We are pleased to announce the launch of our Digital Learning Pathways to support your Continuing Professional Development. For those who missed our launch event or people who want to take another look, here is the recording. Digital Learning Pathways We have developed six pathways to build your confidence in …
The immersive classrooms are equipped with speakers, a standard webcam and microphone mounted on the projector, and a motorised camera controlled via a remote. As part of an online Teams lesson these can be used alongside other online activities and tools to engage learners at home and in-class activities such …
Blackboard Ally is an accessibility tool that is integrated into our LearnZone and HE LearnZone sites. Ally provides a raft of tools to help staff ensure their online resources are accessible and the option for students to access these in a variety of formats. Alternative formats Ally automatically creates alternative …
Essential information about this years 2020/21 LearnZone and HELearnZone rollover.
Turnitin will have a scheduled system maintenance on Aug 14, 2021, from 4pm – 6pm BST (for local timezone please click Time zone converter). Due to the maintenance, Turnitin will be unavailable between those times.
Did you know that most eBooks in the library’s collection have lots of in-built accessibility features? Having celebrated Global Accessibility Day on 20th May, this article will briefly show you the tools on our eBooks to help support your learners. These features are all available on Browns (VLE) eBooks with some features provided on …
Found under the View Ribbon, Immersive Reader is a feature that presents a document in an easier format and can even read it aloud. The immersive reader is most effective when used within the Office 365 online version of apps, with some limited features available in desktop applications. Immersive Reader can …
As of 23 September 2018 new legislation states our websites or mobile apps must be more accessible by making them ‘perceivable, operable, understandable and robust’. The new legislation builds on the colleges existing obligations to people who have a disability under the Equality Act 2010. Making a website or mobile …
This page has been set up to support the Ofsted inspection and provides instructions for: Lesson observations Collecting assessment evidence Ofsted lesson observation instructions Add an Ofsted user account to teams for lesson observations Open Microsoft Teams. Navigate to the relevant Teams site. Select the ellipses next to the site …
We live in a rapidly evolving society and economy, where change is being driven largely by technology. Standing still isn’t an option. As educators we need to adapt to and embrace new ways of teaching using technology, if we’re to prepare our learners to be successful in life and work …
