TEL Staff Development

The TEL programme of professional development offers a range of opportunities and sessions to develop skills. Sessions are open to all staff and are listed below.

During the period June 2025 to August 2025 we are offering the following sessions:

• Creating your 2025-26 Blackboard Course (In-person) Book your place
• Creating your 2025-26 Blackboard Course (Webinar) Book your place
• Revised Rollover Video Resources  What’s different and why (6 mins) How to approach copying & re-creating content (11 mins)
• Getting Started with Padlet (Webinar) Book your place
• (New) Introducing the Blackboard AI Design Assistant Book your place

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• For Academics (Using Bb, Accessibility, e-Assessment, Learning Capture, Interactive Learning, Padlet)
• For Administrators (e-Assessment, Groups, Gradebook, Online Exams)
• For teams of staff
• One-to-one Support

Sessions for Academics

Using Blackboard Ultra

• Blackboard Revised Rollover Roadshow (Webinar) Book your place
• Creating your 2025-26 Blackboard Course (In-person) Book your place 
• Creating your 2025-26 Blackboard Course (Webinar) Book your place
• Blackboard Groups: Set-up and Management (Webinar) Book your place
• Building Learning Activities using Blackboard (Webinar) Book your place
• Communicating with Students through Blackboard (Webinar) Book your place
• Course Analytics and Monitoring Students’ Progress with Blackboard (Webinar) Book your place

Accessibility

• Making Your Blackboard Course More Accessible with Ally (Webinar) Book your place
• Fix your Blackboard Content (in-person) Book your place

e-Assessment

• Blackboard Tests (Webinar) Book your place
• Marking Blackboard Assignments (Webinar) Book your place
• Marking Turnitin Assignments (Webinar) Book your place
• Turnitin Similarity Report with Q&A (Webinar) Book your place
• Marking Coursework Efficiently With Gradescope (Webinar) Book your place

Learning Capture

• Yuja​ Essentials (Webinar) Book your place

Active Learning (Microsoft 365, Padlet)

• Microsoft 365 Apps in the Classroom (Webinar) Book your place
• Getting Started with Padlet (Webinar) Book your place
• Getting Started with Padlet (in person) Book your place

Sessions for Administrators

• e-Assessment for Administrators (Webinar) Book your place
• Blackboard Gradebook for Administrators (Webinar) Book your place
• Blackboard Groups: Set-up and Management (Webinar) Book your place
• Blackboard Tests for Exams (Webinar) Book your place
• Online Exams: Set-up and Management Book your place

*Administrators are welcome to attend any sessions in the wider TEL programme.

Request a workshop for a team or group of staff

The TEL team are happy to arrange a workshop for a group of staff, Department or School. Book a Team Workshop and you will be contacted by a member of the TEL team.

One-to-One Support

We offer 30 minute one-to-one meetings designed to provide you with advice and support on the effective use of technology in your teaching, based on a specific query you may have. Book a TEL One-to-One and you will be contacted by a member of the TEL team to arrange a meeting.

Examples of topics that can be covered include:

• Teaching practice
• Supporting student learning
• Assessment and feedback
• Engaging students
• Specific aspects of deploying tools effectively for a specific purpose
• Module design
• VLE Administration (for Student Support Centre Staff).

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TEL help & support

If you have a query about anything related to technology enhanced learning, have a suggestion for an addition to this site, or find a broken link, please contact the TEL team via the DTS Self Service Portal or by emailing dts@reading.ac.uk.