We have been working over the summer to update our teaching spaces and improve the facilities available to staff and students. We have updated our IT and Library Supported Classrooms pages with more detailed information about the IT and Audio-Visual equipment in each of our supported rooms, so you can check the facilities available before using or booking a space.
We recommend that you familiarise yourself with the technology available in your timetabled classrooms before teaching starts.
Hyflex Classrooms
These are classrooms which allow sessions to be taught to students on campus and online at the same time. The rooms will look similar to a standard teaching room. You will find a second display screen, which you can use to display the MS Teams call so that you and the in-person students can see and interact with the students participating online.
We have increased the number of Hyflex spaces on each of our campuses; Avery Hill (9), Greenwich (17), Medway (8). The largest Hyflex rooms at Greenwich have a capacity of around 40 and at Medway it’s around 60.
Panopto recordings cannot be made when teaching in Hyflex mode. To upload a Hyflex session to Panopto, download the recording from Stream and upload into Panopto.
Note: Only Hyflex spaces can support teaching on campus and online at the same time. This means sessions held in other teaching spaces should be taught on campus with recordings shared via Panopto afterwards. The majority of general IT teaching labs do not yet support Hyflex delivery.
Extended Support for our Teaching Spaces
- The IT Service Desk is extending its opening hours to 8:30am – 5:15pm during teaching weeks, so issues in teaching and learning spaces can be responded to before teaching starts at 9:00am.
- If your call between 8:30-9am is not teaching and learning related, you may be asked to call back after 9am. Support for teaching spaces is always prioritised and will be our prime focus before 9:00am
- Calls to the IT Service Desk from Teaching and Learning spaces are prioritised, so please call 7555 from the phone on or near the podium for the fastest response between 8:30am-5:15pm.
Self-Guided Training Resources
We have updated the Adjusting to the Blended Learning Environment Moodle page which provides self-access resources that you can engage with any time. Hyflex-specific sections include:
