In August 2010, a proposal submitted by a team from the University of Sussex, UK was awarded funding as part of the Echo360 grants programme. The project, called ‘Me2U’ (on reflection, a title perhaps too close to the Chuckle Brothers catchphrase), has set out to investigate the ways in which the personal capture version of […]
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27.9.2010
Journey with a magic pen
I like using a pen and paper for note-taking and for ideas generation. Even though I’m a pretty fast touch typist, I find that making hand-written notes feels more expressive. I like being able to annotate text I’ve already written. I like the ability to make doodling/ diagramming part of the thinking process I like […]
Read this post →3.9.2010
Moodle developments – adding pedagogical context to selecting resources and activities
Moodle has a plethora of options of types of learning materials a tutor can add to their site. Anyone editing in moodle is used to two very familiar drop down menus as the main methods for adding content. Add a resource Add an activity The problem Examining the sites tutors built at Sussex showed us […]
Read this post →16.8.2010
Moodle Developments – File upload & management pt1
As a large HE using moodle one of the main problems our Staff and Tutors have with moodle is file management. On a daily basis our tutors, academics and staff use our moodle install at Sussex to add pdfs, powerpoints, word docs and other teaching materials to their sites in order to make them available […]
Read this post →9.8.2010
2010 Study Direct landing page
Again, following a usability study of our moodle install Study Direct at the University of Sussex the team began to make some improvements to the ‘Your sites’ page which lists the course sites users have access to. Sites by year At Sussex a site for each course is created each year, with Students and Tutors […]
Read this post →6.8.2010
2010 Study Direct login page
For Autumn 2010 the Study Direct team have been making changes to the way Study Direct looks and works to start to improve some the usability problems users have with the website. 2009 login page The 2009 login page contained a lot of information and images, which pushed the actual login box down quite far […]
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