Reviews

On the 16th June 2011, Queen Mary hosted the Association for Learning Technology (ALT) conference on Lecture Capture – Doing it well and at scale. The event was well attended and there were a variety of interesting and thought provoking presentations. A review of the day has now been published in the ALT online newsletter. Also, recordings of the presentations are available through the ALT lecture capture event web page.

Dr. Katherine Fleming, from the school of English and Drama, was the lucky winner of a Kindle which was a prize draw for those who completed our Podcasting Lectures at QM Survey. The survey attracted 83 staff and 614 student respondents who shared their views on the technology.

We held our first Blackboard webinar on Wednesday the 17th November at noon, on Creating a Basic Blackboard Assessment. You can view a recording of the webinar on this webpage: http://www.screencast.com/t/uXorFdBut. Here is what was covered in the 30 minute slot: A Sample Assessment from the student’s perspective – showing different question types – such [...]

There are several media sharing websites that can be used to host your video recordings. Most offer a free version and the ability to embed your media onto a webpage such as a blog, or in the VLE (E.g. Blackboard). Media sharing websites offer varying features, so I have done a brief comparison of two [...]

Do you need your students to make an appointment with you? Or maybe you want to set up a meeting and need to know what the best date/time based on everyone’s availability is? Do you want to get rid of paper sign up sheets? There are a few online options available, most of which offer [...]