Monthly Archives: October 2014

PowerPoint – importing slides into a Master Slide template

PowerPoint – importing slides (Information adapted from office.microsoft.com) How do you give your PowerPoint presentation the theme of a SHU Master Slide? You can format your slides by importing them into your Master Slide presentation. Do the following: Begin by … Continue reading

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Deconstructing a PowerPoint

Have you ever wanted to deconstruct a PowerPoint? To be able to extract all the images and embedded multi-media resources, videos and audio. Here’s a way that you can easily get access to all the materials. 1. Create a copy … Continue reading

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Integrating a Padlet wall into your Blackboard site

Integrating a Padlet wall into your Blackboard site Grab your student’s attention on your Blackboard site. You can add functionality, interactivity and aesthetics to your Blackboard Module site by embedding iframes into it. This can include websites, Pinterest and Padlet … Continue reading

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Using Google Maps to display information

Google Maps can be used to plot data graphically. Custom maps can be created and data inputted to show the locations of organisations/information. Data collected via a Google Form and stored in a Google Spreadsheet can be used to populate … Continue reading

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