• Farewell CE8 (Old Blackboard)

    Over the past 18 months, programmes, courses and modules have been moved to Learning Edge (Blackboard 9.1).

    Since December 2011 access to CE8 (old Blackboard) was restricted. Some staff were granted extended access in order to wrap up old modules before the summer.

    Now we have reached the final stage and will be switching off CE8 (the old VLE) on the 30th June 2012.

    Anyone who still has access to CE8 please use this coming week to make a final check and ensure you have everything you require.

    Learning Technology Development Team
    [email protected]

     

    Carol

  • Podcasting with Campus Pack

    It is now possible to create podcasts within Learning Edge using the Campus Pack podcast tool.

    So exactly what is a podcast?

    A podcast is a type of digital media consisting of an episodic series of files (either audio or video) subscribed to and downloaded through web syndication (RSS Feeds)

    Podcasting lets you automatically receive the latest episode of your chosen programme as soon as it’s available. With podcasts you can subscribe to RSS feeds allowing the files come to you rather than searching for the files

    How can it be used in education?

    • To record lectures for revision purposes, special events, or flexible delivery to those at a distance
    • To provide a recap or précis of the week’s activities
    • Interviews with subject specialists
    • Assisting those with different learning styles
    • Listening/pronunciation practice for certain discipline e.g. language learning, phonetics
    • Providing feedback to groups on assessment
    • Student activities

    Creating podcasts using Campus Pack

    Podcasting: Skills and Techniques

    Want to findout more about the podcasting tool?  Contact the Learning Technology Development Team on: 01695 650 754 (or internal 7754)

    Irfan Mulla

    Learning Technologist

    Irfan

  • Blackboard 9.1 Journal Tool – Reflections in Writing.

    Girl taking notes in class
    JOURNAL

    Communication – Blackboard 9.1 offers new opportunities for using social communication tools including Journals, blogs and wikis.  The main difference between a blog and a journal is that blogs tend to be used for group debate and to comment, and the Journal tool for individual reflection.  Journals offer a personal writing space for self-reflection and private communication with the instructor, whereas blogs and wikis tend to be used as collaborative and social tools.

    Private Journal – The Journal’s uses include reflection on personal growth throughout the semester, record things learned on a field trip, a place for expressing yourself, documenting clinical experiences, and points that are private.

    Public Journal –Although journals offer a private place of communication between student and instructor, they can also be made for sharing with the rest of the group so that others in the group are able to read the journal, but they cannot comment on it.

    Click on the video link for help creating a Journal link in Blackboard 9.1                    Video Guide – Creating a Journal for staff

    Want to findout more about the Journal tool?  Contact the Learning Technology Development Team on: 01695 650 754 (or internal 7754)

    Martin Baxter (Learning Technology Development)

    Martin

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