Lecture capture has arrived! The eLearning team have just launched a project to embed Lecture Capture pilots across all departments. More information on the projects and outcomes to follow…. Lecture capture is a system which records a video of the tutor whilst also recording anything that is …
The work of the eLearning team has been mentioned again in a blog post by the East Midlands Learning Technologists group which is supported by the national Association of Learning Technology. This group, and the blog site, aims to promote the work of Learning Technologists in the East Midlands and it is …
Vector Graphic: is a resolution independent graphic format that allows easy resizing without pixilation or distortion. Vector graphics are useful in graphic design when creating posters, Powerpoint slides, marketing tools, handouts or student handbooks. You can view example Vector graphics on Thinkstock- the online image catalogue. For more information on how …
If you would like to have a go at a really clever Christmas quiz from the mind of Matt in the eLearning team, follow this link: http://goo.gl/UFv24w Merry Christmas!!
The team recently created an animation to highlight the research, planning and development undertaken in order to revolutionise the way students and staff use the College Virtual Learning Environment (LearnZone). As staff within the college may already know, LearnZone is based on the open source Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) Moodle software, and over …
A survey by IT firm Logicalis says that teenagers now own 6 digital devices and some 28% of the 1,004 13- to 17-year-olds questioned feel ICT is key to their future career. The research, was originally designed to establish the “digital footprint” of teenagers today, its recently published suggests that young …
This morning I had a look at the many online platforms out there that allow users to create their own stories or poems. An online program called Storybird popped up in a list of best presentation tools for students. This intrigued me and I registered with the program to have …
There has been an extremely positive response to the Twitter project, sparking a great deal of responses and discussion on the #LTHE feed, so much so that we have had to look at the archive to go back to read the volume of discussion. As we viewed the responses on …
Adding a video from Youtube into a Learnzone page has never been so easy thanks to the recent upgrade. All you will need to do once you are onto your Learnzone page, click on the little cog to edit, once you have done this an editing pane will open. To …
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 …
