Adding a caption file to your video using Panopto
In our post Creating captions using YouTube we talked about using YouTube to get a .srt file to add captions to a pre-recorded video. This post explains how to associate … Read more
Creating captions using YouTube
Do you have a self-created video resource that you use regularly on your module? You might want to consider adding closed captions. Closed captions are not permanently recorded as an … Read more
Adding a caption file to your video using Kaltura
In our post Creating captions using YouTube we talked about using YouTube to get a .srt file to add captions to a pre-recorded video. This post explains how to associate … Read more
Getting started with Mentimeter
As you may be aware, UWE has adopted Mentimeter as the new polling tool for the university (TurningPoint will be phased out by the end of the academic year).
Using video to flip the classroom
Earlier this year Senior Research Fellow, Juliet Jain, made her first desktop recording. Interested in using timetabled sessions for active learning, she talks to the LIU about the results.
Day 12 – Don’t watch Panto, watch Panopto!
Top tips for how to include YouTube in your Panopto videos
Day 11 – Spruce up your Blackboard posts
Here are two ways you can add interest to your Blackboard posts. 1. Styles are for life, not just for Word documents In our previous post on Word styles, we … Read more
Day 10 – Noel need to scroll with the PebblePad search tool
The search tool in PebblePad lets you quickly and effectively find the file you need.
Day 9 – Forget gifts, it’s all about the cache
Use this keyboard shortcut to access and clear cached data.
Day 8 – Colour Contrast Checker: useful for documents, not your Christmas jumper
You may have heard about the importance of contrast when it comes to the accessibility of your learning resources. This is one of the issues that Blackboard Ally is likely … Read more
Day 7 – The joy of (plain) text: fixing funny formatting
Have you ever copy-and-pasted text from Word into a different piece of software, for example a Blackboard post, and found it looked… wrong? Maybe there were unnecessary spaces in words, … Read more
Day 6 – Yule love this trick for navigating open windows
View and navigate all open windows with this nifty keyboard shortcut.
Day 5 – Naughty or nice? Splitting a list into first names and surnames
Oh deer! Santa’s elves have given him an Excel list of children to deliver presents to. But the addresses are ordered by surname, and the list of children can only … Read more
Day 4 – Making a list and checking it twice: the Accessibility Checker in Microsoft Office
Why is this useful? When creating new documents in Microsoft Office, it will save you time in the long run if you check the accessibility of your document before uploading … Read more
Day 2 – Christmas content-ment: why Word styles are a gift to yourself
You may have heard about using styles in MS Word to make your documents more accessible. That means defining your headings in a way that a screen reader can understand, … Read more
Day 1 – “Twas the night before Christmas…”: ‘Read Aloud’ Word Documents
What is this? Read Aloud is one of the Learning Tools in Word, which are designed to help with reading fluency and comprehension. Why might this be useful? You might … Read more
Writing Multiple Choice Questions
Read on for tips on how to create well-written, reliable and valid multiple choice questions.
Three great things about Xerte
Xerte is an open-source browser-based tool that allows educators to develop rich, interactive and highly accessible content quickly and easily and to seamlessly publish that content online
Setting up a Blackboard Test Course
A Blackboard Test Course can be useful. Read on for more information.
New Accessibility Regulations and what it means for you
To help you make a start, we have pulled together some resources on creating accessible documents.
FET Blackboard Module Template 2019/20: Copying Content to a New Module Run
IMPORTANT: Please read before setting up your new 2019/20 Blackboard module runs.
FET Blackboard Module Template for 2019/20
Please note: for this year we are recommending that staff do not perform a ‘course copy’ but instead follow the new guidance below to create an uncluttered module site.
Desktop recording (using Panopto)
To find out more about creating resources for your students using desktop recordings, please read on.
Panopto (Event Capture)
Use Panopto to record your lectures and classes while they happen or to record presentations at your desk.
Recording students for assessment
A guide to recording live student presentations for assessment purposes.
*New Aug 19: Kaltura submissions – what do I need to tell my students?
If your students need to record their presentations, please ensure they receive this guidance about the new Kaltura Capture recorder.
Blackboard Programme Sites – guiding principles
These guiding principles are here to support Programme Leaders in setting up new programme sites or reviewing their existing programme,
Kaltura (desktop recording)
Record, upload, manage and deliver video and audio files. Enable students to record and submit video assignments
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Help students develop their academic writing skills with SafeAssign
Find out how Blackboard’s originality checker can be used to embed good referencing practice.
Grade Mapping in Blackboard
Easy-to-follow, step-by-step, visual guidance which will only take a few minutes of your time to follow.
Panopto: What to do if you record to the wrong folder
Step by step instructions from Blackboard Support for copying your recording(s).
Creating a PowerPoint Presentation with Narration
Read on to find out how to add a narrative to your PowerPoint presentation.
Using third party content in teaching materials and recordings
For information on the different licences available, exceptions and examples of using copyright content in your teaching material and recordings.
Panopto recordings – The safe and effective way to include YouTube content
Use the ‘Add a YouTube video’ button to safely, and seamlessly, include YouTube content in your learning resource.
Accessing the Panopto Statistics
If you are using Panopto, you might be interested in viewing the statistics for your recordings.
Give new life to your online topic material with Xerte
If you have teaching and learning material lying dormant in an online topic, Xerte offers you a great way to give this content new life.
Slime in the spotlight at CSCT Open Forum
Rather than focusing on traditional laboratory based experimentation the PhySense project enables the general public (Citizen Scientists) to conduct biological experiments and share their experimental results.
Student tips for watching Panopto event capture recordings
Here are some tips that students might find helpful when watching Panopto event capture recordings.
Using PowerPoint Presenter Mode
We show you how to use Presenter Mode to hide your PowerPoint notes from your audience.
Six staff describe how PebblePad has enhanced their module
In this video academics from FET tell us how they have used PebblePad to deliver authentic and innovative assessments to students from foundation to masters level.
Three great things about PebblePad
There are lots of good things about PebblePad (and a few not so good, too!) and in this article I will share with you my top three.
Summative Blackboard MCQ (Multiple Choice Questions) Exam
If you want to run an online multiple choice questions exam under controlled conditions in an exam room, here are step by step instructions. In good time before the exam … Read more
Panopto (event capture)
Use Panopto to record your lectures and classes while they happen or to record presentations at your desk
Four examples of the FET Blackboard module template in action
Watch a short video tour of a module site from your department to see how the FET module template can improve student and staff experience.
Programmatic Blackboard View
For information about the new Programmatic Blackboard view, please read on.
Technical support in the classroom
Knowing who to contact if you experience any technical difficulties in the classroom can save you considerable time and minimise any disruption to teaching.