1. Ramla Gabriel, Digital Skills Manager Faculty of Medical Sciences
IT Demonstrating:
What’s It All About?
Ramla Gabriel, Digital Skills Manager Faculty of Medical Sciences
Our demonstrators are an essential part of the teaching team providing academic IT skills to undergraduate and postgraduate students in the Faculty of Medical Sciences. We rely on our postgraduate demonstrators to deliver high quality teaching to thousands of students each year

2. What is the teaching?
We use online tutorials to teach academic IT Skills.
Mostly…
Microsoft Word
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft PowerPoint
Coming Soon…
LaTeX
Matlab
ChemDraw
and more…
Academic IT skills
Word
Excel
PowerPoint
All UG and PG students in FMS, PG in SAgE
450+ hours annually
Online tutorials
Led by a qualified teacher
Problem-based, student-led approach
Learning linked to assessment

3. What’s involved?
Working in a team of up to 5 with the session lead (faculty).
In the computer clusters.
Most sessions last for 2 hours.
Sessions are allocated evenly across the team of ~15 postgraduate demonstrators (aka dems).
Up to 90 students.
2-6 hours per month.
Each week is different.
Sessions are allocated according to availability.
Payment month in arrears.
Work in a team of up to 3 incl session lead (staff)
Most sessions last for 2 hours
Up to 90 students
2-6 hours per month
Each week is different
Sessions are allocated evenly across the dem team of ~15 students
Sessions are allocated according to availability
Payment month in arrears

4. Responsibilities of a Demonstrator
Prepare thoroughly.
Answer student queries.
Seek advice and guidance from other members of the teaching team.
Frequent reflective practice following each teaching session.

5. Hock Soon says…
"Working as a demonstrator is a great chance to improve your IT skills and learn many techniques which will be useful to your project”.

6. What Luke has to say…
"Demonstrating is enjoyable because I feel that I am genuinely returning something back to the university. I like the diversity of skills I have learnt through demonstrating and the tutorials have given me significant insight into how to present and edit my own work in my PhD".

7. Application process
Submit Application form and complete 3 Online Digital Skills Tutorials
Complete additional digital skills tutorials and attend training session
Hired as a dem and begin employment
Starts in May
Notified early August
If invited to proceed
Training in September
If invited to proceed
Training approved by UTLC and PVC TL 2009
Compulsory for new dems
Expected for returning dems
ILTHE not required but advised
Training important because:
You need to know what the role involves
We need to know you have the necessary skills
Part training, part interview
Paid at half-rate
Distributed by
Available online
Send back to Ramla Gabriel/IT Skills Support
Teaching starts Freshers’ week (sometimes sooner if you are available!)

8. Application process Training approved by UTLC and PVC TL 2009
Compulsory for new dems
Expected for returning dems
ILTHE not required but advised
Training important because:
You need to know what the role involves
We need to know you have the necessary skills
Part training, part interview
Paid at half-rate
Distributed by
Available online
Send back to Ramla Gabriel/IT Skills Support

9. http://digitalskills.ncl.ac.uk/ ITSkills.Support@ncl.ac.uk
Come and join the team!