Technology for learning

IT Essentials at Salford

What is covered:

Estimated duration is 30 minutes.

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.

Apps for online group working

What is covered:

  • Microsoft Teams
  • more online apps for effective collaborative group working.

Estimated duration is 15 minutes.

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.

Estimated duration is 15 minutes.

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.

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.