MS Teams is a versatile online platform designed to facilitate collaborative working.

Use Teams to set up and run networking workshops, city or campus tours as well as peer mentoring meetings.

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Zoom is a widely used online conferencing tool.

Set up programme-wide online quizzes or social events such as escape rooms. or cook-alongs. For final year students, set up a career guidance session.

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Library H3lp is a live chat tool that is often used to support students during exam time.

Set up a live chat during induction week or exam time to provide additional support to students.

Please contact the eLearning Team if you would like to set up a Library H3lp chat. 

Adobe Spark Page is an app used to create compelling learning webpage resources with ease.

Create a Manchester city or campus tour using Adobe Spark, inserting video and images.

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Padlet allows you to create and share collaborative digital pin boards.

Run a shelfie completition on Padlet, asking students to send in a photo of their bookshelf. Award a prize to the winner.

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VoiceThread is a collaborative, multimedia slideshow that can include text, images, documents, audio and video.

Use VoiceThread to run an asynchronous alumni Q&A session. Students can watch a video introduction from alumni and add their questions.

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Padlet allows you to create and share collaborative digital pin boards.

Use the Map layout for a simple icebreaker. Set up anonymous Padlets for asynchronous or in-class discussion or groupwork during breakout rooms.

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Piazza is an advanced discussion board tool.

Ask students to respond to seminar questions in advance of the seminar or run question and answer sessions after lectures.

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TurningPoint Web allows you to set up polls or quizzes that you can run in or out of class.

Ask students to respond on their own, discuss in a group and then respond again to the same question.

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OneNote is a digital notebook which can be shared with groups and worked on collaboratively.

Set up a OneNote or Class Notebook with sections or pages for tasks you want students to collaborate on.

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MS Teams is a versatile online platform designed to facilitate collaborative working.

Set up a Teams space for your students and create private channels for groups to use for project planning and collaboration.

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VoiceThread is a collaborative, multimedia slideshow that can include text, images, documents, audio and video.

Introduce yourself before the start of semester and ask students to do the same. Upload a recorded lecture and ask for comments.

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