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Appointment slots in Google Calendar

by jo1jar | Apr 14, 2021 | Digital Learning Tools, Google

Introduction Google Calendar has a lot of features and ways to help you automate your work! One of the great features that you can find and use easily is the ability to create appointment slots. These slots will help you easily manage your time and it will also make...

Google Meet – Introduction and Operation

by Robert Pashley | Feb 17, 2021 | Digital Learning Tools, Digital Pedagogy, Google

Google Meet is a video conferencing app. It is the business-oriented version of Google’s Hangouts platform and is suitable for businesses of all sizes. The solution enables users to make video calls with up to 250 users and display up to 49 users simultaneously...

Blackboard Operation (Basics)

by Robert Pashley | Sep 1, 2020 | Blackboard, Digital Learning Tools, Induction

This blog post is to look at the menu structure of a standard Blackboard module and the core tools to enable you to enrol users and post / copy and edit content. It will cover: Navigating to your courses The Module Template Edit View / Student Preview Adding Menu...

Useful Online Tools

by Robert Pashley | Jul 12, 2020 | Blackboard, Digital Learning Tools, Digital Pedagogy

The following are available Useful Tools for online delivery. Blackboard Assessment Tools Turnitin – This is a text matching, electronic submission and feedback software. It is used in the University of Sheffield for Originality checking and as part of something...

VLC Media Player – Tool to play and convert different video formats.

by Robert Pashley | Jun 5, 2020 | Digital Learning Tools, Media Production Tools, Video Conversion

VLC Media Player – Tool to play and convert different video formats. The VLC Media player tool is a free for use application that is available for Windows & Mac computers (as well as IOS and Android Devices) that plays a wide range of video formats,...

Blackboard collaborate for teaching – Introduction.

by Robert Pashley | Mar 12, 2020 | Blackboard, Collaborate, Digital Learning Tools, Induction

Blackboard Collaborate Ultra is a tool that is available to all Blackboard users. It is a way to create a virtual classroom, office, or meeting space in order to communicate with users on campus or anywhere in the world. Blackboard Collaborate allows faculty members...