Author: Val Lawrenson, SFHEA Centre for Excellence in Learning and Teaching valawreson@uclan.ac.uk Since returning after the summer I had been getting along quite successfully dodging TEAMS. To be honest I thought it was just another intrusion. After all, did we really need another internal communication method? Teams seemed to have a Read more…
Author: Caroline Carlin, TELT Infographic: Laura Ridings, TELT Think about your last Google search – did you get beyond the first page of results? Often, we don’t. If the information we want isn’t right there in front of us, chances are we’ll just change our search terms rather than wade through pages of Read more…
Author: Chris Melia, TELT Most importantly for our staff, it’s really about helping them to inspire our students to become a modern workforce of the future, in a sense that they are truly digitally enabled.” James Crooks, Director of Learning and Information Services In my last post on this blog Read more…
Author: Caroline Carlin, TELT Microsoft Office for Office 365 (available to UCLan staff on your Surface Pro from July) comes with a raft of great new features. So many in fact, that we’ve split it over two blog posts. This week, it’s a whistle-stop tour of our favourite new features Read more…
Author: Chris Melia, TELT The introduction of Microsoft Teams as part of the Office 365 application suite has drastically changed the way in which learners can communicate, collaborate and access content online. In an age where smart phones are becoming the essential device for students, it is increasingly important to address their Read more…
Author: Kevan Williams Working in a technology related discipline certainly requires a degree of tenacity and an ability to see beyond the plethora of applications, which are continually expanding and evolving. How many times has a challenge arisen where a hearty “there’s an app for that” type response is heard? Read more…
Author: Kevan Willams Developing a digitally inspired, contemporary learning experience against the backdrop of continuing sector change is an ongoing challenge for all higher education organisations. The implementation of new and emerging learning technologies offers some opportunity to respond to these changes, but other factors play a significant part in any successful strategy. Aligning investments in people, places and pedagogy offers a collective response to the challenges digital Read more…
Author: Colette Fuller What IS Yammer? Many staff ask this question so if you are feeling a little confused you’re not alone! Yammer is part of the Office 365 suite of applications and is like a private social network – just for UCLan. It works much like Twitter or Facebook, but it differs in a couple of key ways. Firstly, not everyone can join Yammer. You must have a UCLan email Read more…
Author: Caroline Carlin. Microsoft Forms is a relatively new Microsoft online app and part of the Office 365 suite. Forms has two components; Forms which enable you to create surveys and offer a great alternative to Survey Monkey (supports up to 5000 responses which can be exported to Excel for analysis) and Quizzes. So what’s so great about the Read more…
Author: Caroline Carlin. In October Microsoft announced that the Office Mix product will be retired in May 2018. As keen promoters and users of Office Mix, the TELT team initially felt a little frustrated at what felt like a sudden announcement, but dig a little deeper and there are sure to be exciting times ahead. From its initial rollout in 2014 Office Mix has offered educators Read more…