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 …
The below video shows you an quick easy way to attach your files to your emails. [youtube_sc url=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5vBDR3ocYA&feature=BFa&list=PLCFC7B1C66DAD2050″]
When you are browsing the internet, rather than having multiple windows open which can be confusing you can use ‘tabs’ instead. Tabs run along the top of your browser (eg Internet Explorer/Firefox) and enable you to see what you have open and it gives you the ability to flick between …
There is a really simple way to attach files. If you have a file saved on your in a folder or on your desktop, you can easy attach it to an email in Outlook by simply clicking and dragging it into the email. Watch the video which shows you how: …
When creating or adding anything to one of your LearnZone pages, you will see the question mark icon. When you click this icon, a pop up window will appear and give you some information on this setting. The below video highlights how it works: [youtube_sc url=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tURx8ilz3wM&feature=BFa&list=PLCFC7B1C66DAD2050″]
On the 5th of February I attended the LSIS technology conference in Birmingham. Loughborough College was due to hold a workshop on how they have used iPads to support teaching and learning titled “Big bikes, Cars and Tablets – Using iPads in Motor Vehicle Studies”. Mark Hucker was the lead …
The first of our Special Interest Groups (SIGs) was held on 19th February between 12:30-1:30. The topic that was being discussed was Flipped Learning. Thank you for all those who attended the first SIG, I hope that you found it interesting and useful – I know I did! It was …
As standard, the shapes feature on Powerpoint or Word only give you the option to draw a rectangle or oval. However there is a really simple trick to get a perfect square or circle. This short video shows what you need to do: [youtube_sc url=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DqbAz95_EY&feature=BFa&list=PLCFC7B1C66DAD2050″]
What is a blog? A blog is a term that is derived from the phrase Weblog. Blogs are a collection of posts made by a user or users reporting news quite often on a particular subject but can be on a wide range of subjects. In addition to the author of a …
MyZone is your own area of LearnZone whereby the courses that you have editing rights for, or are enrolled on are displayed. You can use this area to quickly find certain courses. This video shows you how it works: [youtube_sc url=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4yqKTxCpjk&feature=BFa&list=PLCFC7B1C66DAD2050″]
