Digital ACE Underpinning Technology Guidance Materials

Our Digital ACE Underpinning Technologies guidance materials aim to supply providers with enough information to get started on developing a digital offer and to support those who have already started in creating a more sustainable technological base.

The guidance also provides links to more in-depth technical critiques of systems and signposts to good systems.

Underpinning Technology Guidance document

Click to download our Underpinning Technology guidance materials as a Word document here .

Alternatively, you can view a pdf version of the Underpinning Technology guidance materials here . Note that the hyperlinks won’t work in this pdf version.

Annexes

Click on the below links to download our customisable annexes. These are available for you to ‘adopt and adapt’.

Annex 1 – Learning Technology Evaluation TEMPLATE

Annex 2 – How to Guide for learners (GSuite for Education)

Annex 3 – How to download a Word document (Google classroom)

Annex 4 – Example resources from GSuite for Education

Annex 5 – Kingston – Equipment loan Use agreement – TEMPLATE

Underpinning Techology – Webinar

Underpinning Techology – YouTube tutorials

Access the recording of our Underpinning Technology webinar here.

Access the slides from our Underpinning Technology webinar here.

Getting started with Microsoft OneNote

Golda Mendoza talks us through using Microsoft OneNote; a digital notebook which lets you record audio/video, embed videos, insert files, draw with digital ink and more. The app is free to all users, even without owning a Microsoft licence.

Connectivity/Compatibility

Eduardo Saldana talks about connectivity/compatibility of technology in terms of teaching adult learners remotely. The session considers the terminology, what it means for you as a service and for your learners and how to assist your staff in this area.

Communicating with Students & Staff

Jo Loss talks about the use of technology to communicate with students and staff considering a) why appropriate communication is important, b) challenges keeping up with communications and c) best practice in this area.