Online learning FAQs for Students
How do I contact staff? Academic staff and support staff can be contacted through the normal routes e.g. Emails but additionally you can use Microsoft Teams to have remote meetings and conversations. You should...
Marjon Technology Enhanced Learning Help Pages
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Edublogs: Starter guide
If you are new to using Edublogs, you should follow the training materials in this guide to learn the basics of Edublogs. If you would like to access the screencasts directly with captions, please...
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Your Marjon logon details and Free Microsoft Office!
A warm welcome to all of our new and returning students. A few notes to get the party started. You will have a unified logon for Marjon systems and the details are as follows....
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Introducing Moodle 3.4 and the Moodle Mobile App
The MeLT team recently undertook a review of LearningSpace and looked to gather feedback from both staff and students., we also investigated other VLE offerings available. Following this a decision has been made to...
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Introduction to LearningSpace, Turnitin and REPLAY for New Staff Members
A warm welcome the the university from the Digital Innovation team. This is a quick guide for new staff working at Plymouth Marjon University, or for any staff wanting a refresher, giving an introduction...
Panopto – Skills
Download and install the Panopto desktop app Record lectures at home Access Panopto module folders Move, delete, copy, download and release recordings Edit a recording View/download stats – to see how many students have...
MS Teams – skills
Click on the Teams skills that you haven’t yet mastered to find out what you need to do, then try it out. Access MS Teams Call students or staff Share the Teams meeting Join...
Teams: NEW features – raise hand, manage presenters & download attendance list
Teams have recently provided three updates for the tool, which provide greater functionality within a live session. [Raised hand] [Manage presenters] [Download attendee list] Raised hand The raise hand option is now available on...
Teams: Creating breakout rooms
Whilst Microsoft Teams doesn’t have a specific ‘breakout room’ feature, we have found a method of being able to facilitate breakout rooms within Teams. You can do this by setting up multiple online Teams...
Edublogs: How to navigate the platform – understanding My Sites
You may have created a blog site, but after time have wanted to come back to edit the blog and found the space confusing. This post will help to explain how to find the...
Speechnotes & IBM Watson Speech to Text
Speechnotes & IBM Watson are two tools that I have found, which offer the ability to convert speech into text for free. The tools offer different options, for example Speechnotes is well designed and...
Recording your Powerpoint presentation with narration
1. Connect a headset with microphone to your laptop/PC 2. Open your completed PowerPoint 3. Click Slide Show – Record Slide Show – Click the downward arrow ‘Record Slide Show’ and select ‘Record from...
MS Teams – Live captions, recording and transcripts
Turn on live captions and record your Teams meeting Once you have joined your meeting these features can be accessed by clicking the 3 dot icon in the centre of the toolbar. When the...
Students: How to join sessions/lectures using Microsoft Teams
If your lecturer has sent joining instructions (on the LearningSpace module page) for a Teams session or sent a direct email invitation (see below), this post will help you. Joining a session/lecture via a...
Case study: Using Padlet in the classroom
Using technology in the classroom may seem daunting and also challenging, particularly using digital tools that may be unfamiliar and especially within a live teaching session. So, how do you start, what tools are...
