We introduce a number of screen recording software options for capturing moving image and audio activity on a computer screen.
Read full advice document...Here we introduce the process of recording the actions on your computer screen, then making them available - known as ‘screencasting’. Screencasting software is a flexible tool, suitable for many tasks and in a variety of roles, and the ease with which it can help provide widely enhanced support to learners make it an area of keen interest to anybody wishing to use mixed digital media.
Read full advice document...An overview of using Audio in Teaching and Learning, and an introductory guide to the facilities of Blackboard VLE for supporting audio-enriched content and communication.
Read full advice document...This advice document is intended to provide an understanding of how digital media can be used in the Moodle VLE to support teaching and learning. We will be referring to the term digital media as: still images, moving image and audio. Each may be used in conjunction with written learning material.
Read full advice document...This advice document brings to your attention the free online bookmark service Delicious. Its ability to allow you to manage bookmarks by saving, searching and sharing will be of interest to anybody who has to manage many bookmarks for individuals or groups. It has applications of use for teaching and learning which will be described below.
Read full advice document...This advice document aims to introduce WebCT and how you can use digital media to support your WebCT course content. We will look at why digital media can enhance the teaching and learning experience.
Read full advice document...There are a multitude of websites that provide access to a wide range of digital media resources (images, video and audio) covering many subject areas. This can be very bewildering if you are searching for specific resources to include in learning packages for use in the lecture/classroom or for inclusion in a virtual learning environment. The purpose of this paper is to provide links to a number of such websites.
Read full advice document...This advice document investigates some pedagogical aspects to consider when using presentation software for teaching and learning.
Read full advice document...This one day workshop focuses on the effective use of digital media in presentations and online usage including the Virtual Learning Environment (VLE). During the workshop attendees will discover how to improve the design of their presentation resources, know when and how digital media can be used to enhance learning materials and be able to successfully embed material in the VLE.
Read course description...This short concept video demonstrates how Sports Illustrated might work in the near future using a tablet/mobile device. found via The Fischbowl
Read blog entry...The keen-eyed among you will have already noticed we have just released details of our new training programme for September to December.
Read blog entry...A new case study reveals how we have been of help to our FE colleagues.
Read blog entry...The Association of Librarians and Information Professionals in the Social Sciences (ALISS) are holding a one day summer conference at Coventry University on 29th July 2009.
Read blog entry...In the 16 months since Flickr launched The Commons, the photo sharing site’s partnership with publicly-held photography collections has seen close to 30 institutions signing up.
Read blog entry...Steve will be giving a short talk as part of JISC Legal’s free live webcast this afternoon.
Read blog entry...We’ve just released a new advice document: Links to Video, Image and Audio Resources.
Read blog entry...Following a cancellation, we now have two spare places on next week’s training course.
Read blog entry...Mike Fisher has a fascinating blog called DigiGogy. On it he recently created and posted a visual representation of Bloom’s taxonomy with a slew of Web 2.0 tools positioned on it in appropriate places.
Read blog entry...As promised below are our slides used in our conference talk:
Read blog entry...There’s a nice little open source screen capture program available on the web for Windows users. CamStudio will record whatever happens on all or part of your screen, but there are a few nice extras as well.
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