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Thanks to Susan Carton for this very informative post. Please don’t close this news down – this really could help! Who else is drowning under the emails with all the tech whizz-bang new resources that we should all be using? If you need some breathing space and need to focus on really important issues like marking, preparing classes, timetabling or interviewing – then this may give you the time you need to just take a breath,  think about your priorities and begin to relax into what you need to focus on.  I’ve been trying to audio record over my powerpoints and there have been a lot of ‘bad words’ as I struggle to sound engaging. If you have no time to read this, then scroll to the end of the document for a ‘ClickView into Moodle’ baby step guide. Really,  I am right beside you – homeworking could be really amazing and when we get into this, we will achieve so much.  However, we are drowning in the sharing of resources.  Thanks – but no thanks. Maybe there should be a WCS rule …  ‘though shalt only share one useful pointer per week and give teaching staff a chance to apply that new knowledge’ or you will cause anxiety and stress among your teaching staff. That said (sheepishly…)   this really is useful. ClickView video resources – free, easy to use and WOW, something that actually does save time! I joined in with the ClickView webinar: remote working in FE.  It helped to reduce some of the anxieties that you get when you are looking into the massive depths of unknown tech/software.  Yes, it is like that for some of us!   Don’t be put off.  Give this one a try – really,  it is SO useful. What is ClickView?  It is a library of video resources that you can add to moodle (or another platform) and share with your classes.  It has been designed to provide ‘compelling vocational content’ for our level of students and there are a lot of resources there. (Tertiary = FE and Universities).   ESOL, Accounts and Business, Travel and Tourism, Hospitality, Arts and so on are all there.  It will take 5 minutes to glance at it to see if it has content you can use. Have fun!     This is something I hadn’t thought about.  We are working with students in vulnerable positions and who could become anxious about this form of learning.   It is recommended – during the Coronavirus restrictions – that we have fun with this and not just use it for teaching and learning. To reinstate the social interaction that comes with being in a college ClickView recommends that you choose a film – and instead of having a book club, have a film club. Your students will all watch a movie and can chat about this with each other – immediately having something in common other than learning stresses.  You can choose a movie that is relevant to some extent to your subject area if you like – but there is always Jurassic Park!!! If you are requesting something from the TV from ClickView and you want the movie without the adverts, this can take 48 hours to do for you – but they will do it.  Then it will just ‘arrive’ in your personal workspace for you to use. I have never used it before.  Now I have started using this video content in my Moodle page.  Let’s face it, anything that saves time, effort and reduces stress at this time has to be a good thing.   Also – this is really going to enhance the learning experience for some students who like the audio-visual resources. You know what?   It is better than anything I could have made – so that is also a bonus! We can use all content freely, we don’t have to prepare the content AND it is easy to upload to Moodle. I have prepared a baby step guide to help you out on how to add these resources to moodle. ClickView baby steps

Free webinars from Aurion Learning In response to demand from our last webinar, we are pleased to announce the launch of a three-part ‘how to’ webinar series to help you fast-track your remote training strategy. 1. How to design and run effective eLearning webinars Thursday 30 April 2020 12 pm BST Join us as we provide a guide on how to design and facilitate engaging, live, interactive webinars. With support from our experienced team, you will follow our 5-step approach to designing, delivering, and evaluating an instructional webinar. 2. How to structure PowerPoint for remote training Thursday 7 May 2020 12 pm Learn the practical strategies for structuring a PowerPoint presentation for remote training. Get practical tips and instructional insights with Aurion on how to make the most of your existing classroom materials for online delivery. 3. How to create effective remote learning activities Thursday 14 May 2020 12 pm Workplace learning activities are a great way to engage learners in between formal training session. Join this session to find out how to structure an effective activity and tailor your chosen activities for remote learning. To learn more about the webinar series click here, or contact our client services team at hello@aurionlearning.com Grab your seat now and hope to see you online.

As per recent Staff Intranet post - the College is moving towards greater use of Microsoft Teams. As well as using Microsoft Teams to collaborate with members of your Staff Team Group - it can be used for collaboration with anyone in the college (staff or students) or external Microsoft Teams users for, meetings, audio calls, video calls, text ‘chats’, sharing files, sharing desktops / windows, whiteboards, and more, without the need to have a Teams Group created. Please click on the image below to access a range of Training Videos created by Microsoft:

Join Kenji, CDN's Digital and Innovation Lead and Jason from Jisc (Head of Scotland and Northern Ireland) at 11.00 am for their first Virtual Bridge webinar. Every Tuesday - Friday, Kenji & Jason will be sharing tips, experiences and advice for the #EdTech community! Why To learn how technology can enhance teaching and learning! Every session will be recorded and you can watch it back via CDN's YouTube channel Find out more in this short intro video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itypAW0XSSc&feature=youtu.be Update 06/04/20 Bringing you expert advice on how to deliver Learning and Teaching Online CDN has partnered with Jisc to bring you Virtual Bridge. A direct response to the current crisis, these sessions have been designed to support college staff in delivering remote learning and teaching. Find out more in our blog. As the Easter weekend is approaching, this week's webinars will take place on Tuesday - Thursday. Join us, for free, on Zoom at 11am. You can watch all Virtual Bridge webinars on CDN’s YouTube Channel. Join webinar via Zoom

