Crafts Council and CHEAD Craft HEI COVID-19 Impact Survey.

Crafts Council is working with CHEAD (the Council for Higher Education in Art and Design) to find out how best we can support the craft Higher Education sector during the COVID-19 pandemic. Please complete this short survey to tell us how your institution is managing the COVID-19 lockdown, and what we can do to help.

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* 1. Is your organisation a member of CHEAD?

Yes

Don't know

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* 2. Does your institution offer courses that would fall under the 'craft' category? E.g. furniture design, product design, industrial design, glass, metalwork, jewellery design, ceramics, textiles, designer maker and digital crafts.

Yes (if yes please list below)

If 'yes' please list

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* 3. What ways are students at your institution being supported to complete practical work? Tick all that apply.

Equipment loan

Provision of software licenses for home working (Adobe, etc.)

Remote desktop access to on-site software

Alternative means of assessment (see question 7)

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* 4. What virtual learning environment (VLE) or platform are you using to deliver your courses online?

Canvas

Moodle

Blackboard/ UniLearn

Aula

Other (please specify)

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* 5. What technologies are you using to deliver sessions?

'Live' lecture/ workshop delivery through VLE or other (Collaborate, Teams, Zoom)

Lecture capture (BB Capture, Camtasia, etc.)

Pre-recorded tutorials or instructional videos

Separate tutorial seminar groups through VLE or other (Collaborate, Teams, Zoom)

Other (please specify)

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* 6. What is your institution's current approach to to using alternative means of assessment (tick all that apply)

Changing nature of outcome- physical to virtual

Accepting photographs or video of outcomes

Assessing portfolio and coursework not final show

Assessing show plan and proposal in lieu of show

Other (please specify)

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* 7. What is your institution's current approach to looking at grade compensation or 'no detriment' calculation of grades and classifications? Tick all that apply

Using 'best' 90 of 120 credits to calculate degree classifications

Other formulas that weight pre-COVID 19 grades more heavily

Using only pre-COVID 19 grades as basis for final classification

Adjusting assessment criteria to allow for circumstances

Other (please specify)

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* 8. Is your institution hosting an online graduate show or showcase?

Yes (please go to question 10)

No (please go to question 9)

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* 9. If you answered no to the previous question, what are the main concerns/reasons for not offering an online graduate show or showcase?

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* 10. Is your institution working with an external organisation such as New Designers, New Blood Art or Arts Thread to deliver its online graduate show?

Yes

If yes please specify (if not commercially sensitive)

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* 11. Are you aware of any additional support for employability at this time?

Yes

If yes please provide details

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* 12. Can you describe how your institution is planning for delivery in the autumn term if the situation is that we are out of lockdown, but still have social distancing enforced?

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* 13. Have you accessed CHEAD's Coronavirus Knowledge Hub since its launch and what more could CHEAD or Crafts Council be doing in the current climate to further support you and your institution?

Yes

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* 14. Please leave your name and institution so we can track which institutions have responded to the survey. Answers will be treated in the strictest of confidence and viewed by CHEAD and Crafts Council only.