Did you know that students can now access their past module sites for as long as they are enrolled on that course? In September 2010, we changed our previous policy of archiving module sites each year (organisation sites are still archived). Instead students now retain access to the module sites they have taken for as long as they…
This is part of a regular series of articles exploring some of the terms used in e-learning (view other articles in the series). We’ll do our best to break down the jargon and explain what things are from a basic perspective. This article continues our look at some local Sheffield Hallam terms by explaining what we mean by SHURA, the Sheffield Hallam University Research…
This is part of a regular series of articles exploring some of the terms used in e-learning (view other articles in the series). We’ll do our best to break down the jargon and explain what things are from a basic perspective. In this instalment we focus on the Blackboard Content Collection. This is a software system which is closely integrated…
This is part of a regular series of articles exploring some of the terms used in e-learning (view other articles in the series). We’ll do our best to break down the jargon and explain what things are from a basic perspective. Screencasts are similar to screenshots in that they capture what is happening on your computer screen. However, while a screenshot…
This is part of a regular series of articles exploring some of the terms used in e-learning (view other articles in the series). We’ll do our best to break down the jargon and explain what things are from a basic perspective. Books that are available in an electronic format are known as e-books. e-books have gained in popularity recently. Many…
This is part of a regular series of articles exploring some of the terms used in e-learning (view other articles in the series). We’ll do our best to break down the jargon and explain what things are from a basic perspective. Screenshots are a way of taking a picture of what is currently on your computer screen. However you don’t…
This is part of a regular series of articles exploring some of the terms used in e-learning (view other articles in the series). We’ll do our best to break down the jargon and explain what things are from a basic perspective. Twitter and microblogging is the topic today. Twitter is a company and website which allows users to keep a…
This is part of a regular series of articles exploring some of the terms used in e-learning (view other articles in the series). We’ll do our best to break down the jargon and explain what things are from a basic perspective. Google Scholar is our item of interest today. It would be hard to have not heard of Google (just…
Did you know that you can display images as part of your Blackboard content? Some staff may want to show images inside their Blackboard content items, either to make the content more attractive or to make key diagrams, tables or photos more visible to students. This has been possible in Blackboard for the last few years, but many staff are not…
This is part of a regular series of articles exploring some of the terms used in e-learning (view other articles in the series). We’ll do our best to break down the jargon and explain what things are from a basic perspective. This article continues our look at some local Sheffield Hallam terms by explaining what we mean by Remote Desktop. The Remote Desktop…