Faculty: STEM, Enterprise and Arts

Faculty of STEM, Enterprise and Arts

We are delighted to have you join our vibrant and diverse academic community. Our faculty brings together an exciting blend of disciplines—Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics; Business and Enterprise; and the Creative Arts—offering a dynamic environment where innovation, creativity, and practical skills thrive side by side.

Whether you're a student embarking on your educational journey, a staff member contributing your expertise, or a partner collaborating with us to shape future careers, we are committed to supporting your success. Our courses are designed to be industry-relevant, inclusive, and forward-thinking, ensuring that learners are well-equipped to meet the challenges of a fast-changing world.

Together, we aim to inspire, empower, and create opportunities that make a real difference in our communities and beyond.

Student Charter

The Student Charter at Glasgow Kelvin College is a shared commitment between the College and its students, outlining the mutual expectations and responsibilities that support a positive, respectful, and effective learning environment.

The Charter sets out what students can expect from the College, as well as what the College expects from its students. It is designed to ensure that everyone in the College community works together to create a supportive and inclusive atmosphere where learning and personal development can thrive.

https://www.glasgowkelvin.ac.uk/students/student-charter/

Qualifications Explained

Navigating qualifications can be confusing, especially with so many different types and levels. This page breaks down the main qualifications offered at Glasgow Kelvin College and shows how they relate to the Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework (SCQF).

Whether you're working towards Nationals, a Higher National Certificate, or an apprenticeship, this guide helps explain where your course fits and what it can lead to next.

https://www.glasgowkelvin.ac.uk/students/qualifications-explained/

Why does Glasgow Kelvin College use Moodle?

Moodle is widely used across colleges and universities because it's flexible, reliable, and built for education. Glasgow Kelvin College uses Moodle because it supports blended and online learning, allows for easy course organisation, and gives staff control over how learning materials are shared. It’s also open-source and customisable, meaning the college can adapt it to suit its courses and learners.

How does Moodle help students manage their learning?

Moodle gives students 24/7 access to course content, assignments, and feedback. It helps students stay organised by keeping all their learning in one place – including unit materials, deadlines, forums, quizzes, and submission links. This means you can review lessons, track your progress, and plan ahead, even outside classroom hours.

How does Moodle improve communication between students and lecturers?

Moodle includes messaging tools, forums, and announcements, which help students and lecturers stay in touch. Lecturers can post updates, reminders, or feedback instantly. Students can ask questions on discussion boards or send messages, even if they’re not in class. This creates a more connected learning environment, especially for remote or part-time learners.

How does Moodle support different learning styles?

Moodle supports a range of learning methods – from videos and interactive quizzes to PDFs, discussion forums, and online submissions. Glasgow Kelvin College uses this to meet different learning preferences, whether you're a visual learner, someone who prefers reading, or someone who learns by doing activities. It also supports accessibility tools, which is helpful for learners with additional support needs.

How is Moodle used for assessments and feedback at Glasgow Kelvin College?

Moodle is used to set formative and summative assessments – like quizzes, assignments, or uploads of practical work. After submission, lecturers can provide clear and timely feedback, sometimes directly on your uploaded file. Grades and feedback are stored on your Moodle profile, so you can review and reflect on your progress at any time.

Why We Use Moodle and Turnitin Together

At Glasgow Kelvin College, we use Moodle as our main Learning Management System (LMS) to provide students with easy access to course content, assignments, and communication tools. To support academic integrity and high-quality assessment feedback, we also use Turnitin, integrated directly into Moodle using LTI 1.3.

This integration allows you to:

✅ Submit assignments through Moodle with Turnitin's plagiarism checking automatically applied

✅ Receive detailed originality reports to help improve your academic writing

✅ Access lecturer feedback and grades all in one place

✅ Ensure your work meets college and SQA standards for academic honesty

By combining Moodle and Turnitin, we aim to make your learning experience more seamless, transparent, and supportive.

➡️ To learn more about how Turnitin works and how to use it effectively, please visit the "Turnitin Guidance" section on Moodle.

What is Turnitin LTI 1.3

Turnitin LTI 1.3 is the latest and most secure way that Turnitin is connected to Moodle. It stands for Learning Tools Interoperability, version 1.3 — but you don’t need to worry about the technical name.

At Glasgow Kelvin College, it just means that Turnitin is built right into Moodle, so you can:

✅Submit assignments directly through Moodle

✅Get originality reports that check for plagiarism

✅Receive feedback and grades all in one place

✅Use a secure and reliable system that protects your work

Why Does It Matter? Turnitin LTI 1.3 makes things easier and clearer for you as a student. Instead of using separate websites or logins, you can do everything in one spot — on Moodle.

It also supports:

✅Timely submission deadlines

✅Tools to help improve your writing

✅Academic integrity and fair marking

You don’t have to do anything different — just upload your work in the normal Moodle assignment section, and Turnitin does the rest.

Why does Glasgow Kelvin College use Turnitin LTI 1.3 for assessments?

