We all know assessment and assessment feedback is a crucial aspect of any accredited programme of study. Allowing students to get feedback on their work enables them to identify not only areas for improvement but also highlights the great work
Have you ever discovered a really useful YouTube video but then realised only certain parts of it are relevant? This is where Vibby comes in. Vibby is a free online tool which allows you to take any existing YouTube video, trim it, and highlight the moments that matter so that you can more effectively use video within your teaching and learning…
Office Mix is a free plugin for Microsoft PowerPoint that offers a simple way to turn your PowerPoint slides into interactive online sessions and presentations. This is a great solution for anyone who wants to produce “screencasts” or “lecture casts”
A new version of our popular Batch Feedback tool was released on Blackboard last month. This new version provides a revamped user interface and new functionality, offering an improved user experience. Original Version The Batch Feedback tool was originally
Microsoft Outlook 2013 has some very nice new features but one that I’ve been finding very useful is the inclusion of a screen grab facility. There have been many times when I’ve needed to be able to send a screen
VideoNot.es is a free, open-source online tool which allows you to take notes whilst watching videos from various online sites such as Coursera, YouTube and Vimeo. All of the notes you type are automatically synchronised with the video. This means
The mass amount of information available online today makes it increasingly difficult and time-consuming to find the exact content that we want. Filtering through the content to find valuable resources is not an easy task. This is where content curation
Introduction Before I begin, this post is not a debate about the pros and cons about flash or HTML5. It’s just going to be about my experiences of converting a flash app into HTML5 in order to get that flash
I’m very excited. Sometimes I think that doesn’t happen very often, but actually I do get quite excited by things that will make a major difference to the learning experience, the student experience, even if I then am frustrated by
