In January the Student Success Project will host two Staff Seminar

The first will be delivered by Ben Watson from the OPERA project on Blackboard Ally.

Blackboard Ally is a plugin within the Moodle environment. Ally uses machine learning algorithms to automatically provide alternative formats for course content, giving students immediate access to more accessible alternatives, such as HTML, audio, ePub, electronic Braille and tagged PDF. We are the first university in the UK to have access to this software in Moodle and we are really excited about the positive impact Ally will have on the learning experiences of all our students.

This session will consider how you can use Ally to help you to improve your learning resources for the benefit of everyone.

This seminar will take place on:

Wednesday 16 January 2019, Medway Campus, Pilkington Building Room 127, 13,00-14.00

Friday 18 January 2019, Canterbury Campus, Keynes Seminar Room 13, 13.00-14.00

The second is the rescheduled Diversity Mark seminar Thursday 31 January 2019, Canterbury Campus, Jennison Seminar Room 1, 13.00-14.00

The Diversity Mark Pilot Project at the University of Kent is a point of commencement for considering the inclusive curriculum. It is a collaborative project between the Student Success Project, Library Services in Information Services, informed by a cross-disciplinary working group.

To register attendance at this, or any of the other seminars published online please email through to studentsuccessproject@kent.ac.uk 

For more information please visit the Seminar Series section of the Student Success website.