✅ Answer: Turnitin LTI 1.3 is used because it offers a secure and reliable way to manage assignment submissions directly through Moodle. It allows lecturers to collect, review, and assess your work efficiently. Because it’s fully integrated into Moodle, you don’t need a separate login or account — you simply upload your assignments where instructed, and Turnitin handles the rest in the background. It helps the college maintain consistency, fairness, and high academic standards.

How does Turnitin help check for plagiarism and similarity?

✅ Answer: Turnitin automatically compares your submitted work to millions of sources online, including academic articles, websites, books, and other student papers. It then produces a Similarity Report, showing how much of your text matches existing content. This doesn’t always mean plagiarism — but it helps you and your lecturers see where citations might be missing or where you need to use your own words more clearly. It’s a key part of promoting honest academic work.

How does Turnitin LTI 1.3 support academic integrity?

✅ Answer: Academic integrity means doing your own work and giving credit to others when you use their ideas. Turnitin supports this by providing transparent and automated checks that help prevent cheating, copying, or unfair practices. It encourages students to write in their own voice and follow correct referencing. Using Turnitin LTI 1.3 also helps ensure that everyone is assessed fairly and equally, no matter their subject or level.

What role does Turnitin play in detecting AI-generated content?

✅ Answer: Turnitin has introduced AI detection tools that can help flag text that might have been written by artificial intelligence (e.g., ChatGPT or similar tools). While this tool is still being developed and refined, it gives lecturers a starting point for reviewing work that may not have been written by the student. This supports authentic learning and helps protect the value of your qualification. However, it's always reviewed alongside human judgment — not used to penalise students unfairly.

How does Turnitin help students improve their work?

✅ Answer: Turnitin is not just about checking — it’s also a learning tool. In many cases, your lecturer may let you see your Similarity Report before the final deadline, giving you a chance to revise and improve your work. You’ll also get digital feedback through Turnitin, including comments, highlights, and grades, which are easy to access on Moodle. This helps you understand your strengths and areas for improvement, supporting continuous learning and progress.

FORMATIVE and SUMMATIVE assessment explained.

A formative assessment is conducted during the learning process to monitor student progress and provide ongoing feedback that can be used to improve teaching and learning. In contrast, a summative assessment takes place at the end of an instructional period to evaluate student learning by comparing it against a standard or benchmark.

FORMATIVE

Formative assessment is the kind of assessment your lecturers use during your learning, not at the end. It's used to help you understand how you're doing, what you’ve learned, and what you still need to work on. It helps you improve before any final, graded (summative) assessments.

Why is Formative Assessment Important?

✅ It gives feedback to help you improve.

✅ It helps you and your lecturer see if you’re on track.

✅ It can boost your confidence by showing your progress.

✅ It helps guide what you should study or practise more.

Examples of Formative Assessment in College

✅Quizzes or practice questions

✅ Draft essays or reports with comments

✅Class discussions or group work feedback

✅ One-to-one chats with your lecturer about your progress

Key Point (as per Scottish Qualifications Authority)

☑️The SQA sees formative assessment as a support tool.

☑️It’s all about learning and progress, not about passing or failing. It’s designed to help you reach your full potential in graded assessments later on.

SUMMATIVE

Summative assessment is the type of assessment that counts towards your final grade. It happens after you’ve had time to learn and is used to measure what you’ve achieved at the end of a unit, module, or course.

Why is Summative Assessment Important?

✅ It tells you and the college how much you've learned.

✅ It gives you your official result or grade.

✅ It helps decide if you’ve met the learning outcomes set by the SQA.

✅It may determine whether you pass a unit, progress in your course, or gain your qualification.

Examples of Summative Assessment in College

✅ Final exam or test

✅ Final version of an essay or project

✅ Graded practical assessment (e.g. lab work, presentation)

✅Portfolios marked at the end of a unit

Key Point (as per SQA)

☑️The SQA sees summative assessment as a way to formally judge your performance against the required standards and learning outcomes. It is used to confirm your achievement and forms part of your official qualification record.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

Learning outcomes are clear statements that describe what you are expected to know, understand, or be able to do after completing a unit or course.

They are set by the SQA and form part of your unit specification. They guide what is taught and what is assessed.

Why Are Learning Outcomes Important?

✅ They tell you what skills and knowledge you’ll be working towards.

✅ They help your lecturers plan teaching and assessments.

✅ They are the basis of summative assessment. You are only assessed on what the outcomes say you should learn.

✅ They help you know when you've successfully completed a unit.

Examples of Learning Outcomes

Here are example formats used in SQA units:

✅ "Explain the principles of health and safety in the workplace."

✅ "Apply basic IT skills to complete a task."

✅ "Carry out a practical activity to industry standard."

☑️ Each unit normally has 2–4 learning outcomes, and they are linked to assessment criteria.

Key Point (SQA Focus)

☑️ Learning outcomes are at the core of SQA’s unit-based approach. They make sure that your assessments are fair, consistent, and focused only on what you've been taught.

What are Blended Learning Consortium (BLC) eLearning courses and where can I find them?

BLC eLearning courses are high-quality, interactive online learning materials available on the college’s Moodle platform. You can find them in the eLearning Resources area.

