We are big fans of Canva in Digital Learning, it’s a fantastic tool for use in and outside the classroom. Whether you use it to create your resources or are getting your students to use it to create brilliant bits of work for assessment. It’s a creative and surprisingly easy …
Microsoft has made some exciting updates to OneDrive. In the video below Microsoft’s own Mike Tholfsen gives an overview of the new OneDrive layout, new features and updates including, folders colours, sharing files, search and favourites. So whether you are new to OneDrive or a seasoned veteran there is something …
In this blog, we will outline what is best practice for setting up Microsoft Forms, for curriculum and business support. Now you may think, ‘I know how to create a Form’, however, this is not about creating the Form itself, but more about where you create it to prevent the …
Just before summer break we successfully rolled over to a new version of LearnZone. Now, you may not notice any changes, however, there is a couple of minor change that it is worth noting. To add questions you now go into the quiz like normal and select the cog in …
Introduction At the start of each academic year, lecturers are responsible for managing their Microsoft Team sites. Staff should archive all of the Teams sites used for teaching in 2022/23 with the exception of courses continuing in 2023/24 that include the same students. This is to ensure that students are …
Essential information about this years 2020/21 LearnZone and HELearnZone rollover.
As we are now in the thick of exam season and learners’ revision is well underway, it is worth getting students to utilise Quizlet‘s digital flashcards, a fantastic way to study and build up the memory of keywords and descriptions ready for those exam questions. Students can create their own …
Upload – Recording – Playlist You may have noticed when visiting Stream (on SharePoint) that it has been updated and at the top, there are now three new buttons. Before we get into what the new buttons can do and some new features within the ever-evolving Stream it is worth …
Turnitin has developed a new AI writing indicator that is specifically designed to identify and highlight any AI-generated text within a submitted document. This feature is included as a separate report within the feedback studio. The AI indicator identifies the percentage of none human content within a document. Selecting the …
You can access new features in Teams quicker by turning on Public Preview (Early Access). We recently blogged about both Polls and new types of Teams meetings, frustratingly some of these features were withdrawn by Microsoft shortly after our posts. We discovered however that you can take advantage of all …
