Workshops, Events and Registration
Effective teaching through Canvas
Use Canvas to engage students and teach efficiently
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Tuesday
18 November 2025
10.00am - 11.30pmGetting Semester Ready on Canvas
This 1.5 -hour online workshop focuses on the basics of Canvas: navigation, building essential elements, organising content and site management.
Modular Professional Learning Framework
Bite-sized modules on contemporary and practical approaches to teaching, aligning with all activities of the Academic Excellence Framework's Education Pillar
How to access professional learning to support the Education Pillar of the AEF:
- Enrol in the MPLF Canvas site: https://canvas.sydney.edu.au/enroll/MGEWBA
- Find modules that align with specific framework activities or fit your schedule
To view the complete MPLF schedule, visit: https://canvas.sydney.edu.au/courses/16284/pages/semester-schedule
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Monday
3 November 2025
2.00pm - 4.00pmMPLF M17 - Designers' Community of Practice - Connections
Designers' Community of Practice - Connections is a community of practice for educational designers, educational support officers, and anyone interested in advancing learning design at the University.
In this two-hour session, colleagues from across the University (please click through for more about our speakers) showcase their recent projects.
Sydney Educational Fellowship Program
Gain an internationally-recognised accolade for your contributions to higher education and document evidence in support of the Education Leadership Pillar of the Academic Excellence Framework
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Thursday
11 September 2025
12.00pm - 2.00pmSEFP D3 - Writing for Senior Fellowship PSF 2023
This workshop provides two hours of structured time for applicants submitting for SFHEA recognition to work on their written application while asking questions on aspects related to writing, submission or assessment process.
Generative artificial intelligence (AI)
Get to know AI and how to use it productively and responsibly in education
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Wednesday
10 September 2025
11.00am - 12.00pmDemystifying Gen-AI for Educators
Turn AI anxiety to classroom clarity: join our 60-minute tailored workshop where we'll use pre-session polls to focus on what matters to you–bring along your questions and concerns, invite a buddy and leave with practical resources you can use tomorrow.
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Tuesday
16 September 2025
2.00pm - 3.30pmGenerative AI workshop lab 1 - Prompting
Not all prompts are created equal. This lab demystifies prompting by blending tool knowledge with sound pedagogy. Experiment with refining ineffective prompts, applying the RTRI framework and steps to craft dual-purpose prompts for student learning and feedback, and comparing outputs across tools, including Cogniti.
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Wednesday
17 September 2025
12.30pm - 2.00pmAI workshop lab 2 - AI as a creative assessment partner
Transform one creative assessment in 90 minutes. Learn how AI can enhance debates, performances, and creative projects without losing authenticity for both educators and students.
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Monday
22 September 2025
12.00pm - 1.00pmCogniti masterclass
In this masterclass for experienced users of Cogniti, we'll take a deep dive into ways to build better agents and share with each other our discoveries and tips. There will also be time for a live clinic where we can review and improve your agent together.
Find out more about Cogniti at https://cogniti.ai/
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Tuesday
23 September 2025
2.00pm - 3.30pmGenerative AI workshop lab 3 - Student-centred activity prototyping with AI
In this hands-on design sprint you’ll prototype a short activity where students use AI meaningfully and ethically. Choose your tools, focus, and student input level. Leave this session with the elements of lesson plan that incorporates AI in a student cantered, discipline appropriate way.
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Thursday
25 September 2025
10.30am - 12.00pmGenerative AI workshop lab 1 - Prompting
Not all prompts are created equal. This lab demystifies prompting by blending tool knowledge with sound pedagogy. Experiment with refining ineffective prompts, applying the RTRI framework and steps to craft dual-purpose prompts for student learning and feedback, and comparing outputs across tools, including Cogniti.
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Thursday
25 September 2025
2.00pm - 3.00pm[ALMOST FULL] Introduction to Cogniti - an AI that teachers can steer
Cogniti is a new generative AI tool that lets teachers build custom chatbot agents that can be given specific instructions, and specific resources, to assist student learning in context-sensitive ways. Developed here at the University of Sydney, Cogniti allows you to create steerable and accurate agents powered by generative AI. This workshop will introduce you to Cogniti and how it might help support your teaching and assessments. Through hands-on practice with the platform, you'll easily build a custom AI agent for teaching that can behave how you need it to.
Find out more about Cogniti at https://cogniti.ai/
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Tuesday
30 September 2025
11.00am - 12.30pmAI workshop lab 2 - AI as a creative assessment partner
Transform one creative assessment in 90 minutes. Learn how AI can enhance debates, performances, and creative projects without losing authenticity for both educators and students.
