Digital Education and Design Services

The Digital Education team provide on-campus development of the Brookes Virtual Learning Environment, assisting academic staff in integrating technology enhanced learning into their learning, teaching and assessment practice. We run staff training drop-in sessions for many of the technologies, including Moodle, Turnitin Feedback Studio, and other technologies.

Our key services include:

• Moodle (Virtual Learning Environment)
• Turnitin and Feedback Studio (text-matching/originality report software and online marking and feedback)
• Zoom (Virtual classroom)
• Panopto (Video library)
• Library Services Platform
• EndNote (bibliographic software)
• RADAR (digital repository)
  
  

Technology Engagement Group

Our remit includes the evaluation of new teaching and learning software and hardware. We organise demonstrations and presentations of new technology via the Technology Engagement Group (TEG). 

Community of Practice forums

We convene regular forums where we build up the Brookes Community of Practice and work as a support network for digital capabilities. These forums includes sessions on Using Tools, Innovative Design, Teaching and Learning, and Digital Wellbeing.

LR STAR

We recruit and train staff and students to act as researchers, resource creators, mentors, and trainers in the LR STAR programme. This builds a community of staff and students working together on projects, devising new training opportunities, mentoring staff and students to build confidence in using Brookes platforms, and researching new ways to innovate.

The Design Services team provide a graphics service for teaching, research and other internal focused projects. We work with staff and research students across the University, both in the faculties and the directorates. Following the Brookes visual identity guidelines, we produce a range of artwork for print and digital media.

If you're looking for a more creative, visually appealing way to present information, we can provide a variety of graphics to suit your needs, including flyers, newsletters, posters and the university television screens. We can also produce info-graphics for reports, diagrams for publications, and interactive resources for teaching and research.

We provide a studio setting service:

• Taking mugshots
• Still life photography, for example taking photos of objects

If you would like something along these lines, or need some advice, please contact us to discuss your requirements:
lr-designservices@brookes.ac.uk