{"id":9680,"date":"2024-10-07T11:29:15","date_gmt":"2024-10-07T11:29:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.loucoll.ac.uk\/learningtechnology\/?p=9680"},"modified":"2024-10-07T11:29:15","modified_gmt":"2024-10-07T11:29:15","slug":"digital-learning-spooky-news-october-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.loucoll.ac.uk\/learningtechnology\/2024\/10\/07\/digital-learning-spooky-news-october-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Digital Learning Spooky News October 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Welcome<\/strong> <\/h4>\n\n\n\n

In this issue, we scare up some nightmarish news, terrifying tips, drag the lake for resources, and share what we have been doing last summer, all to help improve your Digital Teaching, Learning, and Assessment practice. Want to share the Spooky spirit with your students? Try out this fun Halloween quiz<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Nightmarish<\/strong> News<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

AI.loucoll \u2013 New Feature<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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We are excited to announce a new addition to ai.loucoll<\/a>. You can now \u2019Favourite\u2019 your most used prompts and find them easily at the top of the homepage.

Select the heart at the bottom of the prompt tile. It will go red and when your refresh your page or visit again, your favourite prompts will now appear at the top of the list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Auto Enrol Closed for FE LearnZone<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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Students can no longer auto-enrol onto FE LearnZone course pages.
If your students did not access your pages before October, you will now need to manually enrol them onto your LearnZone Pages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Find out how in our blog post<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Terrifying Tips & Rotten Resources<\/strong> <\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Affinity with Canva<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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You can now get Affinity apps free with your Canva education account. This includes:

– Affinity Designer 2: For vector design and illustration
– Affinity Publisher 2: For advanced layout and publishing
– Affinity Photo 2: For professional-level photo editing<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is available for both staff and students these applications are great alternatives to some of Adobe\u2019s best apps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Find more information on the Canva website<\/a>. Alternatively, learn how to access apps<\/a> and find resources<\/a> to help you get started through Affinity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Accessible Colour Palette Generator<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

When designing PowerPoints and other work, give Venngage\u2019s Accessible Colour Palette Generator<\/a> a go! It\u2019s an easy way to make sure your text can be easily read on your colourful backgrounds, keeping your designed content accessible, but still looking good!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What We Do in the Shadows<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

VR in Education<\/strong>

Over the past couple of weeks, we have been extremely busy running VR sessions for Public Services, Foundation Learning, Caring Services, and Sport students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There has been fantastic student engagement and positive feedback for all the sessions.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Students have had the opportunity to investigate and learn about the human body in our professional Anatomy app,<\/a> and practice new soft skills with Bodyswaps app<\/a> that offers a host of different modules<\/a> for students to complete.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

YOU\u2019RE NEXT<\/s><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you or your team are interested in how VR could be beneficial to teaching and learning, or you know of an app you want to try with your groups, don\u2019t hesitate to get in contact<\/a>. We are happy to support with set up and practice sessions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Help and Support <\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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The Digital Learning team wish you a safe, fun and spooky Halloween!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As always contact the Digital Learning Team<\/a> for more information, guidance, and support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Normalcy will return next month. No tears, please. It’s a waste of good suffering.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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