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 …
The new team infographic! This infographic was created to visually highlight the presence of eLearning at Loughborough College, importantly it displays that there is a gap in the knowledge of staff, shows a need for training in this area and provides evidence of how staff could benefit from training. The …
Working with shapes, pictures, boxes, objects and WordArt Below are a list of keyboard shortcuts for use while working within PowerPoint, specifically relating to the use of auto shapes, pictures, boxes, objects and WordArt. These shortcuts will help you to quickly add objects into your presentation to create more …
A ‘digital footprint’ is the information about you that is held on the internet which can be searched for and is visible to everyone. Unless you make your information private, anyone, including potential employers, can see anything you have ever posted online. There have been cases in the past …
Quick Response (QR) Code A graphical two-dimensional barcode that connects a physical object to an online resource when scanned using a mobile phone. QR codes look like square barcodes like the one below and can navigate you to a site online.
Here are a selection of nifty Outlook shortcuts to get your heads around! These are just a selection of the shortcuts available within this programme so if there is one that you know and that you would like to share then please add it to the list by using …
Again another offerring from the people at BBC Education, WebWise is a free online step by step resource which aims to help new or uncertain internet users to gain confidence and develop their digital literacy skills. This very basic step by step guide takes you through the practicalities of setting …
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 …
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 …
