Technology for learning

IT Essentials at Salford

What is covered:

• Learn how to get connected to the IT systems, services and resources at Salford including the Student Hub, Blackboard and Microsoft 365 and its tools.

Formats:

• eLearning
• Webinar

Using Microsoft Teams for online meetings

What is covered:

• How to make the most out of Microsoft Teams when attending an online meeting, workshop or lecture.
• How to enhance your learning using a range of meeting functions including chat, reactions, live captions and translate slides.

• Video - Joining a meeting video
• Video - Inside a meeting video
• Video - Sharing your screen video
• Web page

Apps for online group working

What is covered:

• How to use Microsoft Teams and other online apps for effective collaborative group working.

Formats

• eLearning

Using Microsoft Word to format your essay

What is covered:

• Fonts.
• Line spacing.
• Paragraph alignment.
• Indentations.
• Margins.
• Numbering.
• Headers and footers.
• Footnotes.
• Spelling and grammar.
• Word count.

• eLearning

Narrated Presentations and Video submissions

What is covered:

• How to record narration and create a video using a PowerPoint presentation.
• Using ScreenPal (formerly known as Screencast-o-Matic) to record your screen and add video material from other sources to produce a finished video.

• PDF - Create with PowerPoint - Windows users
• PDF - Create with PowerPoint - Mac users
• PDF - Create with ScreenPal

AI Awareness

What is covered:

• What Generative AI is.
• When it is okay and not okay to use it in your academic work and personal development.
• General guidance on how to use it correctly.

• eLearning