Cadmus is an online assessment platform available to use across the University. To support colleagues who wish to use Cadmus in their teaching and assessment, colleagues from Cadmus will be hosting a series of sessions to introduce you to the features and functionality of the platform. This session will focus on assessment design and setup. During the practical session, colleagues will:

• Discuss setting up assessments on Cadmus
• Learn about introducing your students to Cadmus

As this will be a practical session designed to help you test the platform, please bring along some details of your assessments tasks including due dates, any marking rubric, and key resources for students.

Facilitators

Cadmus supported by the Teaching Excellence team.

Book to attend

To book to attend an upcoming session, please visit the University's Training Catalogue.

• Book: Cadmus x Manchester: Assessment design and set-up

Cadmus is an online assessment platform available to use across the University. To support colleagues who wish to use Cadmus in their teaching and assessment, colleagues from Cadmus will be hosting a series of sessions to introduce you to the features and functionality of the platform. This session will focus on class management and analytics. During the practical session, colleagues will:

• Complete a Cadmus assessment as a student
• Dive into the engagement analytics
• Learn how to contact students, grant extensions and organise your cohort
• Explore the Cadmus reports to understand academic integrity and student engagement

New features of multi-format assessment and Cadmus marker will also be introduced and demonstrated in this workshop, time permitting.

Facilitators

Cadmus supported by the Teaching Excellence team.

Book to attend

To book to attend an upcoming session, please visit the University's Training Catalogue.

• Book: Cadmus x Manchester: Class Management and Analytics

Cadmus is an online assessment platform available to use across the University. To support colleagues who wish to use Cadmus in their teaching and assessment, colleagues from Cadmus will be hosting a series of sessions to introduce you to the features and functionality of the platform. This session will focus on assessment design and setup. During the practical session, colleagues will:

• Discuss setting up assessments on Cadmus
• Learn about introducing your students to Cadmus

As this will be a practical session designed to help you test the platform, please bring along some details of your assessments tasks including due dates, any marking rubric, and key resources for students.

Facilitators

Cadmus supported by the Teaching Excellence team.

Book to attend

To book to attend an upcoming session, please visit the University's Training Catalogue.

• Book: Cadmus x Manchester: Assessment design and set-up

This session aims to help you articulate your Scholarship and to give you the opportunity to realistically plan out your activities, maximising your impact for the time you have available. During the session, attendees will:

• Articulate their scholarship: Clearly define and communicate their scholarship activities with others from across the University.
• Focus their scholarship efforts: Prioritise and plan their scholarship activities effectively for the upcoming semester. 
• Network with peers: Connect with other teaching and scholarship staff from across the university and exchange ideas and insights. 
• Develop realistic scholarship plans: Create actionable plans that align with their goals and maximise their impact. 
• Gain feedback and support: Receive constructive feedback on their scholarship ideas and receive support from the network

Facilitator

• Jenni Rose PFHEA, Lecturer (Alliance Manchester Business School) and Co-Lead for the University of Manchester Teaching and Scholarship Network

Useful links

• The University of Manchester's Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) toolkit
• The University of Manchester Teaching and Scholarship Network
• Scholarship of Teaching and Learning projects (Institute of Teaching and Learning)

Book to attend

To book to attend an upcoming session, please visit the University's Training Catalogue.

• Book: SoTL workshop series: Supercharge your Scholarship

Cadmus is an online assessment platform available to use across the University. To support colleagues who wish to use Cadmus in their teaching and assessment, colleagues from Cadmus will be hosting a series of sessions to introduce you to the features and functionality of the platform. This session will focus on class management and analytics. During the practical session, colleagues will:

• Complete a Cadmus assessment as a student
• Dive into the engagement analytics
• Learn how to contact students, grant extensions and organise your cohort
• Explore the Cadmus reports to understand academic integrity and student engagement

New features of multi-format assessment and Cadmus marker will also be introduced and demonstrated in this workshop, time permitting.

Facilitators

Cadmus supported by the Teaching Excellence team.

Book to attend

To book to attend an upcoming session, please visit the University's Training Catalogue.

• Book: Cadmus x Manchester: Class Management and Analytics

This session is an opportunity for you to block out some distraction free time to undertake some focused work related to an aspect of your teaching, learning and professional development. For example, you may wish to spend some time on your Advance HE fellowship application, a teaching award submission, on goal-planning or a case study or paper sharing your good practice; you are welcome to use this space for writing on any other area of your practice that you would find valuable.

These sessions will follow a Pomodoro approach, in which we will come together to focus for 25 minute blocks, interspersed with alternating 5-minute and 10-minute breaks. 

