What is MS Teams? MS Teams is Microsoft product available as part of Office 365. Teams as a digital service is available to QUB Staff and students. What is the benefit of MS teams? You can set up your own team for teaching, meetings, etc., and anything you share automatically 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, we looked at Image Composition and Automatic Mode. Digiknow continues the theme of making images by providing another two compositions and introducing you to two changeable features using the Program Mode. Let’s get started! Compositions Symmetry Symmetry is interesting and can be used horizontally, vertically and diagonally. Think Read more…
Last week, DigiKnow started a series on image making and covered frame orientation, rule of thirds, planning a photograph, image resolution and gave a number of helpful hints to help improve photo aesthetics. This week, we aim to provide another two compositions to add to your toolkit and take you Read more…
Over the last number of DigiKnow blog posts, we have addressed accessibility and best practices in many digital contexts. If you have been following our blog posts, you should have a better appreciation of accessibility, how to add Alt Text and you may have picked up a few other hints 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…
This week, DigiKnow wanted to demonstrate a real-life example of alternative slide presentation. The Pecha Kucha. This is a style of presentation developed by Astrid Klein and Mark Dytham. The concept is to maximize the exchange of concepts in a short space of time. The Pecha Kucha name originates from 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…