TEU Update 4 December 2025

Come and meet the TEU team in DG10, Bea Orpen Building, on Glasnevin Campus from 11.30 to 12.30 on Wednesday December 10. Turn to the right inside the Bea Orpen main entrance.

You are invited to enjoy a chat with new colleagues, get to know TEU staff, and hear about the TEU’s exciting calendar of support events and professional development opportunities for those new to teaching at DCU!

Loop preparation for semester two

Please take some time to review your Loop Dashboard to ensure you are enrolled as a Teacher to any module pages you are teaching for Spring 2026.
If you do not have access, you need to contact your Faculty Office to be listed as an “Instructor” or “Primary Instructor” on Banner.
The TEU team is unable to do this—it is a matter for your faculty office
If there is more than one instance of your module (i.e. more than one CRN), you need to confirm that with your faculty office and confirm you are listed as an instructor on one or more of the CRNs.
If you wish for a shared page to teach out of if there are two or more CRNs, or if you have a module with subtopics and you want a different Loop page for each subtopic, please log a request via this form and the TEU will review it.
Student access to Loop module pages is controlled by their registration on the relevant module CRNs, specifically when they confirm module selection as part of their registration steps. Staff should not manually enrol students to their Loop module pages.

Follow these instructions to import your material from last year’s page to the new, blank page for Spring 2026.

13 January 1:00-2:00 PM (online)

Join us at this online session where we’ll learn about the student engagement tool Vevox, which can be used during on-campus, Zoom or hybrid classes.

As we welcome our students back to campus, Vevox can be a great tool for engaging students during class to break the ice, gauge sentiment, and check their levels of comprehension in real time. Engagement tools like Vevox can also empower students to contribute when they may feel reluctant to do so verbally.

Additionally, Vevox could also be used for fun polling activities like word clouds, to quiz students during lecture, and to facilitate Q&A, which can be particularly useful in managing large classes. In this session, we’ll also be covering several new Vevox features, such as bulk importing, team leaderboards, and improved AI quiz generation. More information about Vevox is available in this resource on the Loop Staff Support Page.

Registration is essential. This session will be recorded and circulated afterwards to all registrants.

Conversations on Academic Integrity Drop In Sessions

These drop in sessions provide an opportunity for staff to discuss any concerns regarding academic integrity in their modules/programmes with our academic integrity officer. The last session for Semester 1 will be held from 12.30-1.30pm on Wednesday, December 10. The weekly session will resume in Semester 2 on Wednesday, January 7. If you have any questions or comments, please email samantha.xu@dcu.ie.

Please click here to find the Zoom link for the drop in session.

Interactive Orals Community of Practice

The final 2025 Interactive Oral Community of Practice session will take place Wednesday December 10, 10-11am online via Zoom, with weekly meetings resuming on January 14.

There is a body of evidence-based research to show that interactive orals are an authentic assessment approach that effectively helps students develop graduate attributes and promotes academic integrity. Colleagues who may be interested in joining the IO Community of Practice, please contact Lily (lily.girme@dcu.ie) to be added to the CoP list.

More details about future sessions can be found in the TEU Events Calendar.

Submit a request at DCU Help for Loop queries
More complex query or prefer to chat? Join a Loop drop in clinic
Find comprehensive resources on our Loop Staff Support Page - enrolment key is 'staff'

For advice on teaching practice, including on the use of technology, email teaching.enhancement@dcu.ie
Request a workshop or extended consultation

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