Teaching Guidance
We have collected a range of documents, useful links and hints & tips to support you with teaching. If you have any questions or enquiries about this page, please email Amy Bains.
For 2022/23, the University has stated that all teaching needs to be in-person. Lectures will be recorded and then released for viewing. Genetics will be recording lectures and releasing them to the Moodle site as soon as possible after the timetabled sessions. Part II sessions such as SAGs and some MT Information Sessions will not be recorded. It is recommended that teaching staff test out the technology to be used for recording well in advance of having to use it.
Panopto and Lecture Capture
There are two types of lecture capture, Manual and Scheduled. The Part II Teaching Room is now equipped with scheduled lecture capture. Information on the equipment in the Part II Room will be available soon.
The Biffen Lecture Theatre also has scheduled lecture cature. Information on the equipment in the Biffen Lecture Theatre will be available soon. If you wish to book the Biffen Lecture Theatre, please use Booker or for advanced bookings for lectures, please contact the Room Bookings Central Team.
Genetics recommends using Panopto to record lectures, however if a lecturer prefers to use Zoom or TEAMs instead, this is fine. Recordings will be uploaded to Moodle, alongside your other course materials, for students to access.
The following links provide useful instructions on how to use Panopto:
- Panopto Retention Policy - A new policy from 1st September 2022. Recordings from the previous academic year will be archived on the 1st September. Recordings are able to be retrieved from the archive however this can take up to 48 hours. If a recording has not been retrieved from the archive, then on the following 1st September, these recordings will be deleted.
- UIS Panopto Educational Support.
- A Course created by Dee Scaddon at Biochemistry.
- Educational Use of Videos End User Agreement.
If you have any questions or enquiries about using Panopto or Moodle, then please use the contact details below for further advice and assistance.
Support Contacts
Lecture Capture - lecturecapturehelp@uis.cam.ac.uk
Moodle - moodlehelp@uis.cam.ac.uk
General Policy - educationalpolicy@admin.cam.ac.uk
A number of other resources are also available and can be found below:
Links from Cambridge Libraries
Links from the Cambridge Centre for Teaching and Learning
- Guidance on Moving Teaching Online
- How to Support Postgraduate Students
- How to Source Online Readings
Links from the Disability Resource Centre
- DRC Accessibility and Online Learning Tools
- DRC Panopto Accessibility Guide
- DRC Remote Teaching and Learning Links covering topics such as conducting remote supervisions for disabled students, creating accessible recorded online lectures and a selection of CCTL teaching remotely guides.
Links from UIS
Central University Policies
- Policy on Recordings of Teaching Materials/Lectures, and other Teaching, Learning and Assessment Activities - This Policy can in effect from 5th October 2020. Staff and Students need to sign consent forms if they are happy to be recorded in the recording of lectures and online teaching sessions. For more information regarding this policy and the consent forms that accompany it, please see the website. Please ensure that consent forms are returned to the Course Administrators.
- University Lecture Capture Policy
- University Use of Recording for Teaching and Learning Policy
Zoom
Securing your Zoom Meetings - This is a PDF from the Zoom website with hints and tips on how to keep your meetings safe.
Set up a Poll in Zoom - Step by step instructions, with pictures and a video, on how to set up Polls in Meetings.
Transfering Host rights, personal meetings rooms and more information can be found on the Gurdon Webpage.