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#EHUGetConnected Taking Your Devices to the Next Level!
After the success of all the previous #EHUGetConnected events held in 2013, we are happy to announce more upcoming dates across different venues and locations for the coming weeks ahead:
- 11am – 2pm Friday, 31st January 2014 (HUB, Ormskirk Campus)
- 9am – 1pm Tuesday, 4th February 2014 (FOHSC Foyer, Ormskirk Campus)
- 9am – 1pm Wednesday, 5th February 2014 (FOHSC CPD, Aintree Campus)
If you’ve never come along to one previously then you are in for treat! #EHUGetConnected gives you the chance to speak to our team of knowledgeable staff to help get the best out of your technology and the learning resources at your disposal. Every year there are new and exciting upgrades to our systems, pushing the boundaries of online learning and communication. In 2014 we will again be promoting and showcasing our favorite selection of mobile apps, campus WiFi connectivity and our learning resource ‘hall of fame’. This time we will be featuring the new Community Engagement upgrade within Learning Edge and show you how it can enhance your online learning practice.
Here are just a few examples of questions we can help you with:
General ‘How can I…?’
- connect to WiFi on campus?
- find a PC to use?
- book a study room?
- forward my Edge Hill emails to a personal account?
On my mobile (eReader/laptop/phone/tablet) ‘how can I…?’
- sync my emails?
- easily log into Learning Edge?
- get the course notifications I want?
- access my lecture notes?
- search the library catalogue?
- download journal articles and eBooks?
- annotate journal articles or lecture notes?
- save shortcuts to the library and my subject pages?
- watch videos or listen to podcasts?
- find useful apps?
In the library ‘how can I…?’
- search for resources?
- find online journals and articles?
- access my reading list?
- reserve a book?
- build a reference using the Discover More ‘cite’ tool?
- save a link to an eResource so I can go straight back to it later?
- work out which databases are right for my subject?
In Learning Edge ‘how can I…?’
- change the way my course list is displayed?
- subscribe to discussion forums/threads so I know when a post has been made?
- set up my own online blogs/discussion forums/podcasts/social or study groups?
- find my grades and feedback?
Events taking place in the Faculty of Health and Social Care are tied in with the Faculty enrollment and induction day for the newest cohorts, but all current students and staff are welcome to come and ask any burning questions you may have about your devices, gadgets or gizmos. If you’re not at any of the campus locations on the day to speak to us in person, we have got that covered too! You can contact us during the event (and beyond) via our social media channels using the #EHUGetConnected hash-tag:
https://www.facebook.com/EHULearnService
https://twitter.com/EHULearnService or https://twitter.com/LTDatEHUWe would be delighted to talk to you about technology; let us demystify some of the things you’ve heard about but don’t know how to use, and let us help you get started using technologies maybe you haven’t even heard of yet!
See you there!
Mark Wilcock
Learning Technology Development OfficerAcademic Skills, Assistive Technology, Customer Services, eResources, ICT Skills, Learning Technologies, Library, Resources
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One Click, Every Trip!
Over the past few months, Learning Services and IT Services have been collaboratively working hard in launching a great new look for Learning Edge.
We’ve been listening to our students about what you are looking for to make Learning Edge better than ever before and so today you will see some of these changes take effect!
Firstly, we have one Click access to Learning Edge! From the Go Portal you will be taken straight to your Learning Edge Homepage (Now called ‘Home’) where you can access your modules. You will also notice at this point a bright, new, colourful Learning Edge Homepage with lots of great resources and helpful links to make your experience the best ever yet!
The areas have been organised into new tabs to help you get straight to the bits you need when you need them whilst the Go Portal links will follow you so you can get straight to your student email without having to return back to Go.Rather than you having to leave Blackboard to find help, we’re now bringing it to you in a suitably organised way, gathering our Twitter feeds, YouTube videos, Ask Us service and System Status information right to wherever you choose to study.
Keep an eye out for particularly useful tools: Ask Us help service, Discover More library search and PC Availability amongst many others!
We are welcoming any feedback that our users have about the new look and features and would love to know what you would like to see in future developements. This is just the very first step in what we can bring to you through Learning Edge – there is still a lot more to come! Get in touch via the comments box below or email [email protected]
Learning Technology Development Team
Learning Services
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Dissertation – A professional finish
Do you want your dissertation to stand out from the rest?
Do you want to present a professional document that reflects your skills and knowledge?
Then why not attend the bite size learning session ’Dissertation – A professional finish’.
This workshop is available to all students and is included in the ‘Steps to Academic Success’ sessions. It will deliver practical experience in using features of MS Word to ensure you have a consistent approach to titles and sub titles, can format text and pages in different ways and use automated features for tables of contents and figures. All of which will save you valuable time when word processing and enhance the presentation of the finished document.
The workshop is just an hour long so, book direct for the next session on 5th February.
If you cannot attend a session then navigate to our guide and try out the features in the self-paced assignment. You can work on it anywhere! What you learn here you can take to the workplace too, to ensure that all your documents have a professional finish.
We look forward to seeing you!
