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Glow

Glow allows learners to work in a variety of ways, from collaborating with peers to working individually at their own pace. Glow services are free to all students with a Glow login and can be accessed at anytime, anywhere, and on any device.

Microsoft Teams

In Microsoft Teams, teams are groups of people brought together for work, projects, or common interests.

Teams are made up of two types of channels — standard (available and visible to everyone) and private (focused, private conversations with a specific audience). Each channel is built around a topic like “Team Events,” a department name, or just for fun. Channels are where you hold meetings, have conversations, and work on files together.

The tabs at the top of each channel link to your favourite files, apps, and services.

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BBC Bitesize

BBC Bitesize is the BBC’s free online study support resource for school-age pupils in the United Kingdom. It is designed to aid pupils in both schoolwork and, for older pupils, exams.

Scotland

Until 2014, the Standard Grade section of the site had 12 subjects: Biology, History, Chemistry, Computing Studies, Maths, English, Modern Studies (a course exclusive to Scotland), French, Physical Education, Geography, and Physics. The site was updated in 2014 to replace the Standard Grade section with National 4 and National 5 sections. Gaelic versions of these were also made available.

Until 2014, in the Higher section, Biology, English, Geography, Maths, Chemistry, History, Modern Studies, Physics and the Scotland-only subject Scottish Gaelic were available. The Higher section was also updated to the new Curriculum for Excellence qualification. Early and 1st-level, 2nd-level, 3rd-level, and 4th-level resources were added to bring the site in line with the Curriculum for Excellence.

Office 365

Office 365 Pro Plus allows all Glow users to download the latest version of the Microsoft Office Suite onto a total of 15 home machines and personal devices, free of charge. This provides access to a range of products such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access and OneNote. Glow users can download the Microsoft Office Suite on five PCs or Macs, five tablets and five phones.

Why would I use it?

The tools available in Microsoft Office 365 are ideal for sharing and collaborating, allowing learners to work on projects anytime and anywhere.

How do I get started?

You can access Office 365 in Glow through your Launchpad. You can also add shortcut tiles to your personal Launchpad. The following video highlights the main features of Office 365.

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Scholar

SCHOLAR offer 39 online courses for Scottish schools and colleges aligned to the SQA curriculum at National 5, Higher and Advanced Higher level. Our high-quality courses are built upon the knowledge and experience of teachers working in Scottish schools and colleges to develop our course materials. Our authors share their wealth of experience as educators.

The wide range of subjects provides routes into careers in science, engineering, business, design and languages. It has been found that higher intensity usage of SCHOLAR correlates with higher attainment in exams.

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The Open University

The Open University’s OpenLearn resource has 1,000’s of free online courses in a huge range of subject areas including, maths, criminology the environment, health, sports, psychology, the Arts and education.

The courses are open to everyone – pupils and teachers.

The Open University

S3 - S4 Study Techniques

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Your Exams

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SQA Your Exams

Exams let you demonstrate what you have learned. We understand you may be nervous or worried about sitting them later this year so we created Your Exams to help you prepare.

It tells you what you need to know and gives information and advice so that you can do your very best on the day of exams. Your Exams also contains rules you need to read and understand before exams start. These are in place to make sure exams are fair for everyone.

Remember to prepare, stay calm and do your best.

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Remote Learning

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Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Video Tutorials

BBC Bitesize

Office 365

Saving Teachers Time with Office 365

Scholar

Available Courses

The Open University

S3 - S4 Study Techniques

Your Exams

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