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Friday
3 October 2025
10.00am - 11.30amGenerative AI workshop lab 3 - Student-centred activity prototyping with AI
In this hands-on design sprint you’ll prototype a short activity where students use AI meaningfully and ethically. Choose your tools, focus, and student input level. Leave this session with the elements of lesson plan that incorporates AI in a student cantered, discipline appropriate way.
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Thursday
16 October 2025
11.00am - 12.00pmIntroduction to Cogniti - an AI that teachers can steer
Cogniti is a new generative AI tool that lets teachers build custom chatbot agents that can be given specific instructions, and specific resources, to assist student learning in context-sensitive ways. Developed here at the University of Sydney, Cogniti allows you to create steerable and accurate agents powered by generative AI. This workshop will introduce you to Cogniti and how it might help support your teaching and assessments. Through hands-on practice with the platform, you'll easily build a custom AI agent for teaching that can behave how you need it to.
Find out more about Cogniti at https://cogniti.ai/
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Thursday
23 October 2025
12.00pm - 1.00pmCogniti masterclass
In this masterclass for experienced users of Cogniti, we'll take a deep dive into ways to build better agents and share with each other our discoveries and tips. There will also be time for a live clinic where we can review and improve your agent together.
Find out more about Cogniti at https://cogniti.ai/
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Wednesday
29 October 2025
1.00pm - 2.00pmIntroduction to Cogniti - an AI that teachers can steer
Cogniti is a new generative AI tool that lets teachers build custom chatbot agents that can be given specific instructions, and specific resources, to assist student learning in context-sensitive ways. Developed here at the University of Sydney, Cogniti allows you to create steerable and accurate agents powered by generative AI. This workshop will introduce you to Cogniti and how it might help support your teaching and assessments. Through hands-on practice with the platform, you'll easily build a custom AI agent for teaching that can behave how you need it to.
Find out more about Cogniti at https://cogniti.ai/
Assessment and feedback
Improve student learning through assessments and feedback
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Wednesday
17 September 2025
12.30pm - 2.00pmAI workshop lab 2 - AI as a creative assessment partner
Transform one creative assessment in 90 minutes. Learn how AI can enhance debates, performances, and creative projects without losing authenticity for both educators and students.
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Tuesday
30 September 2025
11.00am - 12.30pmAI workshop lab 2 - AI as a creative assessment partner
Transform one creative assessment in 90 minutes. Learn how AI can enhance debates, performances, and creative projects without losing authenticity for both educators and students.
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Thursday
9 October 2025
1.00pm - 2.00pmAI and Assessment Seminars - Essays in the era of LLMs
This new seminar series invites colleagues to share practices around AI and assessment that are transferable, practical, and authentic.
In the age of GenAI, you may be worrying or simply wondering, how can I help my students still learn to write in the age of AI? A topic is relevant university-wide to anyone who asks students to write in their submitted assessment tasks, in this seminar, A/Prof Huw Griffiths from the Discipline of English and Writing, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, will guide us to discover possible futures for student writing. As well as an introduction to key issues, we will canvass practical strategies.
Student engagement
Try some technologies that help to increase student engagement in and out of class
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Tuesday
9 December 2025
10.00am - 11.30amIntroduction to H5P
Getting started with H5P
This session is designed for anyone interested in using H5P for teaching. We will work with you to explore the features of H5P that will allow you to use it to meaningfully support your teaching. This session is offered as an online workshop and we look forward to seeing you on Zoom.
Student Relationship Engagement System (SRES)
Personalise learning and student support at scale
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Early feedback tasks
Tips to design effective early feedback tasks to support student success
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Designing for diversity
Explore inclusivity in the classroom and how to lower barriers in the learning environment
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Friday
12 September 2025
10.00am - 11.30amIntroduction to Universal Design for Learning (UDL)
Join us for a 70-minute workshop (with additional 20 minutes Q&A) where we explore the CAST Universal Design for Learning (UDL) framework.
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Friday
12 September 2025
1.00pm - 3.00pmDesigning for Diversity
Join us for a 120 minute workshop where we explore how to enhance inclusivity in the classroom and lower barriers in the learning environment for students by drawing on the principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL). This workshop will be an opportunity to understand the designing for diversity mindset and brainstorm ideas for your learning environment.
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Thursday
18 September 2025
10.00am - 12.00pmDesigning for Diversity
Join us for a 120 minute workshop where we explore how to enhance inclusivity in the classroom and lower barriers in the learning environment for students by drawing on the principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL). This workshop will be an opportunity to understand the designing for diversity mindset and brainstorm ideas for your learning environment.
