Speaker 0: Hello and welcome to this short video on educational technology
Speaker 0: guides.
Speaker 0: As well as our direct support services, the digital learning
Speaker 0: team offers a wide range of guides that can support
Speaker 0: you and your students in teaching and learning.
Speaker 0: These guides are designed to make it easy for you
Speaker 0: to see how to do most things that you might
Speaker 0: want to do with university managed software tools.
Speaker 0: The major systems that we offer guides for are Moodle,
Speaker 0: the university's primary virtual learning environment, Mahara, a portfolio building
Speaker 0: tool for staff and students, Voxx, a widely used quizzing
Speaker 0: and surveying system, Echo Video, the university's lecture capture and
Speaker 0: video system, and Padlet, a collaborative working and note taking
Speaker 0: tool.
Speaker 0: We also have a number of smaller collections of guides
Speaker 0: for other programs that the university supports or recommends.
Speaker 0: To access the guide, simply go to the digital learning
Speaker 0: team page.
Speaker 0: Go to the help and support drop down and click
Speaker 0: on help guides.
Speaker 0: The sheer amount of guides can feel overwhelming when you
Speaker 0: first start.
Speaker 0: For example, there are a lot of guides for Moodle.
Speaker 0: The good news is that you don't need to work
Speaker 0: your way to every guide that we have.
Speaker 0: In most cases you'll need to take a look at
Speaker 0: the introduction to or get started section of the guide.
Speaker 0: This will give you a good overview of the features
Speaker 0: and functions of the system at Warwick.
Speaker 0: It is worth taking a look at these, even if
Speaker 0: you're familiar with the system from your experiences outside Warwick,
Speaker 0: as there may be some differences in how the system
Speaker 0: works at Warwick compared to your previous experience.
Speaker 0: Then you can focus more on any areas that you're
Speaker 0: unsure of or that you think will be particularly important
Speaker 0: for your role.
Speaker 0: For most people, a general understanding of the tool paired
Speaker 0: with some troubleshooting is the best way to start and
Speaker 0: can take you a very long way.
Speaker 0: We've designed the guides so that as and when you
Speaker 0: need to, you can consult a guide and quickly find
Speaker 0: the information that you need.
Speaker 0: Many of the guides are designed as how-to guides that
Speaker 0: focus on getting you as quickly as possible to the
Speaker 0: information that you need.
Speaker 0: For example, if I wanted to understand how different content
Speaker 0: works within Moodle.
Speaker 0: I can look at the introduction to adding content section.
Speaker 0: This will give a good overview of all the different
Speaker 0: activities and assessment types that you can add as content
Speaker 0: to your your Moodle courses.
Speaker 0: However, if I just want to know how to import
Speaker 0: content from an existing Moodle space into my new one.
Speaker 0: I can click on this link here.
Speaker 0: And it will give me a thorough step by step
Speaker 0: guide that will talk me all the way through that
Speaker 0: entire process.
Speaker 0: As well as our guides to online tools, we also
Speaker 0: have guides to our physical resources.
Speaker 0: In particular, we have guides to our multimedia recording rooms,
Speaker 0: also known as the rapid MOOC rooms.
Speaker 0: And other tools, guidance, guides and services.
Speaker 0: These rooms contain equipment for recording videos, podcasts and vlogs.
Speaker 0: While the equipment can seem intimidating for first time users,
Speaker 0: the controls are fairly simple with a little practice and
Speaker 0: allow a range of sophisticated techniques and effects.
Speaker 0: The equipment includes the Rapid MOC video recording equipment, as
Speaker 0: well as the Roadcaster podcast and video podcast recording suites.
Speaker 0: Whether you want to record a video, a podcast or
Speaker 0: an interview, we have the right equipment to help you
Speaker 0: deliver a polished and professional piece of media.
Speaker 0: If you want to understand How different technologies can support
Speaker 0: teaching and learning or you're unsure which tool is right
Speaker 0: to use, take a look at our discover and develop
Speaker 0: page for a breakdown of the best tools for teaching
Speaker 0: and learning.
Speaker 0: Student guides can also be extremely useful.
Speaker 0: Getting your students comfortable with the capabilities and techniques of
Speaker 0: using university systems allows them to focus on their studies
Speaker 0: rather than struggling to achieve often relatively simple objectives in
Speaker 0: our online systems.
Speaker 0: If you find that you want to do something specific,
Speaker 0: but you're not sure where to look in the guides
Speaker 0: or you just want to talk through using a particular
Speaker 0: system and how to get the most out of it,
Speaker 0: then our knowledgeable team are available and we can answer
Speaker 0: your questions online or arrange a consultation to discuss this
Speaker 0: with you.