Engineering Foundation Year - Sustaining Success - Lecture 1 - slides

These materials are used in student tutorials as part of the routes to success course. The tutorials are typically delivered to a large group (~50) in an interactive manner, with the slides serving as reference/check materials. Some of the questions in the slides can also be used as individual handouts

Prepare for success

You can use these learning activities to prepare yourself for academic life in the UK.

Example General Feedback on Routes to Success Portfolios

This document provides example feedback which has been generated following the marking of a class set of portfolios. It is used as a part of the Routes to Success Module, specifically on the section titled Sustaining Success. Students can read the feedback prior to completing the portfolio to alert them to the possible shortfalls which may occur when they undertake this type of task. The feedback is introduced in the context that the task of completing the portfolio is a developmental one, and that students can expect to learn and improve their performance for this type of task as they develop and refine their skills.

Sustaining Success - portfolio questions

A one page version of the portfolio questions used for the routes to success section of the engineering foundation year. This is part three sustaining success

Screen capture on the Mac

You can capture an image of your entire screen by typing Command-Shift-3. Typing Command-Shift-4 lets you choose a specific part of your screen. Region capture - you can change how the region selection area changes by using the following keys - note that you can release the original keys once the crosshairs appears, as long as you’ve started dragging your mouse, and you keep the mouse button down. • Space Bar: Press and hold the Space Bar, and the size of the current region is then locked and can be dragged around the screen. As long as you hold the Space Bar down, the region’s size is locked and it can be dragged about. • Shift: Press and hold the Shift key, and one side of the region will be locked, based on which way you then move the mouse. For instance, if you press and hold Shift, and then move your mouse down, you’ll only be able to resize the region vertically; the horizontal size will be fixed. Move the mouse left or right, and you can resize the region horizontally while holding the vertical size fixed. • Option: Press and hold Option while dragging your region, and you’ll change the way the region grows as you drag. By default, your region is anchored at the upper left corner; when you press Option, the anchor point is moved to the center of the current region, and it expands in all directions from that point. For more tips check the links!

The Academic Case for Lecture Capture

This is a short report summarising some of the research findings available about the academic benefits and educational challenges of lecture capture systems. It was written to inform an institutional decision about whether to proceed with a pilot service.

An introduction to lecture capture

This short PowerPoint presentation shows how the Echo360 lecture capture systems works

Engineering Foundation Year - Sustaining Success Portfolio Template

Template - word processed document for 'Routes to Success' Coursework 3 'Sustaining Success'

Engineering Foundation Year - Sustaining Success Week 1

Slides for first week of teaching

Engineering Foundation Year - Sustaining Success Week 1

Slides for first week of teaching, PDF 6 up

Engineering Foundation Year - Sustaining Success Week 1

Slides for first week of teaching, PDF

Engineering Foundation Year - sustaining success portfolio summary

single sheet containing all the section headings for the portfolio, providing overview

Collection Engineering Foundation Year, Sustaining Success, Week 1

slides, notes, and background information covered in first week of this six week set of classes

Engineering Foundation Year Sustaining Success Lecture 2

Lecture notes for skills module Routes to Success: Sustaining Success Lecture 2. Portfolio building

Engineering Foundation Year - Routes to Success - Sustaining Success - lecture 2

skills module, developing student skills by creating portfolio.