Powerpoint issues

Important information about Youtube We have received a few emails over the past few days regarding embedding Youtube videos into Powerpoint presentations. There has been a few issues with the embed codes and Youtube videos are not playing- despite appearing, usually as a black box, within the Powerpoint slide. To clear this …

Hidden sections

The new version of Learnzone also lets you hide certain sections of your course until you are ready to unveil them, which is handy when planning and creating course materials for the upcoming year.   This option allows you to decide how the hidden sections in your course are displayed …

Facebook privacy settings

Taking care with social media: protect yourself against Facebook ‘mishaps’. During a recent staff development session on professional conduct, it became clear that many staff were concerned about the use of social media and unaware of how Facebook privacy settings could be changed. It is important that personal Facebook accounts …

New LearnZone

  From the 20th of August 2013 you will be able to log on to Learnzone to see the new and improved appearance! Learnzone has been upgraded to the latest version of Moodle, enabling improved usability. The simple and clean design of the new layout is the product of much hard work …

Our new office!

  Just to let you all know that we have moved from our little office (L101), and we now live in: B031 (JISC’s old office) Ext; 6342/6254 Come and find us!       If you cant find us why not email; eLearning@loucoll.ac.uk  

Boring university lectures ‘are doomed’ says Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales

According to the Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales, the custodian of the worlds biggest online encyclopaedia, the first major casualty of the online learning revolution will be the “boring” university lecture.   This is unless universities respond to the rising tide of online courses (MOOCs) as new major players emerge to …

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