Setting submission dates for TurnItIn assignments

On the Summary screen (the first of 4 tabs the tutor sees when they click the link to the assignment) there is a pencil icon.  Clicking this allows editing of the dates and times.  You then need to click the tick icon (which replaces the pencil) to confirm the changes. The graphic above shows theRead more

A good ReView?

Over the Summer, we secured funding for two lecture capture projects…  Picture this – creating resources to support the engagement of campus-based students. This project is supported by the Alumni fund Through the glass darkly – creating resources to support the engagement of distance learning students. This project is supported by Echo 360 In both cases,Read more

Camtasia licences available – first come first served!

(REPOSTED from August 10) The University now has a 100-user volume licence for Camtasia Studio 7, the screen recording application. This has been purchased with the support of the University’s Distance Learning Fund through a CHEST agreement (which makes certain software packages much cheaper for Higher Education). Under this agreement, the 100-user licence will beRead more

A new way to access TurnItIn

After almost a year’s development, we now have an alternative way to submit coursework files to the TurnItIn UK plagiarism checking service.  Learn has a new TurnItIn Assignment activity in which: Students  submit their coursework by uploading to a TurnItIn Assignment activity Learn stores a local copy and also automatically sends a copy for checkingRead more

Developing online distance learning

As regular readers of this blog will know, over the last 6 months the University has funded a set of online distance learning development projects through the Distance Learning Fund. This covered 7 academic departments, with another project focused on the supporting IT infrastructure (including expansion of the ReVIEW lecture capture system and the ElluminateRead more

Cloning modules on Learn

When updating your Learn modules, has the following thought occurred to you: I need to find a way of somehow cloning my Learn sites ABC101 and ABC102 since they are basically the same course, bar the assessment.   That’s exactly the query that came through to learn@lboro yesterday. Here’s the response from the Learn team: WhatRead more