Moving Multiple Resources or Activities in LearnZone
The all new LearnZone makes it easy to move resources and activities around a course or module page with ease. Watch the video demonstration below to learn how to do this.
LearnZone Video: Easily embed YouTube videos in LearnZone
Youtube and LearnZone can play beautifully together and you can easily integrate them into your courses. Embed the best of Youtube’s educational videos to enhance and develop students’ understanding of many areas of learning. YouTube videos can be embedded directly on a LearnZone course or unit page, or in any …
LearnZone and HE LearnZone bug fixes and improvements
Thanks to everyone who has given feedback on the new LearnZone theme. We have now squashed a few bugs and errors that had appeared including; Page load times for staff: This affected teaching staff. You should see a dramatic improvement in speed as you click from page to page. My …
Microsoft Forms: Build your own self marking quizzes.
Microsoft Forms is a quick and easy way to create quizzes that give your students instant feedback and marks. Originally designed as a survey tool, Microsoft has added the quiz feature to make it great for assessment both in and out of the class. Not tried a Microsoft Form before? …
New feature: Quizlet Diagrams
Heard of Quizlet? If not, quickly visit the current king of flashcards, mini tests and matching games and come back. Quizlet has added a new feature to their flashcard sets called diagrams. You can now create labelled diagrams for learners to test themselves on (or get them to create there …
Introducing PebblePad for HE Courses
PebblePad is an ePortfolio tool that works brilliantly for ongoing student portfolios. Staff are able to create template portfolios or encourage learners to build their own. PebblePad is widely used in the medical and sport sectors, as well as by many universities. But what do our students think? Aimee Skinner …
Infographics for Revision With Venngage
Who doesn’t love a good infographic? We certainly do and we love to use Venngage to create them. With a range of available templates, you can create quick and easy infographics to display a wide range of data. The uses for this type of display in teaching is only as limited …
Using social media to extend learning
A few weeks ago we spoke to a group of students about how they see the systems we use in the college. Although they felt LearnZone (Loughborough college’s installation of Moodle) and other applications served a purpose, students were asking for an easy and informal space to discuss and receive …
Apps for receiving student feedback
A good polling app can help teachers get an insight into how students are feeling about different aspects of their course. Polls can be used to check understanding, assess teaching and learning, ask students anonymously how confident they are about a topic, or simply gain feedback on how a particular …
Technology to support Hinge Questions
Following an insightful talk by Matt Bromley on stretch and challenge at our post-Christmas CPD day, the eLearning team came away from the session thinking about some of the technology available to support ‘Hinge Questioning.’ This is the concept of having a key question in a learning sequence in order …