• AI Building Blocks

    AI Building Blocks Series: Pedagogy Over Tech – 7 Steps for Active Learning with AI

    Microsoft Teams

    Harness the power of AI while upholding your teaching values. This hands-on session allows you to delve into seven steps for incorporating AI into active learning activities, ranging from inquiry-based discussions to case study simulations, all while prioritising pedagogy. Learn to formulate precise prompts, develop authentic role-playing scenarios, and enhance student engagement. This guide is […]

  • Dynamic PowerPoint (covers ICDL Advanced)

    Microsoft Teams

    This course provides participants with an opportunity to learn about more advanced features in PowerPoint 2010 in order to incorporate interactivity and multimedia in presentations. Intended for staff who are already familiar with the basic concepts of creating PowerPoint presentations, this practical course will enable users to create sophisticated presentations that make full use of […]

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    AI Building Blocks Series: AI and Accessibility

    Microsoft Teams

    Explore how AI can make digital content and learning more inclusive. This workshop covers AI-powered accessibility tools, creating accessible content, and checking for accessibility compliance. Through practical demos, discover how AI can break barriers and support diverse learning needs. Register on iTrent

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    AI Building Blocks Series: AI for Research

    Microsoft Teams

    Streamline your research with AI tools designed to enhance every stage of the process. This session demonstrates AI-powered tools that can enhance literature reviews, writing assistance, data analysis, and project planning. Discover AI resources for generating ideas, summarising documents, and preparing grant applications. Register on iTrent

  • An Introduction to Site Settings (main focus ‘Site Contents’) in SharePoint Online

    Microsoft Teams

    This course will focus on the Site contents functionality available under Site settings icon. The site contents page provides site owners with a list of all pages, libraries, lists, and other apps on their sites. This session will demonstrate how you can access the familiar view and interaction capabilities of all of the content on […]

  • Panopto – Using in QUB Teaching Spaces

    Microsoft Teams

    Panopto Video Capture: In-Person Training Audience: Academic and support staff delivering sessions or teaching in on-campus lecture theatres and teaching spaces. What’s covered: This practical session introduces the basics of using Panopto for lecture capture in Queen’s University Belfast teaching spaces. Agenda: Overview of room equipment. Preparing your desktop for teaching. Recording and managing sessions […]

  • AI Lightning Talks

    Microsoft Teams

    AI is transforming education, and the impact is already being felt across teaching, learning, research, and student support. This online session will showcase a series of short, engaging examples of how staff across the university are already putting AI into practice. From innovative approaches in learning and teaching, to enhancing the student experience and support, […]

  • Panopto – Getting Started with Lecture Capture

    Microsoft Teams

    In this short, introductory session, QUB staff will be introduced to the University's video content management system, Panopto. Panopto is a best-in-class video platform that complements the Unversity's approach to lecture capture and video recordings. It integrates seamlessly with Canvas and can be used to capture recording from your personal laptop/desktop in your office (campus […]

  • Excel 1: Essentials (ECDL – Spreadsheets)

    Microsoft Teams

    This practical course is the essential starting point for anyone interested in learning how to produce spreadsheets using Microsoft Office Excel and forms an ideal basis for further courses in Excel. This course is also suitable for those needing to update their skills so that they can make efficient use of the latest version of […]

  • OneDrive: An Overview

    Microsoft Teams

    The aim of the is session is to introduce you to the key features and functionality of OneDrive to help optimise your use of the app in day-to-day work processes. The session will focus on navigating around the OneDrive landing page (My files, Shared areas etc) and how to easily access folders/files in a SharePoint […]

  • Introduction to Power BI

    Microsoft Teams

    Power BI is Microsoft’s business intelligence (BI) solution for visualising and sharing data. Power BI enables you to quickly develop interactive reports and dashboards and share impactful visualisations with others. Course objectives: What is Power BI? Power BI Desktop Power BI service Importing Files Creating interactive visualisations Reports and Dashboards Row-Level Security Sharing reports and […]

  • Excel 2: Managing Data

    Microsoft Teams

    Continuing from Excel 1: Essentials, this course looks at how to arrange and display both numeric and non-numeric data in Excel to present it in a meaningful manner. Through a series of practical exercises, participants will learn about a variety of techniques which can be employed to make spreadsheets more comprehensible, such as sorting, basic […]

  • Build a SharePoint Online Site using Web Parts

    Microsoft Teams

    A SharePoint business/communication site allows you to share news, reports, status, and other information in a visually compelling format. When you add a modern page to a site, you add and customize web parts. This course will provide some working examples of Share Point Online Communication sites and how you can build your site by […]

  • Further Power BI

    Microsoft Teams

    Power BI is Microsoft’s business intelligence (BI) solution for visualising and sharing data. Power BI enables you to quickly develop interactive reports and dashboards and share impactful visualisations with others.   Access on iTrent

  • Excel: Creating Charts

    Microsoft Teams

    This specialised course looks at the improved charting feature in Excel 2007 and discusses some of the different types of charts that can be created, in particular, line, scatter, pie, bar and column charts. It also covers how to edit scientific or statistical charts to include features such as secondary axes and error bars and […]

  • Microsoft Lists: An Introduction

    Microsoft Teams

    Microsoft Lists is a productivity app included with Microsoft 365 that allows you to organize your thoughts, create lists with your teammates, and share lists throughout the organization. In this course you will be shown how to create a list from scratch or from a template and adjust lists using a wide variety of built-in […]

  • Excel: Get and Transform

    Microsoft Teams

    “Power Query and Power Pivot aka Get and Transform are the best thing to happen to Excel in 20 years”. Bill Jelen, Excel MVP How long would it take you to combine data from 15 workbooks into a single data set? A few minutes, an hour? If you’re using Get & Transform (previously known as […]

  • Introduction to Power BI

    Microsoft Teams

    Power BI is Microsoft’s business intelligence (BI) solution for visualising and sharing data. Power BI enables you to quickly develop interactive reports and dashboards and share impactful visualisations with others. Course objectives: What is Power BI? Power BI Desktop Power BI service Importing Files Creating interactive visualisations Reports and Dashboards Row-Level Security Sharing reports and […]

  • Panopto – Creating Engaging Pre-Recorded Videos

    Microsoft Teams

    This practical, introductory session explores how to plan and create effective pre-recorded videos to enhance student learning. Whether you're developing flipped classroom content or short instructional videos, thoughtful planning and a few simple techniques can significantly improve student engagement and knowledge retention. The session also covers core functionality in Panopto Capture, enabling you to create […]