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Panopto (Event Capture)

January 10, 2020August 8, 2019 by Helga Gunnarsdottir

Use Panopto to record your lectures and classes while they happen or to record presentations at your desk.

*New Aug 19: Kaltura submissions – what do I need to tell my students?

October 30, 2019August 1, 2019 by Caroline Graham

If your students need to record their presentations, please ensure they receive this guidance about the new Kaltura Capture recorder.

Creating a PowerPoint Presentation with Narration

December 11, 2019March 29, 2019 by Helga Gunnarsdottir

Read on to find out how to add a narrative to your PowerPoint presentation.

Using PowerPoint Presenter Mode

December 13, 2019January 25, 2019 by Helga Gunnarsdottir

We show you how to use Presenter Mode to hide your PowerPoint notes from your audience.

Kaltura: Four essential ‘how to’ guides from the LIU

October 30, 2019September 3, 2018 by Sophie Burton

To help you get started with Kaltura this September, the LIU has produced a collection of videos and instructions covering four essential tasks.

Annotate slides while presenting PowerPoint slideshow

November 4, 2019October 17, 2017 by Helga Gunnarsdottir

We are often asked for advice about annotating slides and pointing out things on slides during a lecture. This is often in connection with recording the lecture with Panopto, where … Read more

Interactive timelines your students will love

October 30, 2019October 31, 2016 by Oliver Haslam

Bring a timeline of dates to life with images, videos, maps and web pages

PebblePad (portfolios)

October 30, 2019September 14, 2016 by Oliver Haslam

PebblePad provides individual and collective online spaces for students and staff to develop, share, reflect on and communicate their learning and achievement

Classroom Response Systems – ‘clickers’

October 30, 2019November 18, 2014 by Oliver Haslam

Types of Questions

Many instructors see multiple-choice questions as limited to testing students’ recall of facts. However, multiple-choice clicker questions can actually serve many other purposes in the class, including assessing students’ higher-order thinking skills. Since clicker questions can be used not only to assess students but to engage them, some very effective clicker questions are quite different than multiple-choice questions that might appear on exams.

Here are a few types of clicker questions.

Recall Questions: These questions ask students to recall facts, concepts, or techniques relevant to class. They are often used to see if students did the reading, remember important points from prior classes, or have memorized key facts. They rarely generate discussion, however, and don’t require higher-order thinking skills.

‘Flipped’ learning – what is it?

October 30, 2019October 31, 2014 by Oliver Haslam

What is flipping? ‘Flipped learning’ or ‘the flipped classroom’ are recent buzz words/phrases in education. Flipping is an approach that comes in two parts: the ‘transmission’ or ‘delivery’ part of … Read more

How Slideshare spoiled my post on Social Media

October 30, 2019September 17, 2014 by Oliver Haslam

I’ve been meaning to write an article about social media and learning for a long time. I’d planned to write about the benefits of wikis for collaborative group tasks; the joys of reflecting on one’s own learning with blogs; the ease with which we can share and discuss on social networks; and the plethora of still and moving imagery available on sites such as Flickr and YouTube. I was intending to demystify the world of social media for our avid readers. Instead I will simply link to a presentation about social media by Sarah Stewart.

Social media and post graduate education from Sarah Stewart

Sarah is Professional Development Officer at Australian College of Midwives and she spoke to us a while ago about social media in higher education. She kindly and very sensibly (because her work and enthusiasm is made available to a far wider audience) puts her presentations on Slideshare.

I can view lots of Sarah’s presentations on Slideshare – she has 67 on there at the moment. On each one I can leave a comment, if I feel so inclined, or I can respond to someone else’s comments. By clicking on the ‘Share’ button on any presentation I can easily email the URL of the presentation to anyone and can share it on any Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook accounts I may have.