Five minutes with… Joe Bell
July 4, 2023
We asked Joe Bell: what is your job role? Video Production Support Officer What 3 words describe you? Helpful, Enthusiastic, Innovative Tell us something ‘unusual’ about yourself I’ve exhibited artwork at Whitechapel Gallery, London Design Week, Edinburgh Fringe, Brighton Fringe, Sweden, Lisbon, and most recently Denver, Colorado. What excites you about learning technology? Empowering educators …
Moodle 4.1: Introductory video for staff
June 8, 2023
This summer, Moodle will upgrade to version 4.1. This new version brings a range of positive changes to enhance the layout and appearance of your module site pages. To ensure a smooth transition to Moodle 4.1, Nicholas Cameron has created an introductory video for staff to highlight upcoming changes before the launch. In this short …
Implementing UDL 3: Multiple means of Action & Expression
June 2, 2023
If you’ve read any of our previous blog posts on Universal Design for Learning (UDL) or encountered it somewhere else, then you’ll know there are three main principles of the UDL Framework, developed by CAST. Each UDL principle is designed to help academics and others involved in teaching to improve how we present information, engage …
Implementing UDL 2: Multiple means of Representation
May 25, 2023
If you’ve read any of our previous blog posts on Universal Design for Learning (UDL) or encountered it somewhere else, then you’ll know there are three main principles of the UDL Framework, developed by CAST. Each UDL principle is designed to help academics and others involved in teaching to improve how we present information, engage …
Take a NAP 4: Multimedia
March 3, 2023
Our fourth blog post in our Nottingham Accessibility Practices Series covers the NAP on Multimedia. This is one of the eight core habits that will help make your teaching materials and publications more accessible and available. Video and audio are key tools in providing variety of materials. Videos can be important in assisting the processing …
Five minutes with… Simon Barnett
February 13, 2023
Today we are spending five minutes with Simon Barnett. What is your job role? Video Production and Support Officer What 3 words describe you? Supportive, Ponderer, Geek Tell us something ‘unusual’ about yourself I was a volunteer at an online radio station for 3 years, presenting a weekly music show. It allowed me to play …
Viewfinder magazine – moving image and sound in education: Advent Calendar #10
December 10, 2022
Today’s Advent ‘gift’ is a resource from Learning on Screen, who are specialists in the use of moving image and sound in education. Their unique services range from On Demand TV and radio, training, copyright advice and online scholarly resources. Last Advent we covered their service Box of Broadcasts and BoB Playlists for recording and collating …
The MHS Faculty Digital Learning Hub: Advent Calendar #8
December 8, 2022
There are a number of dedicated media hubs popping up around the University. For example, we have one in our own office on the ground floor of Pope Building, and the Faculty of Engineering have one on the ground floor of Coates building. On the Ningbo campus you can find, in the library, a Lego …
Easily transferring your Teams recordings into Echo360 Engage: Advent Calendar #6
December 6, 2022
Following on from yesterday’s post about Echo360 Engage, today Terry Willmer, Echo360 guru, tells us how to make your Teams recordings available to your students through Echo360 Engage. Terry shows how to easily copy recordings from a Teams folder to your personal OneDrive, and how to upload videos from your Recordings folder (or any other …
An academic’s guide to Echo360 Engage in Moodle: Advent Calendar #5
December 5, 2022
I’ve had a lot of queries about the easiest and quickest way to use Echo360 Engage videos in Moodle. So I got together with David Achtzehn, a lecturer in the Business School, and we got to grips with the most straighforward way to include videos in your Moodle module. It’s possible once set up to …
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