This week’s DigiKnow post looks at recording online teaching materials, and will detail the recording methods and systems which can be used within Queen’s University and beyond. This touches on Cognitive Load and Multimedia Principles of learning, when designing teaching materials for online use. Using these concepts, DigiKnow will detail Read more…
For those teaching at a distance and using Canvas, here’s a quick guide to get started. A downloadable resource is available at the end of this post. Canvas Conferences is a quick and easy way to teach students remotely. In Canvas, Big Blue Button (the conferences app) will store recordings Read more…
In this tutorial, DigiKnow looks at USB Voice recorders and how to use them. Please have a look through the guide. There is a downloadable guide towards the end. Getting started Plug the USB Voice recorder in to a computer to charge it. When the pilot lamp turns blue, it’s Read more…
Yesterday, DigiKnow posted two blogs on Teaching at a Distance – MS Teams and Recording Lectures in PowerPoint. Teaching and meetings at a distance are made easier using MS Teams (via Office 365). Here’s a few tips to help teachers and staff using MS Teams. Be sensible Teachers – take Read more…
This method of lecture capture allows the recording of audio and slides together and then share this with students. It’s not a live broadcast and lectures can be used again. Before you begin Here you will be using PowerPoint to capture lecture content. To share the content, we’ll cover how Read more…
Last week, DigiKnow looked at visual content and best practice. This week, we continue with moving image. Moving image, can be defined as motion picture, video, news footage, out-takes, home movies, slideshows, screen tests, broadcast and/or multimedia. Why are moving images of such interest? They can be used to teach, Read more…
In this week’s DigiKnow blog, we look at visual content, accessibility and best practice. Visual content can be used in digital documents, slides, PDFs, etc., on the Internet or in social media posts. What is visual content? It’s anything that conveys information to your audience that isn’t in the form Read more…
In last weeks DigiKnow blog, we looked at design and best practice when using PowerPoint. We covered the 5/5/5 rule for text and the 3/3/3 rule for font, colour and layout options. This week, we will demonstrate how to add in different types of media content and ensure it is Read more…
In this week’s DigiKnow blog, we cover design and best practice in MS PowerPoint. Many of the things regards accessibility were previously covered and do apply here. Instead of re-writing it, here’s a list of links to the previous blogs: Accessibility MS Word – Accessibility MS Word – Tables MS Read more…
On the last DigiKnow post of the week for the MS Word Accessibility series, we look at the Accessibility Checker in MS Word. The good news is MS Word has an Accessibility Checker. The bad news is it might need to be added to the Toolbar. Today we decided on Read more…