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Friday
28 November 2025
10.00am - 11.30amIntroduction to Universal Design for Learning (UDL)
Join us for a 70-minute workshop (with additional 20 minutes Q&A) where we explore the CAST Universal Design for Learning (UDL) framework.
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Friday
12 December 2025
1.00pm - 2.30pmIntroduction to Universal Design for Learning (UDL)
Join us for a 70-minute workshop (with additional 20 minutes Q&A) where we explore the CAST Universal Design for Learning (UDL) framework.
DIY recording booth
Get started with and get access to the DIY recording booth
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Tuesday
23 September 2025
10.00am - 11.30am[FULLY BOOKED] DIY Recording Booth Face to Face Orientation Session 23 September
The orientation is a 1.5-hour interactive workshop aimed at introducing you to recording, editing and publishing videos in the DIY Recording Booth.
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Thursday
25 September 2025
2.00pm - 3.30pmDIY Recording Booth Face to Face Orientation Session 25 September
The orientation is a 1.5-hour interactive workshop aimed at introducing you to recording, editing and publishing videos in the DIY Recording Booth.
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Tuesday
25 November 2025
10.00am - 11.30amDIY Recording Booth Face to Face Orientation Session 25 Novemeber
The orientation is a 1.5-hour interactive workshop aimed at introducing you to recording, editing and publishing videos in the DIY Recording Booth.
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Thursday
27 November 2025
2.00pm - 3.30pmDIY Recording Booth Face to Face Orientation Session 27 November
The orientation is a 1.5-hour interactive workshop aimed at introducing you to recording, editing and publishing videos in the DIY Recording Booth.
Supporting university teaching (for professional staff)
Learn how to leverage systems that support teaching
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Tuesday
23 September 2025
1.30pm - 2.30pmSEAMS for professional staff
This workshop is for professional staff who support academic staff with the Faculty admin role in SEAMS.
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Thursday
16 October 2025
10.00am - 11.00amSEAMS for professional staff
This workshop is for professional staff who support academic staff with the Faculty admin role in SEAMS.
All events
See all events as a list
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Wednesday
10 September 2025
11.00am - 12.00pmDemystifying Gen-AI for Educators
Turn AI anxiety to classroom clarity: join our 60-minute tailored workshop where we'll use pre-session polls to focus on what matters to you–bring along your questions and concerns, invite a buddy and leave with practical resources you can use tomorrow.
-
Thursday
11 September 2025
12.00pm - 2.00pmSEFP D3 - Writing for Senior Fellowship PSF 2023
This workshop provides two hours of structured time for applicants submitting for SFHEA recognition to work on their written application while asking questions on aspects related to writing, submission or assessment process.
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Friday
12 September 2025
10.00am - 11.30amIntroduction to Universal Design for Learning (UDL)
Join us for a 70-minute workshop (with additional 20 minutes Q&A) where we explore the CAST Universal Design for Learning (UDL) framework.
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Friday
12 September 2025
1.00pm - 3.00pmDesigning for Diversity
Join us for a 120 minute workshop where we explore how to enhance inclusivity in the classroom and lower barriers in the learning environment for students by drawing on the principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL). This workshop will be an opportunity to understand the designing for diversity mindset and brainstorm ideas for your learning environment.
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Tuesday
16 September 2025
2.00pm - 3.30pmGenerative AI workshop lab 1 - Prompting
Not all prompts are created equal. This lab demystifies prompting by blending tool knowledge with sound pedagogy. Experiment with refining ineffective prompts, applying the RTRI framework and steps to craft dual-purpose prompts for student learning and feedback, and comparing outputs across tools, including Cogniti.
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Wednesday
17 September 2025
12.30pm - 2.00pmAI workshop lab 2 - AI as a creative assessment partner
Transform one creative assessment in 90 minutes. Learn how AI can enhance debates, performances, and creative projects without losing authenticity for both educators and students.
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Thursday
18 September 2025
10.00am - 12.00pmDesigning for Diversity
Join us for a 120 minute workshop where we explore how to enhance inclusivity in the classroom and lower barriers in the learning environment for students by drawing on the principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL). This workshop will be an opportunity to understand the designing for diversity mindset and brainstorm ideas for your learning environment.
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Monday
22 September 2025
11.00am - 12.30pmEasy video editing with Adobe Premiere Rush - Online
Adobe Premiere Rush is a simple video editor that is available as part of the Adobe Creative Suite, provided to all staff at the University of Sydney. This workshop will show you how to import, cut, edit and export video, for use in any context. For teaching staff, we recommend taking this workshop in combination with M15 of the Modular Professional learning Framework.
