ELT Signposts

Posted by Rob Weale

HLS Staff training and development sessions

A new series of HLS staff training and development sessions in the use of technology for teaching, learning and assessment is available at:

https://hlselt.our.dmu.ac.uk/hls-staff-training-and-development-in-the-use-of-teaching-and-learning-technologies/

Blackboard – emailing announcements to students

If you are using the Date Restricted function for an announcement in Blackboard

You cannot set it to automatically send a copy of the announcement as an email to your students. The send email function only works for announcements which are posted immediately! 🙁

DMU Replay

1. Rob has put together a quickguide which shows how to double check that the microphone has been set correctly when recording in the classroom. See: http://celt.our-archive.dmu.ac.uk/checking-dmu-replay-classroom-microphone/

2. There have been several cases where staff have logged off of the classroom computer before their DMU Replay recording has had time to be uploaded (transferred) into the DMU Replay system. If this happens you will be unable to create a link to the recording in your Blackboard module. At the completion of your recording, having clicked the Upload button

You must wait until the upload progress bars have disappeared from the screen, before closing the DMU Replay software or logging off of the computer.

The Collaboratory – Digital Classroom

The Collaboratory is a creative learning space supporting active, collaborative teaching activities through group work using tables with digital displays and interactivity.

Rob Weale and Julia Reeve (CELT) are running a demo of the digital classroom on Monday 11th December, 1130am-1230.

Where is the collaboratory?

If you are interested, please contact Rob Weale: RWeale@dmu.ac.uk

ELT Case Study

Heather Conboy (CELT, ADH) has written a case study about the novel use of DMU Replay and recording equipment in Fashion Design. See:

http://celt.our-archive.dmu.ac.uk/case-study-multimedia-in-fashion/

This approach may have some relevance for HLS, such as recording lab activities, clinical skills practice, etc. If you are interested in exploring the potential of this approach for your teaching practice – contact Rob (rweale@dmu.ac.uk).