Hello, it’s Monday again and time for another blog! Over the summer, we have been covering different aspects of getting ready for teaching in September 2020. We have previously looked at the following: Live-teaching (synchronous) using MS Teams and Zoom Breakout rooms in Zoom and Channels in MS Teams Recording Read more…
It’s that time of year again when one year’s teaching has finished, exam boards are ongoing or just completed and it’s time for a break. Or is it? Realistically, it’s time to start planning teaching for the next academic year. The incoming academic year looks to be a very different Read more…
If you missed our introduction to Accessibility for digital content, you can read it here: Accessibility. Firstly, consider why you are using MS Word. Assignments or brand guidelines may specify the formatting (i.e., font, size, line spacing, etc.) to be used. Toward the end of last week’s blog, there were Read more…
What is referencing? Referencing can be considered as a set of rules for presenting sources of information, cited within a written text, with the list of appended references following. Referencing is not to be confused with bibliographies, which are lists of references following a text, but not necessarily cited within Read more…
Richard Fallis is the subject librarian for the School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences, based in the Mulhouse building at Royal Victoria Hospital. He contributes to the QUB Library blog, and this week he’s provided DigiKnow with an overview of the support that subject librarians can provide. As a Read more…
In the previous weeks, we’ve covered Copyright Basics and Copyright for Education, including copyright infringement and fair dealing. Creative Commons allows us to widen the scope of available materials we can use. The Commons is growing, with 1.6 billion works currently available (as of 2019). What is Creative Commons? Creative Read more…
Think you know all you need to know about the digital world? Or know you don’t, and wish to know which areas to explore more? Jisc (the UK higher, further education and skills sectors’ not-for-profit organisation for digital services and solutions) has created a discovery tool to enable staff and Read more…
Digi Know? Queen’s has a campus-wide licence for students and staff to use Read & Write software from TextHelp. Read & Write provides a wide range of tools to assist with accessibility requirements such as sight difficulties or dyslexia, as well as support for users that are not fluent in Read more…