Top ten tips for preparing for online exams
May 5, 2022
At this time of year, we find students often have questions about exams or assignments, so here are our top tips for coping with the technical aspects of online exam season. Where are you going to be for the exam? Make sure you’re not in a house full of people watching Netflix etc. If this …
Why you should never reveal your SPY, SUPERHERO or ROCKSTAR name
March 7, 2022
You’ve seen it on Facebook loads of times (the examples are not real!). Questions like these: What’s your SPY name (middle name and current street name), e.g., Jane Middleham What’s your JEDI name (middle name spelled backwards, your mother’s maiden name spelled backwards): e.g.,Enaj NosnhoJ Your SUPERHERO name: (“The”, your favourite colour and your first car): e.g., The Purple Astra …
Tip of the Day. Ways to contact students (as an alternative to Moodle emails)
October 22, 2021
As you might imagine there has been a huge increase in the use of Moodle over the past couple of years. This sometimes shows up areas we need to improve. As of October 2021, we have seen issues with sending out emails from Moodle Announcements and Forums (incident details are reported here on the status …
MS Teams Tip of the Day: Keyboard shortcuts
February 15, 2021
Microsoft Teams has a number of quick tricks and keyboard shortcuts: these include shortcuts for moving around Microsoft Teams, opening menus, sending messages, and starting and ending calls, and more. Even if you’re unlikely to use many of them, it can be useful to know the shortcuts for the actions you use most often. Here …
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