TEL Tools: Turnitin GradeMark – Colour coded comments

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TEL Tools: Turnitin GradeMark – Colour coded comments

TEL Tools is going to be a new regular feature on the MeLT TEL Blog.

With so many TEL (technology enhanced learning) tools out there, it can be difficult to choose the one that will be the most suitable for what you need and there are also lots of features within a tool that you might not know about.  To support you with this, the MeLT team are working on a series of short TEL Tools videos to showcase a range of tools and features. The aim of each video is to show you in a nutshell what the tool/feature does and how to use it.

The first TEL tool video looks at how colour coded comments can be used when marking assignments in Turnitin GradeMark.

For more information about Turnitin Grademark and other tools visit the Marjon TEL Help  Blog or contact the team: email: elearning@marjon.ac.uk | Ext. 5673 | Room 108

 

Google Slides Real Time Questioning

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Google Slides Real Time Questioning

Google’s answer to powerpoint, ‘Slides’ has been upgraded today with an app that allows students to send questions in real time to the presenter.

It looks like a nice feature that allows the audience to post questions via the app.  Other audience members can vote the questions up if they want to hear the answer too.  Anonymous questioning is  possible.

Google Slides Q&A update

Google Slides Q&A – Image from Google Docs Blog – https://docs.googleblog.com/2016/05/slidesQA.html

 

Google released this video which shows the system in action.

There is also a red dot function that acts like a laser pen when presenting from a computer.

Read more about the app release here: https://docs.googleblog.com/2016/05/slidesQA.html

The ‘Slides’ application is part of the Google Apps for Education.  These apps are available to all Marjon Staff.  Please contact Zac Gribble (zgribble@marjon.ac.uk) if you would like to know more.

 

 

Webcasting with Panopto

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Webcasting with Panopto

The MELT team spent sometime yesterday investigating the use of Panopto to live stream sessions, including conferences and special lectures, allowing people to view the presentation, audio and video via a web link.

Working with Steve Disney we have scheduled a special lecture to be recorded and livecast simultaneously using the standard Panopto software installed throughout campus. This is a great option if you need to reach an audience beyond Marjon, staff and students, and outside of scheduled lectures. The team have enjoyed testing and exploring the webcast feature of Panopto and discovering how it can be used to engage with wider audiences and further enhance teaching and learning.

If you would like to know more about using Panopto for ad hoc sessions or any other TEL tool please contact the team at elearning@marjon.ac.uk | Ext. 5673 | Room 108.

Meet the DI Team – Helen

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Meet the DI Team – Helen

The team have taken a bit of time over the last few weeks to create some Meet the team videos for this blog. This is also a great opportunity to introduce myself to anyone who hasn’t met me yet as I joined the e-Learning team in January 2016.

As a new member of the team it has been great getting to work with other members of staff and seeing what tools and equipment is available at the University, for staff and students, to create their own engaging content such as videos.

 

Clevertouch Screens

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Clevertouch Screens

Some teaching spaces have now been equipped with the ‘Clevertouch’ screens to work either alongside or replacing projectors.

These screens can be used in the same way as the projectors using the lectern laptops to manage the content. They can also be used to interact with the content.

Please view the POV video below to see the basic functions of the screens. We are keeping the videos as raw as possible to give the most true to use example.

You will find more videos and a list of rooms with the clevertouch screens installed at elearning.marjon.ac.uk/clevertouch.

 

Welcome to the the DIT EduBlog!

Hello and welcome to the DIT Team Blog

We have created this blog using the Edublog platform.  This platform is available to all staff and students at Marjon.  Want to know more? Email us and arrange a chat!

This blog is aimed at showcasing TEL (Technology Enhanced Learning) across the institution.  We also want to share news of projects and new tools that we think could benefit the Marjon experience.

The team are:

Also in the DIT office is Tony Atkin (tatkin@marjon.ac.uk) who is the VLE and software administrator.