Facilitator

• Holly Dewsnip SFHEA, Teaching and Learning Officer (Teaching Excellence), Teaching and Learning Delivery (Teaching Excellence team)

Book to attend

To book to attend an upcoming session, please visit the University's Training Catalogue.

• Book: Pomodoro writing session

Cadmus is an online assessment platform available to use across the University. To support colleagues who wish to use Cadmus in their teaching and assessment, colleagues from Cadmus will be hosting a series of sessions to introduce you to the features and functionality of the platform. This session will focus on assessment design and setup. During the practical session, colleagues will:

• Discuss setting up assessments on Cadmus
• Learn about introducing your students to Cadmus

As this will be a practical session designed to help you test the platform, please bring along some details of your assessments tasks including due dates, any marking rubric, and key resources for students.

Facilitators

Cadmus supported by the Teaching Excellence team.

Book to attend

To book to attend an upcoming session, please visit the University's Training Catalogue.

• Book: Cadmus x Manchester: Assessment design and set-up

Cadmus is an online assessment platform available to use across the University. To support colleagues who wish to use Cadmus in their teaching and assessment, colleagues from Cadmus will be hosting a series of sessions to introduce you to the features and functionality of the platform. This session will focus on class management and analytics. During the practical session, colleagues will:

• Complete a Cadmus assessment as a student
• Dive into the engagement analytics
• Learn how to contact students, grant extensions and organise your cohort
• Explore the Cadmus reports to understand academic integrity and student engagement

New features of multi-format assessment and Cadmus marker will also be introduced and demonstrated in this workshop, time permitting.

Facilitators

Cadmus supported by the Teaching Excellence team.

Book to attend

To book to attend an upcoming session, please visit the University's Training Catalogue.

• Book: Cadmus x Manchester: Class Management and Analytics

Facilitated by Dr Emma Ormerod SFHEA, this workshop is an opportunity for those who teach and support learning to join the conversation about the human side of teaching and learning. It draws on Emma's ITL Fellowship project and provides a safe space to share stories, wisdom, thoughts, ideas and experiences around teaching and learning.

In 2021/22, Emma undertook a year-long ITL Fellowship project which developed an education framework for simulation. As part of this project, and drawing on her experience as Clinical Lecturer in the Division of Human Communication, Development and Hearing, Emma explored the culture of learning and how we create the right foundations for learners to thrive. 

• Read Emma's ITL Fellowship project report - Developing an Education Framework for Simulation, Emma Ormerod

Intended learning outcomes

• To share experiences of teaching and learning and the human side of learning.
• To consider the impact of emotion and human skills on teaching and learning.
• To engage in conversation around the human ecology of teaching and learning.

Facilitator

• Dr Emma Ormerod SFHEA, Senior Clinical Lecturer (Division of Human Communication, Development and Hearing) and Honorary ITL Fellow

Book to attend

To book to attend an upcoming session, please visit the University's Training Catalogue.

• Book: Conversations from the classroom: Exploring the human-side of teaching and learning

We all assume we know how to listen — but true listening is rare, and transformative. This interactive workshop explores the power of listening as a vital skill that underpins mental well-being, strengthens personal and professional relationships, and informs effective academic advising. Listening is more than simply hearing words: it’s an active, intentional process that creates trust, reduces anxiety, and fosters  genuine connection. Yet in our fast-paced, distracted world, truly listening is harder than ever.

This workshop is suitable for academic and PS staff and through reflection, discussion, and practical techniques, will help you:

• Discover how listening can transform your behaviour when working with students.
• Understand why listening is central to supporting mental health and resilience.
• Build stronger, more empathetic relationships in both your personal and professional lives.
• Enhance your ability to advise and guide others effectively by really hearing what they need.

If you want to improve how you connect, support and lead — start by listening better. Join us and discover how powerful really listening can be.

Intended learning outcomes

By the end of this workshop you should:

• Appreciate barriers to listening.
• Recognise the importance of listening to connection, well-being and the student experience.
• Be aware of models and approaches to assist with impactful, and active, listening.
• Feel confident to listen, and not just hear.

Facilitators

• Elaine Clark SFHEA, Senior Lecturer in Healthcare Management (Alliance Manchester Business School) and ITL Fellow
• Samantha Aston SFHEA, lecturer in Technology Enhanced Learning (School of Health Sciences) and Honorary ITL Fellow

Book to attend

To book to attend an upcoming session, please visit the University's Training Catalogue.

• Book: Beyond hearing: The skill of really listening

This session is an opportunity for you to block out some distraction free time to undertake some focused work related to an aspect of your teaching, learning and professional development. For example, you may wish to spend some time on your Advance HE fellowship application, a teaching award submission, on goal-planning or a case study or paper sharing your good practice; you are welcome to use this space for writing on any other area of your practice that you would find valuable.

