• Defeating ‘The Beast from the East’: How Collaborate was used to run a ‘blended’ conference

    Blackboard Collaborate is an online classroom tool. It is designed to allow presentations and tutorials to be given to students while they are off-campus. In this blog post we look at an unusual use of Collaborate, as it was used to run a ‘blended’ conference. Meg Juss: Could you set the scene for us? Peter…

  • Bite-sized Lecture Series

    Bite-sized Lecture Series

    Students at Edge Hill University value the support they receive whist studying here, so much that they tell us how important that support is, each year through the National Student Survey. Edge Hill has a diverse student population and recognises the importance of innovative approaches to teaching and learning which are both inclusive and supportive. Since…

  • Have you used the Inclusive Digital Practices Toolkit?

    Learning Services have created the toolkit to support academic staff in the creation of accessible Digital Content. The toolkit includes quick tips, a checklist, user guides and some video case studies that showcase how teaching staff are using Digital Technology to support their students. We are submitting the toolkit for the Blackboard Catalyst Award for…

  • Tea and Technology – New Sessions

    We have three new Tea and Technology sessions available for you to book your place on now! Zeetings Presentations  Friday 16th March 10:30-11 in JD13 Explore Zeetings, a software which allows your audience to follow your presentation on their device, and allows you to add interactive elements such as polls and activity walls to your…

  • Edge Hill Central – Edge Hill University in the palm of your hand

    The updated Edge Hill Central app was launched at the end of November and has a fresh new look, more features and is easier than ever to navigate on mobiles and tablets.  More social media links have been introduced including Instagram and Facebook but all the features you know and love are just as easy…

  • Implementation of New Box View for Blackboard Assignment tool

    This information only applies to the Blackboard Assignments tool which formerly used the Crocodoc viewer.  It does not apply to assignments submitted or marked through Turnitin. On 18th December Blackboard Assignments was upgraded to use New Box View to preview student submissions.  Annotations made to submissions with the old Crocodoc tool were converted to pdfs…

  • Turnitin Feedback Studio: Ready for marking

    As we are swiftly heading on through this semester and towards end of term assessments we thought it would be helpful to once again highlight marking through Turnitin. Turnitin recently released Feedback Studio; an updated and revamped way of marking papers with some nifty new features such as page navigation and Grading/Similarity layers. Access to…

  • Staff Development this Term

    Learning Services offer a programme of informative sessions and hands-on training opportunities to help staff develop their use of various technologies. Come along to our Turnitin Feedback Studio session and mimic the whole electronic submissions process from both a tutor and student perspective. Learn more in our Online Marking, Grades and Feedback session and discover…

  • Crocodoc Replacement for Blackboard Assignments Only

    Croco what? I hear you say! Well lets start with some explanations of what’s what: Blackboard Assignment A Blackboard Assignment is a drop box that accepts submissions from students based on parameters set when the assignment is created.                 Inline Grading – Annotation tool Crocodoc The Inline Grading…

  • Playful Learning Conference 2017

    I was fortunate enough to attend the Playful Learning conference over the summer. We explored how playfulness can be included in adults’ learning experiences, which involved things such as playing games that were being used in Higher Education, making things, and experiencing escape rooms. We were all given cuddly toys with which we were to…