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Category: News

The awards win an award!

Blackboard Catalyst Awards 2020 winner.
11th June 202024th November 2020
Anna Ruff
News

This year, Blackboard’s Teaching and Learning Conference was held online, featuring a range of topical discussions. Further details of the programme can be found here: TLC Europe. Our colleague Matthew Deeprose contributed two well-received presentations, firstly explaining how custom changes

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Filming from a different perspective

Filming set up at home.
15th May 202029th October 2020
Mimi Lee
News, Tech tips

During this lockdown period, our learning designer colleagues from the Digital Learning team have been extremely busy delivering three webinars a week on using university supported tools for online learning. We, at the media team have also been looking at

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What is Lesson Zero and why is it important?

Starting blocks on a running track.
1st May 202016th May 2020
Chrissie Metcalf
News

The past couple of weeks have thrown up huge changes and challenges to the way we work, including the introduction of new technology and new ways of thinking about how we do things. New tech always comes with risks and

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How to Move from Classroom to Virtual Teaching?

30th April 202030th April 2020
Dimitra Makrozonari
News

The recent global health crisis has brought new ways of teaching to enable our students to progress with their studies. But how are you going to move from classroom to virtual teaching seamlessly? Here are six tips to help you

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What do this year’s Blackboard & VLE Awards tell us about remote learning?

Blackboard & VLE Award 2019 trophies
29th April 202015th May 2020
Anna Ruff
Events, News

At the point we launched this year’s search for examples of excellent use of virtual learning environments, we didn’t know we’d all be moving in!  With learning shifted to virtual spaces, it’s useful to reflect on what this year’s nominations

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Choosing the right Video platform for your content.

wall of video screens
27th April 202029th April 2020
Josef Brett
News

So, you have your video. What next? Chances are you probably want to add it to a course page or VLE. Currently, Blackboard isn’t the best at hosting video directly. You might get away with adding a short video, but

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Sources of images to use in online learning

A mug with coffee standing between a bunch of polaroids.
31st March 202016th May 2020
Sarah Fielding
News

So, you’re moving your teaching online; have you thought about what images you will be using? You might be looking for a range of pictures to break up a lot of text in your Blackboard course, or you might need

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Online learning resources: embedding 3D models into Blackboard

A man looking at a 3D model on a computer.
27th March 202016th May 2020
Sarah Fielding
News

Why 3D models? 3D models are useful in a multitude of disciplines: archaeology, architecture, anatomy, biology, geology, engineering and so on. This post will show you how to quickly embed models from Sketchfab into your Blackboard course in 5 simple

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Virtual Lab: an alternative way to support students

A female university student studies in her room.
26th March 202016th May 2020
Mimi Lee
News

With the recent announcement of the temporary closure of the University due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the Digital Learning team is now more focussed than ever on how we can support the delivery of effective online learning for both students

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Alternative assessments: create a video to explain a key concept

Someone filming a video on a smartphone.
26th March 202020th May 2020
Sarah Fielding
News

This post outlines the changes made in a module at the University of Southampton, moving from an individual written assessment to a group video assessment. Below, we will describe how the students carry out this task, what support resources are

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Developing a VR Experience: Major Trauma Resuscitation Simulation

A screen shot of a video showing paramedics pushing a hospital trolley
9th March 202016th May 2020
Sarah Fielding
News

Background We are working with colleagues in Medicine, Health Sciences, and staff at the Southampton General Hospital Emergency Department to capture a Major Trauma Resuscitation Simulation in 360 degree video. When viewed in a virtual reality headset, the audience is

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The demise of Adobe Flash

Image used to represent Adobe Flash.
26th February 20201st December 2020
Tamsyn Smith
News

Have you incorporated interactive materials in your courses? Do you know what format they were created in? In this blog post, we explain the implications of the end of Adobe Flash on your existing teaching materials. What is Adobe Flash?

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Connect: Gamification

Little boy playing a mobile game against his sister.
15th January 202016th May 2020
Sarah Fielding
News

Our final Connect event of 2019 involved ECS Teaching Fellow Oli Bills and a practical demonstration of gamification in lectures. For several years Oli has been working on Enhancement techniques for student engagement in cybersecurity education and his efforts have

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VC Awards 2019: Behind the scenes

VC Awards trophy.
24th October 201916th May 2020
Sofia Bazzini
Events, News

At the start of October, we were invited to film the VC Awards 2019 at St Mary’s stadium. The VC awards are an event that members of staff at the University tend to look forward to and it is a

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ALT-C: The next big thing is…

20th September 201914th October 2019
Sarah Fielding
News

Last week I (and my colleague Bobbi) attended the annual, national Association of Learning Technologists’ conference (ALT-C) in Edinburgh. The conference itself ran for 3 days and was attended by over 450 delegates, with others attending remotely via live streaming

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Virtual Reality for Education

Student and teacher using VR
28th August 201929th August 2019
Mimi Lee
News

What is Virtual Reality (VR)? Here in the Digital Learning team, we are constantly looking into new tools and technologies that will enhance education. This year was no exception as we invested time and effort into the world of Virtual

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Why is an internship important for your future? My experience at the Digital Learning team

2nd August 20191st December 2020
learnsoton
News

What is an Excel Internship? And why should I do one while being enrolled in a full time course at University? These were the questions I was asking myself when I first moved to Southampton to start my Master degree.

