Using video for formative assessment
November 16, 2022
We have been seeing an increasing number of video assignments being used with students. Having students submit video has a number of advantages including: Can be used in the context of peer review. May be a more authentic method of assessment. Can be included in a career-facing e-portfolio. Many students really enjoy creating videos. Video …
Show me your eggcorns!
July 25, 2022
I’ve just discovered eggcorns. An eggcorn is a misheard, mistranscribed or re-interpreted word or phrase that although mistaken is somehow logical, or plausible. It may even be, in its own way, more satisfying or poetic than the original. Hence eggcorn for acorn. You could think of it as a slip of the ear. The word …
Changes to where Teams meeting recordings are stored
June 27, 2022
Next Monday 4th July, is now confirmed as the date when changes will take place to where Teams meeting recordings are stored. While new meeting recordings will continue to appear in the Teams Chat, they will NOT now be stored in Microsoft Stream. Recordings will appear in your personal OneDrive if: you have created the …
Advent Calendar #19: BoB Playlists
December 19, 2021
Another box of delights to open today. In a previous entry in our Advent Calendar, we introduced you to BoB, the recording service from Learning on Screen. As well as being a recording service for staff and students at the University, BoB also can be used to create playlists of both TV and Radio programmes. This …
Advent Calendar #18: How to create a festive video message in Powerpoint
December 18, 2021
Today we show you a (reasonably) simple way to make a festive video message. It could be for your students, or if you’re not sure of the postal deliveries this year, even for your family and friends… How to create a festive video in Powerpoint, step by step: Create a folder on your Hard Drive …
Advent Calendar #13: MediaSpace captions tips and tricks
December 13, 2021
Today’s Advent calendar tips about editing MediaSpace captions are in response to an academic query – so maybe an academic wish come true? You can add multiple captions files to each video in MediaSpace, so if you need to edit it, you don’t need to replace the one that’s there, at least at the start, …
Advent Calendar: #7 Box of Broadcasts
December 7, 2021
In the Advent Calendar today we embrace the season by offering you a gift box: Box of Broadcasts (BoB). The University has an Educational Recording Agency Plus licence which allows us to use Box of Broadcasts (BoB) to record and access television and radio programmes – but with one big caveat: these can only be used …
Advent calendar #2: How to make a Stream video available to students
December 2, 2021
So you’ve made a recording of yourself wishing your students a seasonal greeting. How best to share it with the students? When staff make recordings of Teams meetings and learning sessions, the recording ends up in Stream. Here’s why leaving them in Stream isn’t usually the best way to make these available to students. Normally, …
A Summer of Moodle #13: Training sessions to help you use Moodle and other technologies
August 28, 2020
A number of training sessions are being run by the Learning Technology Section and colleagues to help staff plan and create online learning for the new academic year. More sessions are added all the time, but currently the following are available, all of which help you use Moodle more effectively, often by linking to other systems. They …
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