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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Tea and Technology this Term!
This semester there are three new Tea and Technology sessions available! Tea and Technology sessions are bite-sized 30 minute sessions, where staff can enjoy a cup of tea or coffee whilst learning something new. Search for ‘Tea and Tech‘ in the Request Training section of MyView to find the sessions and book your place. Getting…
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Paramedics and the 360° Experience.
Barry Matthews (Lecturer in Paramedic Practice and Pre-hospital Care) based at Edge Hill University’s Manchester Campus. Barry has been trying out Learning Services’ Giroptic 360cam, to create immersive resources for his students. The Giroptic 360cam produces 360° photographs and video and was the topic, back in January 2017, of Mark Wilcock’s blog post “360 Degrees…
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Blackboard Student Mobile App
The summer brought a number of changes to the learning technologies used in the University and one in particular I wanted to highlight here is the new Blackboard Student Mobile App available for iOS, Android and Windows mobiles and tablets. It is radically different to the previous app (Mobile Learn) having had a complete redesign.…
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Improving Participation – Inclusive Digital Practice Toolkit
The “Inclusive and Accessible Practice (IAP) Project”, brought together expertise from Learning Services’ Assistive Technologies and Learning Technology Development Teams (John Haycock and Martin Baxter). Both Martin and John have come-up with a Toolkit for staff, supporting them in the production of inclusive resources. The aim is to enable all students to participate equally with digital…
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Getting Your New Course Ready: Three Things to Remember
Many of you will be getting your Learning Edge courses ready for the 2017-18 academic year, so here are three things to hep you. 1. Don’t copy Turnitin dropboxes The Blackboard ‘Course Copy’ tool can be used to copy a whole course over, but we’d recommend that you take a moment to consider what you…
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Learning Edge – Successful Upgrade!
The scheduled summer upgrade has been completed successfully and you can now login to Learning Edge as normal. The upgrade introduces a number of improvements, which we hope you will like! You can follow this link to learn more about the new features, including a major product update to Turnitin called Feedback Studio. Please Feedback Contact…
