MMU Rise

Join the digital world by gaining coding and data analysis skills with Python. Regardless of your course and faculty, acquire a new ability and learn about the applications of this vast discipline.

This course provides a gentle introduction to data analysis and coding by showing you how to use Python, providing fun teaching approaches to motivate and support learning from any field of study within the university. You’ll explore the versatility of coding and the many ways in which it can be used to analyse data. In a society where digital connectivity is ever-growing in importance, build your confidence, knowledge and research skills in this area! 

Graduate Attributes: Digital connectivity / research / critical thinking

Launching in FutureMe Week, our ‘How to be…’ courses blend focused self-study with innovative digital content to allow you to experience a range of ways of exploring the world and solving problems. You’ll work through a creative interactive workbook to learn ideas and develop your thinking, and then join an afternoon livestream that will deepen your understanding and give you a chance to share your thinking. In this ‘How to be…’ course, you’ll also learn about coding versatility and the applications of data.

Develop enterprise and creative skills in the digital sector.

The iDEA award is an external charity which creates bite-sized courses supporting and evidencing a range of creative and digital skills. Complete these at your own pace to earn a bronze or silver award, drawing on whichever badges appeal to you. At the end, upload your email certificate to gain Rise Points.

Typically, completing this award will take around 15 hours of effort, and will earn you 40 Rise Points – but you have the option to complete a more advanced silver award for a further 40 points.

Enrol in this self-study pack, for the three simple steps you need to follow.

There is a wealth of data that is created for and about us and the communities in which we live. Although much of this data is available publically as open data it is often hard to locate, with the tools and understanding needed to interpret and use it unduly difficult.

In this self study pack, I’ll try to demystify the world of data, highlight what data is and isn’t available, what it can be used for and give you some easy tools methods that can help – without needing to know anything about coding or programming and all without opening a single spreadsheet.

A complete beginner’s guide to creating inventions with LEDS, sensors and other components – focused on the user-friendly BBC:Microbit platform.

Physical computing involves interactive systems that can sense and respond to the world around them. This introductory self study pack covers suitable starting equipment and teaching approaches to suit beginners starting to explore this area. This course is aimed at adults but many of the techniques used may be suitable for educators working with children. 

Manchester Metropolitan University is proud to be an Adobe Creative Campus. This means all staff and students have access to Adobe Express at home.

Adobe Express is an all-in-one design, photo and video tool that makes content creation easy and accessible for everyone. It’s designed to help users create a variety of visual content quickly and easily, without needing advanced design skills.

You can use Adobe Express for a range of tasks, like creating social media posts, making videos, designing marketing materials and maintaining brand consistency. It’s particularly useful for small businesses, marketers, and anyone looking to create professional-looking content without the complexity of tools like Photoshop or Illustrator.

Certification Opportunity:

This Self Study Pack is aligned with Manchester Metropolitan University’s Certification Programme. This is a fully-funded opportunity (worth up to £600) to gain external certification from Adobe. It will take you through the necessary steps to train, practice, sit an exam and earn a certification, validating your skills and enhancing your professional credentials.

This pack is aligned with the following Certification:

Adobe Certified Professional in Content Creation and Marketing Using Adobe Express

This certification will allow you to gain hands-on experience in using Adobe Express for efficient content creation and communication, and in digital marketing. Successfully passing the exam will demonstrate your knowledge of the basic tasks required in day-to-day use of Express.

Explore the fundamental steps of using social media to market any brand, business or project. From social strategy to content creation and analytics, you'll learn why and how to plan your own campaign.

This self-study pack will give you an insight into how to produce effective social media marketing campaigns, whether you’re looking to sell a product, cause or just an idea to a desired audience. No matter what your understanding of social media marketing is, the sprints that you’ll complete will provide the tools (and starting points for further learning) for you to produce a variety of products. 

Learn how to plan, record and create your own podcast pilot

This self study pack gives you an overview of the entire process of creating a podcast episode. We’ll begin by looking at what podcasts are and the different styles, technical requirements for producing a professional quality podcast and also cover the equipment and production skills, along with the practical elements such as content creation and structure.

Learn to tell engaging stories in a vlogging format, exploring the full process of pre-production through to post-production and publishing

This exciting and unique self study pack will give you the skills on how to coherently tell engaging stories in a vlogging format, which becomes very transferable to other video production techniques and projects. You will acquire the basic knowledge of the pre production, production and post production stages of making a vlog video. Additionally, you will gain an understanding of the power of storytelling and the ‘3 act’ structure. Storytelling is one of the most ancient and potent means for passing across themes, messages and principles in any field. And by the end of this self study pack, you will become proficient at creatively telling stories in a structured manner for video production, via vlogs specifically as a medium.

Looking forward to seeing you inside this self study pack!