Man Met Digital Education

The Digital Education team are running a 'summer school' for Man Met colleagues until 24th July. This is a compressed schedule of our sessions and workshops via a Hyflex approach. See our Digital Education intranet page CPD and Workshops for more details.

Next at #McrMetL&TConf25 David Yarwood presented rationale for embedding Adobe Express for portfolio development (industry-standard, supports visual storytelling, enables personalised outputs). Students Katherine Hornsey & Abigail Tait articulated benefits of Express for developing digital skills.

Great post from @catbeelearny.bsky.social on how longitudinal skills portfolios can enhance student employability. Lots of thinking going on in this space currently at Manchester Met, as we have a range of tools that can support portfolio development, including Padlet, Miro and Adobe Express.

Roundtable panel from left to right - Jason Taylor, Jake Vizard, Alicia Owen, Clare Calveley, Allie Johns and Margarida Vasconcelos

Alicia & Andrew from DigiEd ran a roundtable discussion #McrMetL&TConf25 on Supporting Digital Skills Development through Embedding Adobe Express within our Curricula - with senior lecturers Jason Taylor, Clare Calveley & Allie Johns, and wonderful PG students Jake Vizard and Margarida Vasconcelos.

Colleague David Yarwood and students presenting a great example of using Adobe Express for portfolio development. Man Met colleagues interested in making use of Express to enhance learning, teaching and assessment, please get in touch with one of the Digital Education team.

Reflections on relational pedagogy from Innovation Scholars at #McrMetL&TConf25. Rod Cullen argues for empathising with students (many caring, working, commuting, digital poverty, disabilities), & need to support through accessibility, flexibility and authentic assessment (key to our DELTA strategy)

Adobe Express in Higher Education - Storyboards & Empathy Canvas Maps

Adobe have shared another use case for Adobe Express, this time from Senior Lecturer Allie Johns. She has used Express with her students to create Storyboards & Empathy Canvas Maps, seeing improved student outcomes and satisfaction. Thanks Allie! ukcreativecampus.myportfolio.com/storyboards-...

Tomorrow, 5th June, 11-12, Phil Sayer and
@stuparkin.bsky.social
are running an interactive session on Practical Tips for Creating Accessible Learning. Man Met colleagues, please register via the events intranet page.

Webinar next week from LinkedIn (28th May, 11:00-12:30 UK time) that could be of interest to staff and students at Man Met on Standing Out with AI in the Job Market (upskill with LinkedIn Learning, make profile stand out to recruiters, attract top employers). linkedinstudentsuccess.splashthat.com

In hashtags, it helps if each new word starts with a capital letter. Otherwise, sighted users could see a string of letters and not immediately know where one word ends and a new word begins. Capitalized words also help screen readers properly read out the hashtag.

Today (15th May) is Global Accessibility Awareness Day and a good opportunity to signpost Manchester Met colleagues to our team's revised Digital Accessibility and Inclusion guidance area on our intranet pages. Many thanks to @stuparkin.bsky.social and Phil Sayer in the team for their work on this.

Alicia, Jack & Steven (DigiEd), & @drlittle26.bsky.social from @manmetuta.bsky.social enjoyed presenting the LEED approach to 'empowering staff to embrace Generative AI responsibly through discourse and exploration' at #udigcap Ucisa Spotlight25 conference today. Thank you for all the engagement!

A great Digital Me session this week w/ Joanna Bodley on "IAB UK - Working with an industry body to equip students with practitioner-level digital skills and increase employability". Student Digital Guides Parth Solanki and Ismaeel Ahmed gave us their views on digital skills students want and need.

Last call for colleagues at Manchester Met to join our online session today at 11am, on Re-Thinking your Marking Workflow - useful tips ahead of marking season and some marking best practices.

Simplifying content and using a consistent, simple design will help your users avoid cognitive overload, stress, and mental fatigue.

Catherine Wynne - Career Learning Tasks

Man Met is an Adobe Creative Campus, meaning all staff and students have access to Adobe Express. Great to see a use case for embedding Adobe Express in the curriculum from our colleague Clare Calveley, supporting students with their career learning: ukcreativecampus.myportfolio.com/linkedin-car...

Man Met colleagues can find details of our updated offer on our Digital Education CPD and workshops intranet page, with links to our scheduled workshops over the next few months, including our equivalent to a DELTA 'Easter school' (details of our summer offer coming soon!).

Last week we had our regular DELTA leads meeting, brilliantly organised by @dpresc.bsky.social. We were able to present our updated CPD offer, highlighting the alignment of our workshops to key themes of the DELTA strategy, and linking to the Advance HE PSF and the Jisc HE Digi Cap Teacher Profile.

YouTube video by Mentimeter How to use Mentimeter in PowerPoint

You can also look at videos from Mentimeter themselves demonstrating how to use the plug-in: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xA40...

Mentimeter Powerpoint Plug-in This is a video demonstrating how to add the Mentimeter powerpoint plug in and log in. Email Digied-team@mmu.ac.uk with the subject 'mentiplugin' if you experience any issues. 

Man Met colleagues, exciting news! The PowerPoint plug-in is now available for Menti. Please watch Andy's video on enabling the plugin. Any issues, get in touch with one of the Digital Education team. mmutube.mmu.ac.uk/media/t/1_83...

Man Met colleagues, tomorrow, 19th March, Dee Vyas and Emily Webb from the DigiEd team are running a session on Active Engagement and Partnership, face-to-face at 12pm. To sign up, visit the intranet page: mmuintranet.mmu.ac.uk/Interact/Pag...

Members of the Digital Education team were at #Digifest25 last week representing the team, and @profjanetlord.bsky.social was part of a panel discussion, and talked about our DELTA strategy, support from our team and from our DELTA leads.

And if you want to learn more about Generative AI sign up to one of the 'Let's Talk AI' sessions that we run with colleagues from @manmetuta.bsky.social or 'Let's Explore AI' sessions. Details of upcoming session on the LEED intranet pages.

Generative AI: Embracing its Transformative Potential Can generative AI be responsibly deployed in Higher Education, to enhance teaching and learning?

Opinion piece outlining the Man Met approach to Generative AI from PVC Education Andy Dainty, and LEED colleagues @leannefitton.bsky.social and Prof. Fiona Saunders - all about 'embracing AI responsibly'. www.lifelongeducation.uk/post/generat...

Useful thread of tips on getting your alt text right.

Useful overview for our colleagues with Kahoot licences.

I worked with the Dept Ed Lead from Manchester Fashion Institute & pals from @manmetdigied.bsky.social to provide guidance around constructive alignment & effective rubrics this week! Both can be a challenge in creative disciplines so it's vital that context insights shape our conversations💐

More good news - you earn a digital badge for completing each AEI workshop. To go a step further, use these badges towards gaining the AEI fellowship credential! For more info, contact Colin McAllister-Gibson, Emily Webb, @nillanf.bsky.social, @owenmarie.bsky.social who completed the AEI in 2024.

Save the date: Tuesday, 6–Friday, 9 May - another round of Adobe Education Institute (AEI), for HE staff at Adobe Creative Campuses, focussed on Adobe Express. It's a series of live, hands-on sessions, to discover ways to simplify workflows, and foster student engagement and multi-modal teaching.

A reminder that Manchester Met is now an Adobe Creative Campus. Man Met colleagues who are interested in learning more, please contact one of our team, and also sign up to the Creative Campus Newsletter - it's usually full of ideas and CPD opportunities www.hed.adobecreativepartner-edu.com/subscribe