Who can use these eLearning courses?

All students can access them for open skills development. They’re great for building digital skills, employability, sustainability awareness, and more—regardless of your course or level.

Are BLC courses just for self-study, or can lecturers use them too?

Both! Students can use them independently, and lecturers can embed entire courses or selected modules into their own Moodle pages to support teaching and learning.

What’s new about the Moodle LMS platform that supports this?

The updated Moodle platform allows lecturers to copy full BLC course pages or individual modules directly into their own course areas, streamlining setup and content management.

Can lecturers customise which parts of a BLC course they use?

Yes, lecturers can select and request a copy of only the most relevant modules or units, giving them the flexibility to adapt materials to specific topics or learning outcomes.

How does this benefit students?

Students gain easy access to additional high-quality learning content through Moodle and Microsoft Teams, helping reinforce course material and support independent study.

Using eLearning Modules in Class Pages

The eLearning modules available across the various courses in the eLearning Resource Area can now be grouped into collections within individual Moodle class pages. This new feature allows teaching staff to select, organise, and present relevant eLearning content directly within their own course areas, making it easier to support students with targeted, accessible digital learning.

Teaching staff are responsible for reviewing each eLearning resource and determining its suitability for specific learning outcomes being delivered within their subject area. While these modules offer valuable support materials, they are not prescriptive. Instead, they should be mapped carefully against course aims and used to enhance existing curriculum delivery, support flipped learning, or reinforce independent study.

In addition, all Moodle class pages are now directly linked to their corresponding Microsoft Teams classes. This integration allows for a more streamlined learning experience, where students can access Moodle resources alongside live Teams sessions, communication, and collaborative tools—all within one digital space.

All Moodle course pages, categories, and even specific areas can be added as individual web pages within Teams groups or channels, making it easy for lecturers to curate content, highlight key modules, and guide learners through structured digital pathways without needing to switch between platforms.

This powerful link between Moodle and Teams supports:

✅ Simplified access for students through a single, familiar interface

✅ Improved communication and collaboration alongside course materials

✅ Greater flexibility in how digital content is introduced, shared, and followed up

✅ Enhanced visibility of independent learning tasks and progress

By embedding curated eLearning module collections into your class page—and making them accessible through your Teams group—you can create a connected, engaging, and outcomes-focused digital learning experience for your students.

Celebrating Progress with Digital Certificates

Our eLearning Resource Area course pages now feature digital certificates—a streamlined way to recognise student achievement across a wide range of open-access skills courses. While currently used only within this area, and more extensively across the Learning Network site, digital certificates bring clear benefits.

They reduce the need for labour-intensive printing and distribution of hard copies, cutting down on both staff time and resource use. More importantly, this shift supports the college’s commitment to sustainability, helping to lower paper consumption and carbon impact.

Digital certification is a small but powerful step towards a more efficient, eco-conscious learning environment—while still giving students a sense of accomplishment they can download, save, and share.

You can learn more about digital certificates in the eLearning resources page, just click the button on the home screen.

Digital Certificate Award Criteria

The college-endorsed digital certificates issued through Glasgow Kelvin College officially recognise a learner’s completion of eLearning courses and are authenticated to the user through the college Moodle LMS platform. Anyone can verify the certificate simply by scanning the QR on the certificate. These certificates are valuable for demonstrating continuous learning, both within the college and to potential employers.

Criteria for Earning a Digital Certificate:

✅ Completion of All Modules: To earn a digital certificate, learners must complete all individual modules within the course. Each module must be completed to ensure progress toward 100%.

✅Achieving 100% Course Progress: Learners must reach 100% course progress, which indicates that all required activities and assessments have been completed.

✅Each individual topic module requires a pass mark of 50%.

✅Learners are allowed multiple attempts to reach the passing score, ensuring they have the opportunity to succeed and complete the course requirements.

✅Once the learner has successfully completed the course and met the progress criteria, a digital certificate will be sent to the learner’s college email address.

✅The certificate is issued electronically and can be accessed and stored digitally.

✅Visual Prompt – The Color Black:The color black is intentionally used in the design of the digital certificate as a visual reminder not to print the certificate.

✅This design choice aligns with the college’s goal to maintain a paperless environment and encourage the use of digital certificates rather than physical prints.

✅The college has disabled the print option for the digital certificates, reinforcing the idea that they should remain in their digital form and not be printed.

✅Digital certificates are intended to be stored online (e.g., in the learner’s ePortfolio or personal learning profile) and can be used as evidence of continued learning.

✅Learners can share their certificates online, making them an accessible and portable form of recognition for both academic and professional purposes.

College Statement

☑️These digital certificates do not replace accredited college qualifications. They are not equivalent to formal college credits or recognised within the SQA (Scottish Qualifications Authority) framework.

☑️The certificates serve to highlight personal achievement and engagement with eLearning, but they do not carry the same weight as accredited academic qualifications.

☑️By following these guidelines, the college ensures that the digital certificates remain sustainable, accessible, and useful for learners, while emphasising their role in showcasing personal learning accomplishments without replacing formal qualifications.

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