Blackboard learn, a quick look.
In January 2009 Blackboard released the latest version of their VLE software, Blackboard learn Release 9. We’ve had the software installed on a test box for a few weeks and now I’ve got over the...
View ArticleExpectations for online teaching
I’ve done this before, and I don’t see any reason why not to model good practice again. Jason Rhode has blogged the video below, and I can’t really phrase it any better. Although it is all really...
View ArticleFrom policies to proposals
Don’t let the post on social media guidelines put you off using the potential of web 2.0. Here’s a follow up from taking care in Facebook use givinng a few suggestions for using tools such as twitter,...
View ArticleContent Curation Services
The mass amount of information available online today makes it increasingly difficult and time-consuming to find the exact content that we want. Filtering through the content to find valuable resources...
View ArticleVideoNot.es – take synchronised notes whilst watching videos
VideoNot.es is a free, open-source online tool which allows you to take notes whilst watching videos from various online sites such as Coursera, YouTube and Vimeo. All of the notes you type are...
View Article10 RSS Embeddable Widgets
In this blog post we’re going to take a quick look at 10 RSS widgets that you can embed directly into your Blackboard module. What is RSS? RSS stands for either Rich Site Summary or Really Simple...
View Article15 Sites to Help Concentration
Introduction There are times when you just need to concentrate. However, there are also many times when noise gets in the way. You might be working in a busy office, or trying to study in the library....
View ArticleEmbed Word Documents into Blackboard
In this post we’re going to look at one way in which you can embed your Microsoft Word document into Blackboard. By embed we’re talking about not just attaching a link to the Word document. We’re...
View ArticleRoyalty Free Music for Free
There are many times when I need a bit of music for a presentation or a show reel but I have very little skills in creating my own music! This post looks at a few sites where you can download music...
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