Monthly Archives: August 2025

FHM Digital Education Day 2025: Programme Confirmed!

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The full programme for the Faculty of Health and Medicine’s (FHM) Digital Education Day has now been confirmed (see below for details). This in-person event will take place on 3rd September and brings together academic and professional services colleagues to share their teaching practices, innovations, ideas and projects.

9:45-10:00 Welcome

Professor Bob Lauder

10:00 The use of marking matrixes on the MBChB programme

Dr. Olaug Grude, LMS

10:30 BLS Student Engagement Project

Dr. Andrew Lewis, BLS

11:00 Break (refreshments provided)

11:30 Introducing the new Moodle template

Stephen Owens, ISS

12:00 Using MS Whiteboard and Moodle Board to enable student discussion and collaboration

Dr. Guillermo Perez Algorta, DHR

12:30 Lunch Break

13:15 Peer-power: designing reflective assessment in Moodle

Dr. Faye Tucker, LMS

13:45 Designing wide: effective digital accessibility

Ellen Wildman, ISS

14:15 The use of the Data Immersion Suite on the MBChB programme

Professor Cliff Shelton, LMS

14:45 Close

Professor Sarah Brearley

The event will be held in Management School, Lecture Theatre 19 WP B002.

To book your space follow this link: https://lancaster-uk.libcal.com/calendar/fhm/digital-education-day1 

For more information on the event, feel free to get in touch. Staff from other Faculties are most welcome to attend.

Enhancing Digital Accessibility: Upcoming Training

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The Digital Accessibility Team are offering a series of engaging training sessions to kick off the 2025/26 academic year designed to boost digital accessibility skills across the University. Whether you’re a staff member or student, these workshops and webinars provide practical guidance on creating inclusive digital content.

The hands-on Accessible Presentations and PDF Accessibility workshops offer in-depth training for those who regularly present or share these documents, covering everything from colour contrast and reading order to tagging and alt text. These sessions are ideal for anyone looking to make their materials more accessible. Noting the PDF workshop requires prior request to access the Adobe Creative Cloud.

For those short on time, our micro Lunch and Learn sessions deliver bite-sized training on key accessibility topics. From the Top 5 Tips for Digital Accessibility to Effective Alt Text and Accessible Tables, these sessions tackle common issues and provide plenty of examples.

You can also discover a range of Assistive Tools and Technology available to staff, including built-in features, Apps Anywhere options, and free plugins.

If you can’t attend live, explore the Creating Accessible Resources online course. See each sessions’ meeting information for all the details. Let’s work together to make digital spaces more inclusive for everyone!