Lecture, LUCL Colloquium - Series '24/'25

To flip your teaching means that you switch up instructions and homework: instructions are offered online. There are many ways to achieve this: use a video, a podcast, a quiz.

MyTimetable is Leiden University’s timetabling publication tool.

Kaltura (Personal) Capture allows you to make recordings in various ways and upload them to the video portal.

Microsoft Teams is a collaboration environment that can be used to host and schedule meetings (video calls), hold forum discussions, share – and collaborate on – documents and many other activities.

Training, workshops, and coaching opportunities for teachers.

Digital tools and campus facilities for active learning and digital assessment.

Designing, improving, and innovating course plans and materials.

Didactic methods and techniques to bring your teaching into practice.

Planning, organizing, and conducting exams, from setup to review.

In 2023-2024 seven (teams of) teachers received a Grassroots or Grass shoots grant. Here you can read about their projects.

The most common assessment formats and points to consider when making your choice.

Brightspace is Leiden University's digital learning environment.

Whether you’re a student, staff member or external service provider, it’s important that you feel safe at Leiden University. A range of measures are in place to assure safety and security in all the university’s buildings and grounds.

SOLO helps lecturers to use ICT in education. We offer practical support and advice.

The university offers an array of tools you can use for your education, and for which SEEDS (the Science teacher support desk) offers support.

The Events Office is happy to help organise an online event, but you can also do it yourself. You will find resources and support for this on this page.

Are you a teacher? And do you want to check whether papers, essays or theses have been plagiarised from others? If so, you can use Turnitin. Turnitin compares the content of papers and theses with texts submitted previously and with public Internet sources.

How can you ensure that your research hits the headlines? How can you bring your research output, such as PhD research or a publication, to the attention of the public?

In the coming years, the University will be investing in blended learning (‘The Blended University’) as part of its educational vision (Learning@LeidenUniversity). This will involve the use of a range of digital tools.

Transferable skills are skills that students develop during their studies and can use later in a variety of work contexts.

When you have finished your dissertation, it is time to prepare for the defence procedure.

Do you need help in preparing your lectures or courses? You can ask your questions to various organisations within the university.

In addition to computers and laptops, you can also apply for a tablet, video card, additional monitor, additional hard drive, additional working memory, ergonomic keyboard, or mouse.

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Get inspired by these tips from colleagues in and outside Leiden. If there are any tips about (online) education that you would like to add, feel free to send us a message.

Communication, Research

The digital accessibility expert group focuses on improving the accessibility of the university website, digital learning tools and digital examinations. As a result of the corona crisis many educational activities are now online. The group is therefore working closely with the Centre for Innovation…

Nearly all lecture halls are equipped with a computer with a projector or television screen. These computers do not require you to log in, so guest speakers do not need to have an account. As a standard, these computers are equipped with PowerPoint, Word and various Internet browsers. Some of the larger…

The Events Office can take the following off your hands:

The Personal Professional Skills Lab (PPSL) is an elective programme for all FSW bachelor students that enter in 2024 and on. The aim of the PPSL is to encourage students to develop personal and professional skills during the bachelor, that will give them greater resilience and direction: both in their…

Audio podcasts or audio recordings have a broad range of opportunities in education. Podcasts can be used to transfer knowledge (audio lectures), record interviews, record instructions for a field trip or to make a short radio documentary on location. Podcasts are a flexible medium, the small file size…

To set up your digital workspace, use the following tools: Webmail, Office 365 and OneDrive.

Are you about to start your new job at Leiden University? Or did you just start? Below we have summarised the most important information for new employees.

On this webpage, you will find more information about (types of) security, who to ask for advice and where to report incidents.

Education, Organisation, Research

Microsoft Teams lets you work remotely. You can chat, meet, call and collaborate with your colleagues. Check out tips on how to get started with Teams quickly and easily.

With Microsoft Teams you can work online from home. You can chat with colleagues, have meetings, call and collaborate remotely. The following suggestions should help you to quickly get started with Teams.

Under tools and support you will find information intended to support you in your teaching such as the FLO team, available services and support for students, various tools for teaching and assessment, rules & regulations, and inspiration.

Arts and leisure, Arts and leisure