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Category: Quick Tips

Embedding quizzes in Panopto recordings

4th September 2020 · Adam Warren

You can use the Panopto editor to add quizzes to your recordings, each with one or more multiple-choice questions. Use these to allow your students to check their understanding of the content and  provide feedback on their answers. You can set it so students cannot progress past the quiz without attempting it, and the score Continue Reading…

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Helping students get started with Collaborate Ultra and Teams

4th September 2020 · Adam Warren

Sam Strong, a lecturer in Optometry, has used her graphic design skills to create two ‘getting started’ slides that you can show in Collaborate Ultra and Teams at the start of a meeting. She has neatly condensed all the key advice into simple images. Please feel free to download these files to use in your Continue Reading…

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ALTO: having trouble accessing the course on Blackboard?

5th June 2020 · Adam Warren

Use the Google Chrome browser We strongly recommend that you use an up-to-date version of the Google Chrome browser. Firefox and Safari should work OK, but Internet Explorer and Edge will not. If you are using a work (managed) laptop, you can download and install Chrome by following these instructions on Solve. You’ll need to Continue Reading…

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Quick Tips – Embedding Content in Blackboard

28th May 2019 · Neil Cocklin

Last week a colleague asked about how to put a Twitter feed into their module, so I decided to create a quick tip about embedding content from external websites. Subtitles/Closed captions are available in the video player.

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5 tips for improving the mobile experience

31st January 2019 · Neil Cocklin

You might start to notice around campus our TEL infographic “quick tips” posters. The first of which covers improving the mobile experience. You can see the poster here with a transcript of the text below. If you feel you would like to put some up in your area, please get in touch and I will be Continue Reading…

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