Queen Mary, University of London

Author: emcdonnell

Full name: Eoin McDonnell

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22 July 2010 Linking to your Podcast from your Webpage

This post shows how to link to your RSS file so your users can find your podcast. It will show you how to use the ITPC link so your users can subscribe directly in iTunes.

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20 July 2010 Writing an RSS feed for iTunes

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 [...]

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27 May 2010 Q-Review and Echo360 in 2009 / 2010

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 [...]

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19 May 2010 Q-Review and podcasting your lectures at Queen Mary

This is a brief reminder about the College’s lecture capture project, Q-Review. If staff would like to make use of this service in the coming year, you are advised to make that requirement known to Room Bookings when submitting your room requests now. They will make every effort to prioritize requests from those who wish [...]

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20 January 2010 Visualisers and Q-Review

Many of you will have noticed Visualisers appearing in more and more lecture theatres around campus. They’re, in my opinion at least, a fantastic technolgy. They are extremely simple to use and have the potential to open up a whole new array of materials to a lecturer. They’re also very much under-utilized. (As a brief [...]

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10 January 2010 How to use microphones for Q-Review

Probably the biggest hurdle we’ve encountered so far in the Q-Review lecture capture project is the disappointment of a really good lecture being delivered that gets played back in absolute slience. This short post outlines the steps that a presenter must go through to ensure that the audio for their lecture is recorded.

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2 January 2010 VLE Description of Service

As part of a step-change in E-Learning Provision at QMUL we are expanding our range of services, hiring new team members and formalising what we already do. This document is part of the latter.
The VLE has become a core college service at QMUL and it is important that we are able to describe that service, [...]

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15 December 2009 Progress on Q-Review, QMUL’s Echo360 Project

QMUL’s lecture capture pilot project, called Q-Review, is approaching the halfway point in its pilot year. While we’ve had our share of hiccups and setbacks, the project is progressing well. We’ve learned a lot about best practice for the system and are looking forward to disseminating this when the project enters its production phase.
So… what [...]

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1 December 2009 Principal’s Open Meeting recorded using Q-Review

The Distance and E-Learning Unit’s lecture capture project, Q-Review, is progressing well this year. The system is now installed in three centrally bookable theatres (Perrin in Whitechapel, Fogg in SBCS and Skeel in the People’s Palace).
The system can record audio, screen capture and video. Recently it was used to record an Open Meeting by QM’s [...]

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1 August 2009 Q-Review goes into pilot phase

Q-Review is a ‘lecture capture’ service we are trialling in Educational and Staff Development. This is an initiative which has being brought into pilot stage. It is a service for staff and students that is being developed in response to staff and student demand.
`Lecture capture´ refers to the recording of an educational event using a [...]

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