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Getting ready for take off

A flying drone
2nd August 20192nd August 2019
Mimi Lee
News

PfCO, what is it and why do we need it? Here in the Digital Learning team, we have owned a ‘Phantom 4’ drone for many years but have never used it to its full capacity. We have, however, produced a

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A pair of education conferences: SLTCC & INNOCONF

Illustration of a group of women sitting with notepads as if at a conference.
4th July 20191st December 2020
Tamsyn Smith
Events, News

I’ve been fortunate enough to attend (and present at) two education conferences in the last fortnight. Solent Learning and Teaching Community Conference 2019 First was Solent Learning and Teaching Community Conference. This event takes place annually on the third Friday

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Accessible Maths from Retrofitting to Inclusive Design

2nd July 20191st December 2020
Tamsyn Smith
News

I went to a session on Accessible Maths from Retrofitting to Inclusive Design delivered by Dr Emma Cliffe from the University of Bath. This session covered a lot that was outside of my sphere of knowledge, so apologies if there

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Blackboard Teaching and Learning Conference BBTLC2019

Sam Cole presenting at Blackboard Teaching and Learning Conference (BBTLC) Europe, with Matt Deeprose sitting alongside him.
4th June 20191st December 2020
Tamsyn Smith
News

Recently, Sam Cole, Matt Deeprose (both from the Managed Learning Environment team) and I travelled to Newcastle for the European Blackboard Teaching and Learning Conference. In short, it’s always an engaging and inspiring conference with a wide range of attendees

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Community of Practice: The basics of video production

Attendee trying out a camera
28th May 201925th February 2020
Mimi Lee
Events, News

As part of the Community of Practice sessions held monthly by the Digital Learning team, Joe Brett from the Digital Learning Media team presented an introductory talk on how to produce videos using modest filming equipment: a handycam/smartphone, audio recorder

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Blackboard & VLE Awards 2019

Excellence in VLE Awards trophies 2019
7th May 20193rd January 2020
Anna Ruff
Events, News

This year saw our seventh annual Blackboard & VLE Awards, with students putting forward an impressive array of modules that offer valuable online support for their learning.  Students’ insightful comments about why a particular approach works, or the benefits of

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Amazing new Adobe After Effects feature

Image of After Effects window on a screen
25th April 201929th May 2019
Sofia Bazzini
News, Tech tips

One of the main events within the media industry is the NAB (National Association of Broadcasters) show that happens in Las Vegas every year.  Just before this event, audio visual equipment sellers release and/or announce new bits of kit, and updates

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Digital Learning supporting SOTSEF – Guest post

A small child wearing a VR headset and looking at the floor.
23rd April 201926th April 2019
Sarah Fielding
News

At the SOTSEF Science and Engineering Day on Saturday 16th March, the Digital Learning team provided support to the Black Sea MAP stand with their Oculus Go VR headsets. These were used to take over 800 visitors, from 2 to

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ecoffee @ SGH: Universal Design for Learning

Birds-eye view of people drinking coffee around a table with laptop and tablet used to represent ecoffee at SGH.
10th April 20191st December 2020
Tamsyn Smith
Events, News

What is Universal Design for Learning? Why does UDL matter? To understand what Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is, firstly, we need to look back at the origins of Universal Design. Architect Ron Mace coined the term “universal design” to

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BVE 2019 – the unexpected trend towards AI

3d rendering humanoid robot with AI text in circuit pattern.
26th March 20191st December 2020
Josef Brett
News

The end of February was the annual Media Team trip to the British Video Expo (BVE) at ExCel in London. In the past, we have used the event to investigate new equipment, chat to other industry experts and learn new

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Blackboard & VLE Awards 2019

Postcard saying 'Have you voted in the Blackboard & VLE Awards 2019? There is a graphic of a hand on a laptop next to a phone.
26th March 201927th March 2019
Anna Ruff
News

Nominations are open for our seventh annual Blackboard & VLE Awards.   Students have the opportunity to feed back on what they’ve found particularly helpful to their learning and invite recognition of the staff who are supporting them in this way. A ‘virtual

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Accessibility for Articulate storyline – Are you WCAG compliant?

Close up of a pen and a notebook.
28th January 20191st December 2020
Mimi Lee
News

Here in the Digital Media team, we are busy updating our eLearning content to meet the Web Content Accessibility Guideline (WCAG 2.1) AA level to ensure that our learning content is usable by the majority of learners. I am mindful

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Merry Christmoose!

Digital Learning's soft toy moose.
17th December 20182nd May 2019
Anna Ruff
News

As part of our Christmas Challenge this week, can you locate the Digital Learning ‘reindeer’ in the pictures below?  Ten pictures are on Highfield Campus (let us know the location or building number) and two are elsewhere (let us know which

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