Before you start
| Site: | Online Professional Learning |
| Course: | Focus on Assessment Demo Course |
| Book: | Before you start |
| Printed by: | Guest user |
| Date: | Thursday, 3 April 2025, 2:03 AM |
Get to know your colleagues
Please note: This is not a live course. If you have booked onto one of our courses, please follow the joining instructions that have been emailed to you.
30 minutes
Watch the video
Watch the introduction video, then complete the 'Getting to know you' activities below.
Update your profile
Before you start, please check your profile is up to date. Adding a photo will make the course experience more personal and friendly. If for any reason you feel uncomfortable using a picture of yourself, use any picture that represents you. For example, a picture of your school. Updating your email and discussion forum settings will make sure that you receive all the notifications about the course.
- Add a picture of yourself
- Check your email settings
- Check your discussion forum settings
You can find full technical instructions on how to do this in the course handbook.
Note: our certificates are currently only compatible with Roman lettering. If you use other characters in your profile name these will not display correctly on your certificate. We are working on a solution to improve this in the future and we thank you for your patience.
Introduce yourself
Now, let's get to know each other better. Go to the Introductions thread in the Course café and post some information about you, your learners and your school.
For example:
- Where do you teach? How long have you been teaching? What age groups do you teach?
- What type of school is it? How big is the school and how big are the classes?
- Do you have any interesting or unusual hobbies outside work?
- What are you hoping to get out of the course?
Read your colleagues' posts, and see what you have in common. Interact with your colleagues and respond to at least three posts.