaching (Online) 2pm-3pm

Online

This workshop is aimed towards teaching staff at VU who want to learn about the use of Zoom virtual classes for teaching.  

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

sharing screens  using the chat  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 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.