Two new tools to use in your teaching
The University has purchased two new teaching tools for academic staff to use – Poll Everywhere, and Padlet. The free to use versions of these...
Category: Technologies
Creating an online resource to aid the creation of digital materials for both staff and students to increase digital literacy.
As part of its TEL Strategy 2017-2021, the University of Derby has put a focus on increasing staff and student engagement with media technologies within...
Digi know that Padlet has made some improvements
The University of Derby now has a licence for Padlet If you would like an account please contact the TEL team through TEL@derby.ac.uk. Padlet has...
Digi Know – New Feature in PebblePad
Digi Know that you can know customise your banners in PebblePad, watch the video from PebblePad to learn how.
New Feature in the Blackboard App – Offline Content
“No connection? No problem!” The new offline content feature in the Blackboard App provides continuous access to module content regardless of your internet connection. You...
Introducing Blackboard Ally
Introducing Ally.. We are also pleased to be announcing a new service within Course Resources called Ally. It is a tool designed to make module...
360° immersive media in teaching
This month, I have been looking into the use of 360° video and photography in the classroom. 360° cameras capture everything that’s going on around...
ALT Conference: Maps and Student use of Lecture Capture
My final post from the ALT conference is on the use of maps and how these can be used for storytelling in a number of...
ALT Conference: Learning technology in health education
This post focuses on sessions I saw where there was a link to Health Education. The last item on the 360° video is an idea...
ALT Conference: Strategic initiatives to embed Learning technology
This post will focus on the sessions looking at initiatives which are strategic in their approach to get learning technology embedded in the curriculum. iInnovate:...