There are several media sharing websites that can be used to host your video recordings. Most offer a free version and the ability to embed your media onto a webpage such as a blog, or in the VLE (E.g. Blackboard). Media sharing websites offer varying features, so I have done a brief comparison of two [...]

Last term we had the first event for the VLE Selection Project, phase 1, in which we gather requirements from around QM.
It was called “What I Wish I Could do in Blackboard, but Can’t”. Thanks to all who attended – it was a really useful session and a good snapshot of some of the [...]

In this post we will cover how to go about writing your own XML to create an RSS feed for iTunes. The format used will be legible by most RSS aggregators but I will assume that you may intend, as some stage, to submit your feed to the iTunes Store which requires certain extra tags.
If [...]

Do you need your students to make an appointment with you? Or maybe you want to set up a meeting and need to know what the best date/time based on everyone’s availability is? Do you want to get rid of paper sign up sheets?
There are a few online options available, most of which offer a [...]

What is it?
Q-Review (http://www.esddelu.org.uk/tag/q-review/) is a ‘lecture capture’ service. The software underlying Q-Review is called Echo360. It will record video, audio, and the presenter’s screen (e.g. PowerPoint, notations or webpages) and combine these into a user-friendly web-based format. The system can automatically record scheduled lectures, produce learning resources [...]