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What are the basics? This is to get you started with the basics of using duo for teaching UPLOADING LECTURE NOTES COMMUNICATING WITH YOUR STUDENTS ORGANISING YOUR DUO COURSE SETTING UP READING SETTING UP ASSIGNMENTS Dear Colleague, Welcome to Durham! This guide is to get you started with using duo to support your teaching practice. We’ve outlined what we consider to be the basics of what we’d expect for most lecturers to be able to achieve within the first few weeks of starting and this is meant as a help guide. If you find that you’re struggling with any of these suggestions please do get in touch. Each faculty has their own learning technologist assigned to them to support staff in using technology in their teaching practice. The role of a learning technologist is to provide training support and guidance when you chose to use technology in your teaching. They’re also on hand when things go wrong and provide a link to other technical services in the university. Flexible learning for students’ needs WHAT IS DUO? “DURHAM UNIVERSITY ONLINE” An E-LEARNING PLATFORM RUN ON BLACKBOARD where you can upload files, learning resources and create assessments. Every course taught in durham will have a duo site so that students can access their learning materials, any time, any place. Many people don’t ever stop to wonder what duo is. That’s probably a very good sign! Essentially it is just a set of web pages, most of which require you to log in. Behind the web pages is a service that connects to many other University systems – Student Records, the Library, Computing & Information Systems databases, HR, etc. After you’ve logged in to duo, the system is able to determine a lot of information about you – e.g. the modules that you are studying (or teaching) and show you links to them. There are also other ‘portal’ type features, some of which you can add yourself. The best way to find out more is to try it for yourself: https://duo.dur.ac.uk 10 Second Guide