Mathematical Sciences Staff Intranet
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WORKING ON CAMPUS | ||
BLENDED LEARNING GUIDANCE -- 2020/21 | ||
This document contains summaries of the talks given at TALMO - Teaching and Learning Mathematics Online on June 02/03 to help you decide which ones to watch. If you watch any TALMO/TALSO (M=Mathematics, S = Statistics) talks which do not appear on the list and can kindly send me a few lines, I will post it for all to see/use)! |
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ONLINE ASSESSMENTS - WebWork, QMPlus | Steve Lester will run a WeBWork Q&A Session on Wed 19 Aug 14:00 on MS Teams. Please read the attached guidance in preparation for the session. Recording: |
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Alex Fink will run a QMPlus Quizzes Q&A Session on Thu 20 Aug 14:00 on MS Teams. Please read the attached guidance in preparation for the session. Bonus Tip (courtesy of R. Harris!):One thing I've recently discovered which may be useful to others is that there's a nice LaTex package (https://ctan.org/pkg/moodle?lang=en) for generating moodle quiz questions. Unfortunately it doesn't do questions with random numbers but for everything else it seems pretty neat. I should say that, despite the claims in the documentation for the moodle package, I couldn't get \P to work as a macro for \mathbb{P} but at least with a text editor you can easily do search-and-replace, everything else seemed to work as advertised, and the pdf summary of the whole quiz is pretty convenient. Comment by SB: For some LaTeX installations, this appears to work immediately, while others might need some debugging. Thank you Rosemary and Alex for investigating this! Recording: https://web.microsoftstream.com/video/5e6e001c-e983-412b-b85a-841ee14ab13c |
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Thomas Prellberg will run a QMPlus Q&A Session on Fri 21 Aug 14:00 on MS Teams. If you are still in a planning stage and want to peruse a broader guidance document, the QM Academy Interactive Online Teaching and Learning Guidance (synchronous and asynchronous) is attached and you may use the Q&A to discuss how one might technically execute some of the suggested practices. Recording: https://web.microsoftstream.com/video/bc43beff-7bf7-4cc7-8c54-64e5da7047db |
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Lecture Recording Demos - Kaltura, BBC, etc. | Sebastian del Bano Rollin and Justin Ward will each give 15-minute quickstart talks on using Kaltura and Blackboard Collaborate, in a Q&A/Discussion Session on Fri 28 Aug 14:00 on MS Teams. This overview might save you a bit of time, especially if you are still debating what to use for either pre-recorded or live components of your module and want to see whether either Kaltura or BBC offer what you need. Bonus content (courtesy of Juan Valiente Kroon):People are welcome to look at my recordings. In particular I would suggest to look at parts of This is lecture 6 and I have finally got a grip of the technology. The video is long (40 minutes), so I would suggest looking at parts of it: the first minutes and the around minute 36 where I show some simulations. The recording was done with the free software OBS which does more or less the same as Kaltura’s recordings. The nice thing is that it allows to put several video channels at the same time. Around minute 36, I show off and I have three: one with the output of the iPad where I write things, another with my image talking, and a third one with a Mathematica window. Everything was recorded at the same time. The size of the video is not too large and uploaded quickly to QMplus. Recording: https://qmplus.qmul.ac.uk/local/kalturamediagallery/index.php?courseid=4268 |
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Peer Observations | ||
Staff Information & Resources | ||
Academic Calendar |
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A discussion group for internal communication within the School |
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Policies | ||
Policy & Application Form to request financial support for childcare during attendance at conferences |
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The attached file describes the procedure for Research Centres to organise seminars, effective from the start of the academic year 2023-24. |
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Travel and Visitors | ||
Forms | ||
Research | ||
**PLEASE NOTE: these can be shared with your
colleagues or students but *NOT* uploaded on official University websites
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Teaching | ||
Examining/SEB | ||
Updated 10/11/2022. Updated advice and guidelines for in-term timed assessments (Section 2.4). |
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Updated 05/10/2022. |
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Updated 18/11/2022: Updated information on format of exams, and updated front page material and instructions for exams. Updated 21/11/2022: Corrected information on exam timing in the QMPlus instructions. |
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This style file should be used for typesetting online assessments for the 2022/23 academic year. Updated 18/11/2022: Updated information and instructions on front page. |
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This should be used in conjunction with the LaTeX style file and the user manual. Updated 18/11/2022: Updated information and instructions on front page. |
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The LaTeX style file for exam papers needs this file to put the QMUL logo on the front of the exam paper. Put it somewhere LaTeX will find it (e.g. in the same directory as your tex file). |
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QMplus | ||
What can I edit in QMplus? |
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Fora in QMplus |
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This is not recommended for most modules. To record marks alone it is easiest to use the gradebook directly as explained above. |
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Recordings of a workshop on Analytics https://qmplus.qmul.ac.uk/mod/collaborate/view.php?id=1478783 run by the E-Learning Unit. For more information, see
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PhD Programme | ||
All full-time PhD students at Queen Mary are expected to take part in two weeks of transferable skills training activities per academic year (part-time students should complete a pro-rata rate of training as appropriate). Suggested activities include attending and presenting at conferences, participating in or helping to organise journal clubs, writing groups and seminar series, and attending training courses or workshops. Selection of appropriate activities and courses should form part of your relationship with your supervisor. The training and development activities you take part in should be recorded using the Skills Points System. See the files in the folder below for useful information on how to use the Skills Points System |
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APP Fellowships: Successful applications from SMS | Example 1 |
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APP Sample from SMS 3 |
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APP Sample from SMS 4 |
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APP Fellowships: other samples | ||
ADEPT (QMUL's direct path to gain HEA Fellowship) The process | ||
Other Teaching Fellowships: HEA SENIOR FELLOWSHIP | Sample of successful application for HEA Senior Fellowship |
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Demos of doc cam and screen recording | ||
Blended learning resources | Password for guest access: SEMSTLS |
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E-learning resources | The E-Learning Unit offers a one-hour training session on recording yourself which includes
Details of the session and the dates appear on the ESD Course page (https://www.esdcourses.org.uk/userlistcourse.php). Three levels of courses (basic to advanced) on teaching in MS Teams also appear on the above page. Additional support materials (on teaching, QMPlus, Q-Review, etc.) are also available in the links below:
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Old(?) examining forms and policies | ||
This is the memo updated annually by the college on production of exam papers. Note that some of it does not apply to SMS – in particular, we are allowed to use our own LaTeX style file and templates. However, it is a very useful document to read. Please consult the relevant SEB chair in case of any queries. |
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This is the LaTeX style file to be used for all exam papers in SMS. Consult the UG SEB chair if you have any problems with this. |
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