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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Happy New Year to you all, welcome back!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>I thought this webinar from the University of Birmingham might be of interest to some of you. (Birmingham are using Canvas VLE):<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Webinar: Improving online feedback and communication within the VLE</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Synopsis as follows:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black;background:white'>Feedback on assignments and communication with tutors are massive parts of a student’s experience in higher education, and are often raised in student satisfaction surveys as areas of concern. This seminar draws on experience from across the University of Birmingham in delivering online feedback and communicating with students using the Canvas VLE. </span></i><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'><br><span style='background:white'>Joe Berry will discuss effective use of assignment feedback, including the use of standard rubrics and video feedback, based on experiences of a large scale rollout of online marking in the College of Social Sciences. </span><br><span style='background:white'>Matt Bridge will then delve further into the effectiveness of communicating with students online to improve the student tutoring experience.</span></span><o:p></o:p></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>To sign up, point your browser of choice @:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://event.onlineseminarsolutions.com/eventRegistration/EventLobbyServlet?target=registration.jsp&eventid=904041&sessionid=1&key=E54406E4AFE13922A222059B240A2D03&sourcepage=register">https://event.onlineseminarsolutions.com/eventRegistration/EventLobbyServlet?target=registration.jsp&eventid=904041&sessionid=1&key=E54406E4AFE13922A222059B240A2D03&sourcepage=register</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Regards<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sally<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>