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Recording Lectures in PowerPoint

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…

By Daria Casement, 4 years25th March 2020 ago
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Moving Image and Best Practice

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…

By Daria Casement, 4 years2nd March 2020 ago
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Visual Content and Best Practice

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…

By Daria Casement, 4 years24th February 2020 ago
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MS PowerPoint – Adding Media Content

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…

By Daria Casement, 4 years10th February 2020 ago

MS Word Accessibility – The Accessibility Checker

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…

By Daria Casement, 4 years31st January 2020 ago

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