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Rating your IT skills competency with. How much of an expert are you?. Rebecca McCready FHEA Learning and Teaching Advisor School of Medical Sciences Education Development Newcastle University. Albert Expert. The Questionnaire. 35 Questions.
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Rating your IT skills competency with How much of an expert are you? Rebecca McCready FHEA Learning and Teaching Advisor School of Medical Sciences Education Development Newcastle University Albert Expert
The Questionnaire 35 Questions Can you apply styles from the Quick Style Gallery to text? Yes or No • Skills rated on • How many people can do it? • How complex is it? The Questionnaire Do you regularly save documents using the keyboard shortcut Ctrl S? Can you select non-adjacent cells on a worksheet? Can you insert a caption and a cross-reference into a document? Can you insert sounds or videos into a PowerPoint presentation?
Retrieve a Rating • See previous ratings • Chart progress and see improvement Retrieve a Rating
Rating a Section Rating a Section
Learning More and Getting Help Learning More and Getting Help
The Benefits It allows students to: • Identify existing knowledge. • Appreciate areas for further learning. • Judge difficulty of materials in advance of completion. • Measure improvements over time. It allows staff to: • Measure the difficulty of materials against a common scale. • Identify the progress of courses through the rating. • Provide advanced materials for able students. • Pitch help at a suitable level for students. • Identify common areas of poor knowledge. The Benefits
Evaluation The 'show help' sections were useful [Liked most] Expandable "Be an EXPERT" links offering more information, helping to understand the software more thoroughly for future use outside of structured sessions. 72% Evaluation Make the 'more help' tab already open to easily follow instructions. Add some images to this material in addition [sic] help notes and videos. …create a [sic] own individualised/ personalised tutorial for each student…
Future Developments • Personal Skills Audit • Skills level recommendations • Ratings for all FAQs and How Tos Future Developments
Get in Touch • Online academic IT skills training and support • Tailored courses • Video and Albert Expert help built-in • Email support • Assessment and feedback • Certification of skills • Rebecca.McCready@ncl.ac.uk • 0191 246 4542 • http://fms-itskills.ncl.ac.uk Get in Touch