In response to requests from colleges Tammy Woods, our ClickView Advisor will be holding a webinar looking at the use of ClickView for continuity of learning and how ClickView can help support remote working, the webinar will be next Thursday 26th March 10am -11.30am. The link to register is: ClickView Webinar- Supporting Remote Working for FE Update 06/04/20 ClickView Webinar Recording For anyone that missed this webinar ClickView have uploaded a recording of it. This Webinar was focused on teaching remotely for FE staff. Looking at ideas for creating digital classrooms and for video sharing to engage students working remotely. We also discuss ERA licencing for copyright and have guest speaker Joe Wilson from City of Glasgow College. Watch Webinar Recording

Our friends in the Blended Learning Consortium have kindly published the webinar recordings held on 16th March for anyone who wasn't able to make it. Preparing for distance learning - BLC Webinar: Amy Hollier – Head of Blended Learning, Blended Learning Consortium, Heart of Worcestershire College Download the supporting PDF Peter Kilcoyne – Blended Learning Consultant, Peter Kilcoyne Consultancy Download the supporting PDF Chris Rothwell – Director of Education, Microsoft Download the supporting PDF Iain Thompson –Advanced Practitioner Technology Enhanced Learning, Leeds City College Download the supporting PDF Stefanie Campbell – Deputy Head of Learning Academy, South Eastern Regional College Download the supporting PDF Martin Lewarne – Senior Regional Director, Canvas Download the supporting PPT Discussion and sharing of ideas from attendees and questions for the panel

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Announcement from JISC FE Content and Skills Dear colleagues, If you need to support your vocational learners to carry on learning from home, Jisc's vocational learning resources provide coverage in the following subject areas:​ Construction (https://construction.jisc.ac.uk/) Digital and IT (https://digitalandit.jisc.ac.uk/) Education and Childcare (https://educationandchildcare.jisc.ac.uk/) Hairdressing (https://hairdressing.jisc.ac.uk/) Health and social care (https://healthandsocialcare.jisc.ac.uk/) Jisc is making these resources open and freely available to all schools, work-based learning and college providers in order to support organisations planning for Covid-19 closures whilst enabling learners to continue their studies to successful completion. The resources which are curriculum-mapped to NVQ, SVQ, BTEC, C&G, CACHE and NOS are engaging and interactive.  The learning resources use include realistic work-based scenarios within quizzes, case studies, animations and videos.  All resources support accessibility and inclusion, so alternative formats, such as transcripts or audio files, are available where needed. Our support site (https://vocationalresources.support.jisc.ac.uk/) provides information on how to make the best use of the resources, as well as provides detailed information about the units covered (https://vocationalresources.support.jisc.ac.uk/curriculum-support/).  This provides reassurance to teaching practitioners and students alike that they are using resources that support the learning objectives of their courses. Please stay safe and remember that physical closure of spaces doesn't need to stop learning!  We've got great resources to help your students continue and succeed in their studies.  Please do share this information with your curriculum leads and teaching practitioners to help them in their own planning.

A quick guide for Students This is a quick guide from West College Scotland on things you can do, if you need to study remotely. The College will keep you up to date through social media channels if we all need to work from home. Remember you can access MyDay from any internet enabled device - the MyDay app is also available on Apple App Store and Google Play Store. This gives you access to Moodle, ClickView and a range of online help and support. You should check now that you remember your user name and password for our College systems and that you know your College email address and password. Check that these are working now. You will need these to work remotely. Your tutor will message you to let you know of any specific arrangements for your class. This may include; some additional material in your Moodle course a discussion forum to let you work collaboratively with your classmates and perhaps some webinars so you can continue to meet online as a class. Go to the college Moodle and make sure you can log in from any device. Microsoft 365 and Email Remember you can access your email and Microsoft 365 by using your college email address and password. Go to www.office.com and make sure you can login to your office365 account. A platform that your tutors may use for webinars is Zoom. You could have some fun and ask the tutor to run a webinar and make sure you can connect. Video Conferencing, Web Conferencing, Webinars, Screen Sharing Zoom Blog - How to use Zoom for Online Learning Zoom is the leader in modern enterprise video communications, with an easy, reliable cloud platform for video and audio conferencing, chat, and webinars across mobile, desktop, and room systems. Zoom Rooms is the original software-based conference room solution used around the world in board, conference, huddle, and training rooms, as well as executive offices and classrooms. Founded in 2011, Zoom helps businesses and organizations bring their teams together in a frictionless environment to get more done. Why free version of Zoom? It is accessible and scalable. You can deliver to up to 100 learners in 40 minute chunks - this would be more difficult in a Skype call. With your permission we can record webinars. It works across all platforms including mobile devices. There are videos to walk you through the Zoom set up process below. If you need more support you can access webinars directly from ZOOM who provide weekly training sessions. What you need You need access to a reliable internet service. Zoom works on most devices. As a minimum you need a microphone and speakers - these will often be built into your device. A camera on your mobile phone, laptop, desktop, tablet or other device will allow your tutor to see you but is not essential. Ask your tutor ! It would be fun and practical to try and run a session through ZOOM with your class now. The guide below will help your tutor add a webinar facility to your on-line course in Moodle. There is a rich set of resources available on YouTube that will guide you through setting up and using Zoom to support you and regular online training conferences you can drop into. We hope this brief guide is useful and supports access to our remote systems and the adoption of Zoom. Remember too we are not the only organisations making these sensible preparations.