Whether you’re aimlessly browsing online or looking for something in particular on the internet, with Pocket you can now save all the webpages, articles, videos, blogs,and photographs that you’d like to revisit or view later. Pocket is available across all your devices, and so you can be sure that once it’s in your pocket you can…
I’m sure we all have those favorite blogs and websites we visit ever so often, especially for our daily dose of news, opinions and articles on trending issues. However, visiting multiple sites everyday can be very tedious. Now, here’s an app that will gather all your blogs and websites in one place, so you don’t…
Whether you’ve been at Sheffield Hallam for a year or two, or have only just got through your first few weeks at uni, hopefully by now you’ve worked out how to access your emails through shuspace. The SHU email system is powered by Google, which means you can also benefit from some other tools created…
You may notice on your course Blackboard sites that there is an item in the menu called ‘Groups’. Perhaps you’ve used this before, as your lecturers have arranged you and your fellow classmates into groups for particular tasks. Or perhaps, if you were to log into Blackboard and check now you would realise you’ve never…
Stuck for a job over summer break? Find yourself needing more experience? Well we’re here to help… We’re looking for new guest posters to write articles and spread the word about the shuTech blog! Could I be eligible? To write for the blog all we ask is that you’re a current student of Sheffield Hallam…
Help us to help you! Getting involved in the shuTech blog can enhance your CV and help you to become more employable. The blog is written by students, for students and aims to help you through your university life. We’re looking for current Sheffield Hallam students of all disciplines to get involved in writing posts.…
A blog can be a valuable source of information. Blog content can change often, and so you may find yourself checking for updates on a regular basis. If you follow several blogs then this process can become very time consuming. One solution that we have discussed before is to use the blog’s RSS feed. Another…
A podcast is a series of digital audio or video recordings based around a common theme and delivered in an episodic format. Podcasts can be created by individuals, by organisations and by companies. Some of the support departments at Sheffield Hallam University offer podcasts. You may also see podcasts in some of your Blackboard sites.…
The word ‘blog’ is a concatenation of the phrase ‘web log’. Blogs first started appearing on the internet around 1998 and quickly became a very popular web tool. The first blogs started as online diaries or journals. More recently blogs have also been used by news organisations to provide editorials on news stories, by public figures…