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Monday
22 September 2025
12.00pm - 1.00pmCogniti masterclass
In this masterclass for experienced users of Cogniti, we'll take a deep dive into ways to build better agents and share with each other our discoveries and tips. There will also be time for a live clinic where we can review and improve your agent together.
Find out more about Cogniti at https://cogniti.ai/
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Tuesday
23 September 2025
10.00am - 11.30am[FULLY BOOKED] DIY Recording Booth Face to Face Orientation Session 23 September
The orientation is a 1.5-hour interactive workshop aimed at introducing you to recording, editing and publishing videos in the DIY Recording Booth.
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Tuesday
23 September 2025
1.30pm - 2.30pmSEAMS for professional staff
This workshop is for professional staff who support academic staff with the Faculty admin role in SEAMS.
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Tuesday
23 September 2025
2.00pm - 3.30pmGenerative AI workshop lab 3 - Student-centred activity prototyping with AI
In this hands-on design sprint you’ll prototype a short activity where students use AI meaningfully and ethically. Choose your tools, focus, and student input level. Leave this session with the elements of lesson plan that incorporates AI in a student cantered, discipline appropriate way.
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Thursday
25 September 2025
10.30am - 12.00pmGenerative AI workshop lab 1 - Prompting
Not all prompts are created equal. This lab demystifies prompting by blending tool knowledge with sound pedagogy. Experiment with refining ineffective prompts, applying the RTRI framework and steps to craft dual-purpose prompts for student learning and feedback, and comparing outputs across tools, including Cogniti.
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Thursday
25 September 2025
2.00pm - 3.00pm[ALMOST FULL] Introduction to Cogniti - an AI that teachers can steer
Cogniti is a new generative AI tool that lets teachers build custom chatbot agents that can be given specific instructions, and specific resources, to assist student learning in context-sensitive ways. Developed here at the University of Sydney, Cogniti allows you to create steerable and accurate agents powered by generative AI. This workshop will introduce you to Cogniti and how it might help support your teaching and assessments. Through hands-on practice with the platform, you'll easily build a custom AI agent for teaching that can behave how you need it to.
Find out more about Cogniti at https://cogniti.ai/
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Thursday
25 September 2025
2.00pm - 3.30pmDIY Recording Booth Face to Face Orientation Session 25 September
The orientation is a 1.5-hour interactive workshop aimed at introducing you to recording, editing and publishing videos in the DIY Recording Booth.
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Tuesday
30 September 2025
11.00am - 12.30pmAI workshop lab 2 - AI as a creative assessment partner
Transform one creative assessment in 90 minutes. Learn how AI can enhance debates, performances, and creative projects without losing authenticity for both educators and students.
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Friday
3 October 2025
10.00am - 11.30amGenerative AI workshop lab 3 - Student-centred activity prototyping with AI
In this hands-on design sprint you’ll prototype a short activity where students use AI meaningfully and ethically. Choose your tools, focus, and student input level. Leave this session with the elements of lesson plan that incorporates AI in a student cantered, discipline appropriate way.
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Thursday
9 October 2025
1.00pm - 2.00pmAI and Assessment Seminars - Essays in the era of LLMs
This new seminar series invites colleagues to share practices around AI and assessment that are transferable, practical, and authentic.
In the age of GenAI, you may be worrying or simply wondering, how can I help my students still learn to write in the age of AI? A topic is relevant university-wide to anyone who asks students to write in their submitted assessment tasks, in this seminar, A/Prof Huw Griffiths from the Discipline of English and Writing, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, will guide us to discover possible futures for student writing. As well as an introduction to key issues, we will canvass practical strategies.
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Thursday
16 October 2025
10.00am - 11.00amSEAMS for professional staff
This workshop is for professional staff who support academic staff with the Faculty admin role in SEAMS.
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Thursday
16 October 2025
11.00am - 12.00pmIntroduction to Cogniti - an AI that teachers can steer
Cogniti is a new generative AI tool that lets teachers build custom chatbot agents that can be given specific instructions, and specific resources, to assist student learning in context-sensitive ways. Developed here at the University of Sydney, Cogniti allows you to create steerable and accurate agents powered by generative AI. This workshop will introduce you to Cogniti and how it might help support your teaching and assessments. Through hands-on practice with the platform, you'll easily build a custom AI agent for teaching that can behave how you need it to.
Find out more about Cogniti at https://cogniti.ai/
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Thursday
23 October 2025
12.00pm - 1.00pmCogniti masterclass
In this masterclass for experienced users of Cogniti, we'll take a deep dive into ways to build better agents and share with each other our discoveries and tips. There will also be time for a live clinic where we can review and improve your agent together.
