Date: Wednesday 5th September, Time: 0930-1130 and 1330-1530, Venue: Craiglockhart 0/09. The University is trialling the Panopto Classroom Recording service during session 2018/19. These sessions are open to all academics interested in participating in the trial and aims to get you familiar Panopto’s features while considering the pedagogical implications on your …
Moodle has been upgraded to version 3.4 and here you will find details of the most noticeable changes. These include a new plugin for plagiarism checking within Moodle Assignments, a new plugin for creating interactive content, and a range of other enhancements designed to improve course design and management. Managing …
Date: Wednesday 29th August, Time: 1230-1600 (lunch included), Venue: Craiglockhart 2/05. You are warmly invited to this event to learn how TurningPoint classroom voting can increase participation in lectures and promote peer discussions. There will be presentations from academics on their approaches, and we will be joined by Alan Duddy …
Date: 18 April 2018 Time: 0930-1230 (Lunch included) Venue: Rivers Suite, Craiglockhart You are warmly invited to this event that will kick start an institutional conversation around what Learning Analytics means within the context of our own priorities and challenges. Come along and help us frame the pedagogical, technical and …
The NMC Horizon report describes emerging technologies likely to have an impact on learning, teaching and creative inquiry in education. The full reports covers six key trends, six significant challenges and six important developments in educational technology. Reproduced below are the top ten highlights from the executive summary which capture the …
At the January Teaching Fellows conference Stevie Robertson, Kristen Marshall (Business School) and Stephen Bruce (Information Services) provided an overview of the three Active Learning Rooms at Craiglockhart, and initial observations on the impact they have had on student engagement and teaching approaches. These rooms have been converted to flexible learning …
A set of eSubmission Guidelines have been created to support staff with setting up, downloading and processing student coursework submissions. eSubmission refers to the process of students submitting their work online, and many modules already use this method successfully with Turnitin or Moodle Assignments. View the eSubmission page for an overview of …
There have been some significant changes to Mahara after the recent upgrade and here are the most noticeable ones. 1. Menus for Content, Portfolio and Groups The navigation has changed to a more app-style similar to mobile devices, and so access to these menus is now via the hamburger icon …
Moodle was upgraded to version 3.2 during the summer and here you will find details of the most noticeable changes.