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Fancy a good read at Christmas?
We have just published our three Faculty newsletters and they are available for you to read via our Learning Services home page.
We have highlighted some of our key developments which have taken place during semester 1 and also some of the enhancements we have made to our services.
In the Faculty of Education newsletter you can find out about how we are working with academics around promoting their reading lists and improving accessibility to resources. There is also some information around how we are providing skills support via a variety of online tools; you can have a look at the education skills resources here
Faculty of Health and Social Care colleagues can read about our exciting programme of staff development coming up in semester 2 and also our plans to focus on our support at Armstrong House, and seek some feedback from our Manchester students.
Billy Jones, the Student Union VP for Arts and Sciences is on the cover of the FAScinate newsletter talking about some of the work he has been doing and his role within the Faculty. There is also an quick look at our new Discover More tool ..Does it do what it says on the tin? Have a look at the tool and try a quick search to find out for yourself!
There is also a very quick information bite about QR codes, they are every where now and we are going to be using them more and more.
If you would like to know more about any of the developments we have highlighted, please get in touch via the blog, we are always happy to share more information.
Best wishes and a Merry Christmas
Rachel Bury
Academic Liaison Manager – Health and Social Care
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Learning Edge Upgrade: System Unavailable – 19th-21st December
Hopefully you will have already seen an advance notice about the scheduled upgrade to Learning Edge via your University email, on the Learning Edge login page, in an announcment or on the Learning Edge blog. Just in case you haven’t, here is another reminder to help you plan for the disruption.
The bad news is that Learning Edge (Blackboard 9.1) will be unavailable from 21:30 pm next Monday 19th December to 12:00 pm (midday) on Wednesday 21st December whilst the system is upgraded. Please add this to your diary.
The good news is this is an upgrade to the system which will introduce several fixes to minor bugs and glitches and provide you with a more stable, reliable and feature rich system.
For more information about the improvements this upgrade will bring please read our briefing note: IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR STUDENTS
Please use this advance notice to ensure you are prepared for this service disruption – we advise you to download any information required during this period, before the 19th December.
We appologise for the inconvenience this upgrade may cause to you.
If you have any queries regarding this upgrade please don’t hesitate to contact the Learning Technology Development team on 01695 650754 or via [email protected]
Meg Juss, Learning Technology Development Divisional Coordinator.
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Media Students a Must read…
Well reading week is now behind us and it was a busy one!
The media development team was busy looking after Media’s 1205 & 1208 students as they were given their first introduction to Edge Hill’s HD television studio.
Studio Production Gallery The intention of these training sessions is to give first year students the opportunity to see first-hand the variety of production equipment used to produce a TV show. They are designed to give students an insight into the variety of the different production roles, and the key skills required to fill them, as well as giving them the oportunity to get hands on.
In our next blog we will update you on the arrival of our new Avid Media Composer editing systems. This system will give the budding editors amongst you, a chance to edit on another industry standard platform. So make sure to keep an eye on our news via this blog.
If you would like to learn more about what we do or need help with Media or ICT you can contact us at [email protected]
Donald Moffatt
Media Technology Development Manager.
