• Student Digital Experience Survey

    Have you got what it takes to complete the Student Digital Experience Survey and take home the trophy?

    If you take on the challenge and help shape the digital future of Edge Hill University, you could be in with a chance of winning the jackpot prize – a £200 voucher of your choice. The sooner you level up and complete the survey the more lives you will earn, meaning the more opportunities you will get of winning our monthly prizes and of winning the jackpot!

    The Digital Experience Survey is a quick 10 minute survey designed to help us improve your digital experiences and expectations.

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  • Staff Digital Experience Survey

    Over the past couple of years the pandemic brought challenges which required us to think differently about digital education and technology. Since then, experiences, confidence and expectations of digital education have changed for both staff and students. In collaboration with CLT and our Senior Solstice Fellows, we’re looking to gain insight into the support, guidance, tools and services we provide for digital learning.

    One of the first parts of this enquiry will be understanding our staff and students’ current digital experiences and confidence levels, but looking to the future of what the expectations are of a modern digital university experience. To gain some of this initial insight we’ll be running JISC’s Digital Insights Survey from early 2024.

    The JISC Digital Insights Survey is a chance to provide students and staff a voice to provide us with a clearer, data informed picture of where we are in our digital journey, but more importantly where we see the future and how can the institution support us to get there. The insights from the survey will help us to make informed decisions about our digital environment and target resources to support with confidence, guidance and tools to get us there.

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  • Submitting Video Assessments in Panopto

    Has your tutor set up a Blackboard Assignment dropbox to allow you to submit a video for Assessment? You don’t need to be a technical whiz to do this just follow the below instructions!

    Firstly, we always recommend using Google Chrome or Firefox when using Panopto.

    Pre-recording/Uploading your video using Panopto on a desktop device.

    Did you know all students have access to Panopto? You can access Panopto from within any module by clicking on Books & Tools on the Details & Actions menu and selecting Panopto Video Course Folder.

    Access Panopto through the Books & Tools menu.

    Once you have opened Panopto it is worth changing the folder you are in to My Folder. This will make sure any videos you create or upload are saved to your own personal folder and can be accessed from within any module you are in

    Save Panopto videos to My folder

    Pre-recording/Uploading your video using your Phone

    If you’ve been asked to submit a video assignment and want to do this from your phone, you can sometimes be faced with challenges due to cross site tracking when using Safari. Cross site tracking can be disabled on your phone, to do this go to: 

    Settings/Safari/Privacy & Security and turning Prevent Cross-Site Tracking off. 

    Disable Prevent Cross-Site Tracking in Safari

    Alternatively, you can use the Panopto Mobile App to save your video into your personal folder. 

    The Panopto App allows staff and students to view, record and upload content on either their Android or iOS personal device and is simple to use.  

    The Panopto App can be downloaded from the following links: 

    Logging In to the Panopto App.

    Login to the app using your Edge Hill email address and password. 

    Panopto app

    After logging in you will be directed to the app’s homepage to sign in.

    You will be directed to the app's homepage

    Recording and Uploading a Video 

    In the app, select the plus + icon from the lower right corner. 

    A pop-up menu will appear at the bottom of your screen, select which you would like to do: Record a video or Upload media. 

    Record a video: If you select this option, your phone’s camera will open.  

    Select the red circle to start your recording. 

    Once you have recorded your video select Done. 

    Your recording will be uploaded to your ‘My folder’ which can also be accessed from Blackboard during the submission process. 


    Upload media: If you select this option, the Files feature on your phone will open, allowing you to select and upload media. Note: For iOS users, a pop-up window will appear allowing you to pick between the media library in your phone and iOS files. 

    Recording and Uploading a Video 

    Once you have created your video access the drop box and follow the instructions below:

    • Select the text box labelled ‘Submission’.
    • In the text editor options, select the ‘Insert content’ (+) icon.
    • Select ‘Content Market’ and then ‘Panopto Student Video Submission’.
    • You have options to Choose, Upload, and Record.
    • Select the video you wish to submit then select ‘Insert’.
    • At this point you can change the display name of your recording if you wish.
    • Your video will be added to the submission. Add any extra information and submit.

    The below video demonstrates this process. 

    For further information on using Panopto to record videos view Panopto – Submitting Video Assignments Guide

    For more information on the Panopto App, visit the Panopto Support website

    Leah Wilson – Digital Technology Officer

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