Sophie Burton | Learning Innovation Unit

Using Collaborate: a guide for students

April 21, 2020 by Sophie Burton

The LIU’s guide to participating in webinars for students.

Using Panopto to create desktop recordings – video guides

April 17, 2020March 30, 2020 by Sophie Burton

5 short videos from the LIU covering how to make, edit and publish a desktop recording.

How to change your assignment deadline in Pebblepad

April 17, 2020March 23, 2020 by Sophie Burton

A short video guide to changing your assignment dates in PebblePad.

Contingency plan: Delivering webinars

April 17, 2020March 5, 2020 by Sophie Burton

Guidance material from the LIU for using Blackboard Collaborate Ultra to deliver webinars (live lectures and lessons delivered virtually).

Delivering effective feedback in higher education

April 17, 2020March 2, 2020 by Sophie Burton

Learn more about current feedback practices using our guide to effective feedback in HE.

Delivering effective feedback in PebblePad

March 2, 2020February 17, 2020 by Sophie Burton

Our new resource introduces you to six effective HE feedback practices, their benefits and how you can implement them in PebblePad.

Using video to flip the classroom

April 16, 2020January 6, 2020 by Sophie Burton

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 10 – Noel need to scroll with the PebblePad search tool

February 19, 2020December 13, 2019 by Sophie Burton

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

February 6, 2020December 12, 2019 by Sophie Burton

Use this keyboard shortcut to access and clear cached data.

Day 6 – Yule love this trick for navigating open windows

February 6, 2020December 9, 2019 by Sophie Burton

View and navigate all open windows with this nifty keyboard shortcut.

Day 3 – Snow your browsers

February 6, 2020December 4, 2019 by Sophie Burton

Do you know what a browser is and can you name the one you are using?

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Help students develop their academic writing skills with SafeAssign

October 30, 2019May 21, 2019 by Sophie Burton

Find out how Blackboard’s originality checker can be used to embed good referencing practice.

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Panopto: What to do if you record to the wrong folder

October 30, 2019April 10, 2019 by Sophie Burton

Step by step instructions from Blackboard Support for copying your recording(s).

Panopto recordings – The safe and effective way to include YouTube content

April 22, 2020March 21, 2019 by Sophie Burton

Use the ‘Add a YouTube video’ button to safely, and seamlessly, include YouTube content in your learning resource.

Give new life to your online topic material with Xerte

June 3, 2020March 14, 2019 by Sophie Burton

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.

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Six staff describe how PebblePad has enhanced their module

April 15, 2020January 23, 2019 by Sophie Burton

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.