Elevate at the University of Sheffield

Elevate provides support and opportunities for all staff at the University who teach and support learning to engage in professional development. Through the enhancement of teaching practice at individual and programme level, Elevate contributes to a high quality learning experience for all students.

Member of University staff? Visit the Elevate Staff hub site for our full range of support.

Digital accessibility in learning and teaching

The accessibility of our digital learning tools

Details about accessibility features in the digital tools used at the University of Sheffield.

Tool accessibility

General guide for creating accessible content

Guidance on making any content that you create accessible to all of your audience. 

Create accessible content

Using PebblePad

Access PebblePad as an external member of staff or as an alumni of the University.

PebblePad guidance

Accessing online assessments as an external examiner

Guides for external examiners on logging into Blackboard and viewing student submissions in different online assessment tools.

External examiner guide (Blackboard Original)

External examiner guide (Blackboard Ultra)

Further support

Student and Academic Services (S&AS)

Find out about the other teams in the department.

S&AS home

Contact Elevate

Please get in touch with us for any queries about Elevate at the University of Sheffield: we’d love to hear from you.

elevate@sheffield.ac.uk