Tweet The following are a number of e-assessment events provided through JISC RSC Eastern, which you might be interested in over the next few weeks. e-Portfolios to support assessment and feedback Free Webinars e-Portfolios to support assessment and feedback Friday 17th Feb 1-2pm Presenters: Emma Purnell (University of Wolverhampton) and Geoff Rebbeck Further info and [...]
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SafeAssign Downtime – 27th December 2011
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December 12th, 2011 Tweet We have received notification that SafeAssign will be taken offline on December 27th for maintenance and performance upgrades. Below is the message we have received: SAFEASSIGN MAINTENANCE UPDATE: The SafeAssign service will be unavailable on Tuesday December 27, 2011 from 2:00 PM until Tuesday December 27, 2011 at 8:00 PM. SafeAssign is being taken [...]
SafeAssign not Returning Plagiarism Score Reports
AaronB December 8th, 2011 Tweet We have received notification from Blackboard that the SafeAssign plagiarism software has had a technical problem and was taken offline to be reconfigured. The service is now backup and running, but a large backlog of submission has occurred. This means that if you have had or have due, student submissions, the plagiarism reports will not [...]
Smart Pen for iPad/iPhone #eFun
AaronB October 20th, 2011 Tweet I’ve just seen this article and thought it might be of interest to our growing number of tablet users, specifically the iPad users. Having spent some time with lecturers talking about how they can use these tablets to help with their teaching, a number have asked about the availability of a stylus and whether [...]
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Tags: a&f, ipad, Mobile Learning, tablets 
No Comments »Using the ShowMe App for storyboarding learning materials
AndyR August 16th, 2011 Tweet The Elevate Team are developing a number of talk over screencasts with the intention of developing individuals (staff and student) in the potential use of learning technologies. An issue with these is the design and development time for early iterations, ie., story boards, walk throughs, and opening these up for feedback from various parties [...]
Removing the need for a computer for screencasting with the ShowMe App from an iPad
AndyR August 5th, 2011 Tweet I recently discussed the use of the ShowMe App with some Library Staff who have iPads and want to create some video based FAQs on databases. They rather liked the product, and the creation process, all except the process of getting the images onto the iPad. I smiled and said well I take a [...]
Exploring feedback options on an iPad: the ShowMe App
AndyR August 3rd, 2011 Tweet We are continuing to look at the potential of small / tablet technologies for staff to efficiently and effectively generate feedback (generic of individual). I’ve just created a short screen recording from my iPad using the ShowMe App. My latest creation explores the idea of creating the screencast around a number of images (in [...]
The use of clickers at UCS: reflections on academic year 2010/11
AndyR May 17th, 2011 Tweet I’ve written the report of the initial observations and staff feedback on the use of clicker’s (audience response system) to enhance the learning experience. The full report is available from: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/12497737/reports/clickers_report_2011_elevate.pdf The outcomes were very encouraging. The executive summary is; In January 2011, the Elevate Team started administrating an audience response system (clickers) pilot [...]
Thoughts from objective testing workshop
AndyR February 22nd, 2011 Tweet I ran the last of the Elevate Teams three sessions for the e-skills for e-learning programme, with a workshop on Using objective testing in learning and teaching. This was designed as an introduction, so we looked at what are the characteristics of objective testing, how it might be used, some principles of effective formative [...]
Using the OMR Form Return for gathering feedback and assessment
AndyR February 18th, 2011 Tweet As the Elevate Team start to roll out more staff development sessions we are adopting the UCS Corporate Development Session Evaluation Form. However, we’ll be using the FormReturn Optical Mark Reader software to manage the process. This OMR system is being piloted by a number of people. The primary person is Alison Wright, who [...]