These sessions will follow a Pomodoro approach, in which we will come together to focus for 25 minute blocks, interspersed with alternating 5-minute and 10-minute breaks. 

Facilitator

• Holly Dewsnip SFHEA, Teaching and Learning Officer (Teaching Excellence), Teaching and Learning Delivery (Teaching Excellence team)

Book to attend

To book to attend an upcoming session, please visit the University's Training Catalogue.

• Book: Pomodoro writing session

Whether you are applying for promotion, for teaching awards, or just need to explain to someone what you do, it is helpful to be able to tell your own Teaching and Scholarship (T&S) story - or what some refer to as a “golden thread” - a clear, succinct way of articulating what your scholarship does and what difference it makes. To help you identify and articulate your "golden thread" this Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) workshop series aims to help you think about how you might do scholarship in your context and to begin to tell your scholarship story. 

During this session, you will:

• Consider what scholarship is and explore your own teaching philosophy
• Draw out key contributions you have made to teaching and/or scholarship
• Work with peers to begin to refine your story and draw out your golden thread.

This workshop is open to anyone who wants to refine how they talk about their teaching, scholarship, or both. It is open to anyone who teaches and will be valuable whatever stage in your career and your teaching and/or scholarship journey you are at.

Intended learning outcomes

By the end of the workshop participants will:

• Understand how Scholarship is defined at the University of Manchester
• Be able to clearly articulate your teaching philosophy
• Have identified some key contributions you make in teaching and scholarship
• Have produced a draft golden thread or summary of your T&S story.

This workshop provides an opportunity for you to develop your understanding of Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, its approaches and methods, and to explore your practice in a safe and non-judgemental space.

Facilitator

• Professor Hannah Cobb NTF PFHEA, Professor of Archaeology and Pedagogy (School of Arts, Languages and Cultures) and University Theme Lead for Academic Development (Teaching and Learning)

Useful links

• The University of Manchester's Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) toolkit
• The University of Manchester Teaching and Scholarship Network
• Scholarship of Teaching and Learning projects (Institute of Teaching and Learning)

Book to attend

To book to attend an upcoming session, please visit the University's Training Catalogue.

• Book: SoTL workshop series: Telling your Teaching and Scholarship story

This session is an opportunity for you to block out some distraction free time to undertake some focused work related to an aspect of your teaching, learning and professional development. For example, you may wish to spend some time on your Advance HE fellowship application, a teaching award submission, on goal-planning or a case study or paper sharing your good practice; you are welcome to use this space for writing on any other area of your practice that you would find valuable.

These sessions will follow a Pomodoro approach, in which we will come together to focus for 25 minute blocks, interspersed with alternating 5-minute and 10-minute breaks. 

Facilitator

• Holly Dewsnip SFHEA, Teaching and Learning Officer (Teaching Excellence), Teaching and Learning Delivery (Teaching Excellence team)

Book to attend

To book to attend an upcoming session, please visit the University's Training Catalogue.

• Book: Pomodoro writing session

Whether you are applying for promotion, for teaching awards, or just need to explain to someone what you do, it is helpful to be able to tell your own Teaching and Scholarship (T&S) story - or what some refer to as a “golden thread” - a clear, succinct way of articulating what your scholarship does and what difference it makes. To help you identify and articulate your "golden thread" this Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) workshop series aims to help you think about how you might do scholarship in your context and to begin to tell your scholarship story. 

During this session, you will:

• Consider what scholarship is and explore your own teaching philosophy
• Draw out key contributions you have made to teaching and/or scholarship
• Work with peers to begin to refine your story and draw out your golden thread.

This workshop is open to anyone who wants to refine how they talk about their teaching, scholarship, or both. It is open to anyone who teaches and will be valuable whatever stage in your career and your teaching and/or scholarship journey you are at.

Intended learning outcomes

By the end of the workshop participants will:

• Understand how Scholarship is defined at the University of Manchester
• Be able to clearly articulate your teaching philosophy
• Have identified some key contributions you make in teaching and scholarship
• Have produced a draft golden thread or summary of your T&S story.

This workshop provides an opportunity for you to develop your understanding of Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, its approaches and methods, and to explore your practice in a safe and non-judgemental space.

Facilitator

• Professor Hannah Cobb NTF PFHEA, Professor of Archaeology and Pedagogy (School of Arts, Languages and Cultures) and University Theme Lead for Academic Development (Teaching and Learning)

Useful links

• The University of Manchester's Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) toolkit
• The University of Manchester Teaching and Scholarship Network
• Scholarship of Teaching and Learning projects (Institute of Teaching and Learning)

Book to attend

To book to attend an upcoming session, please visit the University's Training Catalogue.

• Book: SoTL workshop series: Telling your Teaching and Scholarship story