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Adobe Spark is now Adobe Creative Cloud Express!

Adobe Spark is now Adobe Creative Cloud Express!

Adobe has rebranded its Spark multimedia creation suite as Creative Cloud Express. The idea is to help users create rich visual content like social media posts, stories, flyers and banners using a straightforward drag-and-drop interface, whilst keeping all of your

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Adobe Spark is now Adobe Creative Cloud Express!

Adobe Spark is now Adobe Creative Cloud Express!

Adobe has rebranded its Spark multimedia creation suite as Creative Cloud Express. The idea is to help users create rich visual content like social media posts, stories, flyers and banners using a straightforward drag-and-drop interface, whilst keeping all of your

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Adobe Spark is now Adobe Creative Cloud Express!

Adobe Spark is now Adobe Creative Cloud Express!

Adobe has rebranded its Spark multimedia creation suite as Creative Cloud Express. The idea is to help users create rich visual content like social media posts, stories, flyers and banners using a straightforward drag-and-drop interface, whilst keeping all of your

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Blackboard Ultra Self-Study CPD

Blackboard Ultra Self-Study CPD

Our new VLE, Blackboard Ultra, is a modern, responsive platform, designed to function on all devices (including mobile). We have made available a series of Self-Study CPD resources, accessed through Blackboard Ultra which covers: Creating Content Assessment and Grading Communication

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Using infographics in your course content

Using infographics in your course content

  A stroll through social media will show you that there are many people sharing bite-sized information and visual content via infographics. This content is shared often because it is interesting and in a format that is easy to digest.

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Blackboard Ultra – Understanding and Measuring Learner Engagement

Blackboard Ultra – Understanding and Measuring Learner Engagement

Most learning and teaching occurs in virtual spaces, where instruction is delivered through VLE systems such as Blackboard Ultra, either synchronously or asynchronously. As academics, we are constantly being challenged to drive up student engagement by offering a range of

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Driving digital teaching excellence through accessibility and inclusive academic practice

Driving digital teaching excellence through accessibility and inclusive academic practice

Ally is a unique way of improving the accessibility of your online teaching materials. Integrating seamlessly with Blackboard Ultra, it: supports the University in meeting its responsibilities under accessibility requirements for public sector websites; and allows students to access their learning materials

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Blackboard Ultra Self-Study CPD

Blackboard Ultra Self-Study CPD

The 2021/22 academic year sees Teesside move to a new Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) – Blackboard Ultra. Ultra is a modern, responsive platform, designed to function on all devices (including mobile). From May to August 2021 the Digital Transformation Team

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10 ways to use Adobe Spark in your lessons

10 ways to use Adobe Spark in your lessons

For learning and teaching to be truly student-centred, there needs to be time for students to construct their knowledge. This means we need to find a way to allow students the time and space they need to work with information,

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Taking a closer look at an online module: Ethical Practice for Working with Children – Mark Hannant and David Taylor

Taking a closer look at an online module: Ethical Practice for Working with Children – Mark Hannant and David Taylor

The Digital Excellence Impact Case Studies is a platform to showcase digital excellence in learning and teaching practices and thinking across the University. Launched by the Digital Transformation team in SLAR, our next digital excellence case study is from Mark

James September 14, 2021September 14, 2021 Featured, LTE Blog No Comments Read more
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