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Author: learnsoton

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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On the 10th day, get organised to keep all your lords a leaping

iPad with the words '10 notes a keeping' on it to represent Google Keep.
15th December 20172nd December 2020
learnsoton
News, Tech tips

Google Keep is a free, simple notetaking service with apps on Android and iOS, which can be also used on the web via a google account. Notes can easily be integrated with Google Docs.  I use an android phone, a

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Panopto for Student Presentations and Assessment

12 posts of Christmas: 9 presentations. An iPad surrounded by presents to represent Panopto presentations.
14th December 20172nd December 2020
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News, Tech tips

Improving assessment reliability and student experience with a particular focus on student feedback and opportunities for reflection A general criticism of many areas of learning in HE has been around the quality of student feedback. If students have taken part

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Active learning using Panopto recordings

12 Posts of Christmas. An image of an iPad surrounded by presents. Text on the iPad says 6 Panopto quizzes to represent active learning using Panopto recordings.
11th December 20172nd December 2020
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Innovation, News, Tech tips

Lecture capture using Panopto can help students revise, work around timetable clashes, catch up missed sessions and assist with a wide range of learning differences and disabilities. But this is still a very basic use of a technology that offers

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The 12 days of Christmas – AppBonanza – 5. Alfred and Wox

12 Posts of Christmas. An image of an iPad surrounded by presents. Text on the iPad says 5 gold things.
8th December 20172nd December 2020
learnsoton
News, Tech tips

And this is the last post of the AppBonanza. I know it’s sad but you still have a few more days of apps, tech and other stuff to look forward to. This post will cover two apps: Alfred and Wox.

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The 12 days of Christmas – AppBonanza – 4. Apps for file sharing

12 Posts of Christmas. An image of an iPad surrounded by presents. Text on the iPad says 5 gold things.
8th December 20172nd December 2020
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News, Tech tips

In the modern world of hyper-tech, everybody has some type of mobile device be it iPhone, iPad, Windows mobile devices, and even more. Each of these devices uses a slightly different Operating System (OS), iOS, Windows, Linux, etc. the ability

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The 12 days of Christmas – AppBonanza – 3. PDF Expert and Adobe Acrobat Pro

12 Posts of Christmas. An image of an iPad surrounded by presents. Text on the iPad says 5 gold things.
8th December 20172nd December 2020
learnsoton
News, Tech tips

2 apps instead of 1? You lucky people! I’ve decided to have a good look at some PDF Readers. The reason behind this is because we all need to read PDFs at some point or another and normally you do

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The 12 days of Christmas – AppBonanza – 2. Trello

12 Posts of Christmas. An image of an iPad surrounded by presents. Text on the iPad says 5 gold things.
8th December 20172nd December 2020
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News, Tech tips

How to get organised and keep track of your lists using Trello for project management. My line manager is asking what I’ve done this month, we spent over an hour discussing the projects I have been doing and showing my

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The 12 days of Christmas – AppBonanza – 1. Office 365

12 Posts of Christmas. An image of an iPad surrounded by presents. Text on the iPad says 5 gold things.
8th December 20172nd December 2020
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News, Tech tips

Today is a special day. Every two hours from 09:00-17:00 we will send you a new post with information and advice on some of the most useful apps available for mobiles, desktops and laptops. Get ready and read on! The

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Podcasting: Voice Recorder Pro 7, Bossjock jr, Opinion

12 posts of Christmas: 3 podcasts. An image of an iPad with 3 podcasts written on it, surrounded by presents to represent podcasting.
6th December 20172nd December 2020
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News, Tech tips

Podcasting is another wonderful way to bring Christmas cheer. Whether it’s sharing your conversations, creating a platform for your thoughts and ideas, finding friends and bringing them together; podcasting is a chance to draw audiences into your experience and talk

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Live demo @ the staff club, Highfield

Stamp saying 'demo'.
15th November 20179th August 2019
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Events

By Daryl Peel It’s time to get out your diaries. Thursday 16th November 2017, at the staff club on Highfield campus. Opened your diary and got that ready? Good! So what are you getting ready to go to? The Digital

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Achieving Blackboard Achievements

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14th November 20179th August 2019
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News

by Daryl Peel Blackboard achievements have often been overlooked by learning designers, seen as a bit of a throwaway carrot to encourage students to take part in various activities in Blackboard. Admittedly, we need to be careful when implementing achievements

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Such a Playful Conference 2017

A joystick and eight cables plugged into a black box with blue lights.
1st August 201714th October 2019
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Events, Innovation

by Daryl Peel   The Playful Learning Conference in Manchester is run on an annual basis and for Learning Designers who focus on playful learning design it’s the highlight of the year. Three days of fun activities, inspiring keynotes, networking

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25 Years ago this Month

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27th July 20179th August 2019
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News

by Daryl Peel Newsletters have been coming out of various departments at the University of Southampton for a long long time and the Digital Learning Team is no exception. This post will appear once a month with the Digital Learning

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EdShare upgraded

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5th July 20171st December 2020
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Tech tips

EdShare is the University’s institutional repository for learning resources, making them accessible by all members of the University. This is in contrast with resources uploaded to Blackboard, which can only be viewed by students enrolled on the relevant module. Staff and students

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ecoffee @ SGH: Making videos by Dr Scott Border

Birds-eye view of people drinking coffee around a table with laptop and tablet used to represent ecoffee at SGH.
26th May 201712th July 2019
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Tech tips

(Scott Border @ SGH, 2017) May’s e-coffee@SGH was all about making videos and had one of the best turnouts with attendees getting excited to see Dr Scott Border from Anatomy within Medicine discussing his journey creating podcasts and videos for

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