• Turnitin Feedback Studio – Coming Very Soon!

    This summer’s upgrade to Learning Edge (due on Monday 24th July 2017) includes a major product update to Turnitin called Feedback Studio which significantly enhances the experience of staff and students when accessing essay papers in the document viewer. Feedback Studio offers all the functionalities of Turnitin, including Originality Check, GradeMark, QuickMarks, voice comments, rubrics,…

  • Learning Edge Upgrade July 2017 – What’s coming this summer

    This summer, Blackboard will be upgraded to include a number of new & exciting features! The upgrade will take place from Sunday 23rd July 2017 (2:30 pm) until Monday 24th July 2017 (2:30 pm).  During this time, please note that the VLE will be unavailable. We are busy testing all of the new features and…

  • Curious and Creative – Learning Services celebrate Learning at Work Week 2017

    Learning Services are always looking for innovative ways to increase engagement in staff development activities. We have a large and diverse team of staff and we are keen to ensure we provide opportunities for everyone to get involved and learn something new. This year we celebrated national Learning at Work Week within our department. 198 places…

  • 68 Things to Help You Find and Use TV and Radio Broadcasts

    I don’t know if any of you have wanted to share broadcast materials with students. When I started working at Edge Hill the only legal way to do this was to get in touch with Jim in Learning Services, who would record the programme and put it on a VHS tape for you to show…

  • Upgrade to the eShare repository

    Please make a note in your diaries.  On May 2nd 2017 our eShare repository will be upgraded to the latest version of the core ePrints repository software.  We have been informed that for 48 hours, the repository will be ‘at risk’.  Access to the repository will be frozen, therefore staff will be unable to upload…

  • Make a date with Lynda and Bob

    Learning Services are inviting you to make a date to get to know Lynda and Bob, and explore what these resources can offer you and your students. Lynda Lynda.com contains a wide variety of online courses, on topics including IT software, media, business, design, educational tools and soft skills such as communication, teamwork and productivity.…

  • Tea and Technology

    This year we are offering more 30 minute staff development Tea and Technology sessions! These informal, bite-sized sessions provide staff the chance to learn something new in just half an hour, whilst enjoying a complimentary cup of tea or coffee! Bring Printed Materials to Life with Augmented Reality Weds 1st March 10:30-11 Augmented reality has…

  • 360 Degrees of Learning Potential!

    Just recently we acquired the Giroptic 360cam to explore the potential of 360 cameras and how they might be used in HE to help enhance the student learning experience. Even within the first week of getting to grips with the camera we had already identified many possibilities in which it could impact and enhance teaching…

  • New Upgrade for Qwickly Attendance Introduces Split Registers and Much More…

    We’re pleased to announce that Qwickly Attendance for Blackboard will receive a fairly big update on Wednesday 18th January. The update is better known as version 3.6 and is jam packed with some really exciting new features which we think you’ll like a lot. Here is an exhaustive list of things that have been included. Register…

  • Try January!

    This January, why not make it your resolution to learn how to use a new technology? We will be running a series of Try January sessions throughout the month, on a variety of technologies. These include: Padlet – Get started with online collaboration – Padlet allows the creation of online collaboration boards which can be…