Find out more about Cogniti at https://cogniti.ai/
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Wednesday
29 October 2025
1.00pm - 2.00pmIntroduction to Cogniti - an AI that teachers can steer
Cogniti is a new generative AI tool that lets teachers build custom chatbot agents that can be given specific instructions, and specific resources, to assist student learning in context-sensitive ways. Developed here at the University of Sydney, Cogniti allows you to create steerable and accurate agents powered by generative AI. This workshop will introduce you to Cogniti and how it might help support your teaching and assessments. Through hands-on practice with the platform, you'll easily build a custom AI agent for teaching that can behave how you need it to.
Find out more about Cogniti at https://cogniti.ai/
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Monday
3 November 2025
2.00pm - 4.00pmMPLF M17 - Designers' Community of Practice - Connections
Designers' Community of Practice - Connections is a community of practice for educational designers, educational support officers, and anyone interested in advancing learning design at the University.
In this two-hour session, colleagues from across the University (please click through for more about our speakers) showcase their recent projects.
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Tuesday
18 November 2025
10.00am - 11.30pmGetting Semester Ready on Canvas
This 1.5 -hour online workshop focuses on the basics of Canvas: navigation, building essential elements, organising content and site management.
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Wednesday
19 November 2025
12.30pm - 2.00pmEasy video editing with Adobe Premiere Rush - In Person
Adobe Premiere Rush is a simple video editor that is available as part of the Adobe Creative Suite, provided to all staff at the University of Sydney. This workshop will show you how to import, cut, edit and export video, for use in any context. For teaching staff, we recommend taking this workshop in combination with M15 of the Modular Professional learning Framework.
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Tuesday
25 November 2025
10.00am - 11.30amDIY Recording Booth Face to Face Orientation Session 25 Novemeber
The orientation is a 1.5-hour interactive workshop aimed at introducing you to recording, editing and publishing videos in the DIY Recording Booth.
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Thursday
27 November 2025
2.00pm - 3.30pmDIY Recording Booth Face to Face Orientation Session 27 November
The orientation is a 1.5-hour interactive workshop aimed at introducing you to recording, editing and publishing videos in the DIY Recording Booth.
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Friday
28 November 2025
10.00am - 11.30amIntroduction to Universal Design for Learning (UDL)
Join us for a 70-minute workshop (with additional 20 minutes Q&A) where we explore the CAST Universal Design for Learning (UDL) framework.
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Friday
28 November 2025
11.00am - 12.30pmEasy video editing with Adobe Premiere Rush - Online
Adobe Premiere Rush is a simple video editor that is available as part of the Adobe Creative Suite, provided to all staff at the University of Sydney. This workshop will show you how to import, cut, edit and export video, for use in any context. For teaching staff, we recommend taking this workshop in combination with M15 of the Modular Professional learning Framework.
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Tuesday
9 December 2025
10.00am - 11.30amIntroduction to H5P
Getting started with H5P
This session is designed for anyone interested in using H5P for teaching. We will work with you to explore the features of H5P that will allow you to use it to meaningfully support your teaching. This session is offered as an online workshop and we look forward to seeing you on Zoom.
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Friday
12 December 2025
1.00pm - 2.30pmIntroduction to Universal Design for Learning (UDL)
Join us for a 70-minute workshop (with additional 20 minutes Q&A) where we explore the CAST Universal Design for Learning (UDL) framework.
Other events
Check out other events that will take your teaching to the next level
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Monday
22 September 2025
11.00am - 12.30pmEasy video editing with Adobe Premiere Rush - Online
Adobe Premiere Rush is a simple video editor that is available as part of the Adobe Creative Suite, provided to all staff at the University of Sydney. This workshop will show you how to import, cut, edit and export video, for use in any context. For teaching staff, we recommend taking this workshop in combination with M15 of the Modular Professional learning Framework.
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Wednesday
19 November 2025
12.30pm - 2.00pmEasy video editing with Adobe Premiere Rush - In Person
Adobe Premiere Rush is a simple video editor that is available as part of the Adobe Creative Suite, provided to all staff at the University of Sydney. This workshop will show you how to import, cut, edit and export video, for use in any context. For teaching staff, we recommend taking this workshop in combination with M15 of the Modular Professional learning Framework.
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Friday
28 November 2025
11.00am - 12.30pmEasy video editing with Adobe Premiere Rush - Online
Adobe Premiere Rush is a simple video editor that is available as part of the Adobe Creative Suite, provided to all staff at the University of Sydney. This workshop will show you how to import, cut, edit and export video, for use in any context. For teaching staff, we recommend taking this workshop in combination with M15 of the Modular Professional learning Framework.