The Moodle upgrade is now confirmed for Wednesday 25th July 2018 between 06:00 – 09:00. During this period, the Moodle element of the DLE will be unavailable for the essential upgrade to version 3.5. The upgrade will see significant improvements to the…
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Webinar update
by Rebeccah Freeman • • 0 Comments
Skype for Business is now Technology and Information Services’ (TIS) preferred tool for webinars. Skype for Business can transmit audio, webcam video, a screen presentation such as PowerPoint, and interactive elements, such as a poll. The software is suitable for…
PebblePad online course
by Rebeccah Freeman • • 0 Comments
ASTI is now pleased to be able to offer an online course for any staff interested in learning more about PebblePad: ‘Skimming the Surface – An Introduction to PebblePad’ is a self-directed course, and takes only a couple of hours to…
Using the OneDrive for Business Sync Client
by Rebeccah Freeman • • 0 Comments
As part of the PC Fleet refresh project, you will need to backup all your files and folders onto OneDrive for Business so they can be migrated to your new device. For day-to-day use, you can drag and drop files…
Student eSubmission checklist
by Rebeccah Freeman • • 0 Comments
ASTI has recently developed an eSubmission checklist to help reduce the large number of cases where students are submitting assignments that cannot be read by their tutors on Plymouth University PCs. In most cases, eSubmission policy now requires that such…
Feedback and marking in Turnitin GradeMark
by Rebeccah Freeman • • 0 Comments
Turnitin has developed a new feedback tool called GradeMark, which is now available to use through the DLE. ASTI now delivers a course on this tool, which aims to give an understanding of GradeMark’s functionality and its use within the…
‘Switch role to…’ feature in Moodle has moved
by Rebeccah Freeman • • 0 Comments
The ‘Switch role to..’ feature allows you to simulate different views of your Moodle courses. The feature is particularly useful if you want to check how your students will see your module(s) or programme(s). For example you can check that…
PebblePad: Student help and training for 2017/18
by Rebeccah Freeman • • 0 Comments
In response to the many significant improvements made to PebblePad over the past year, ASTI has created a series of simple videos to be used for student induction sessions. We are confident these can be used to replace previous face…
eSubmission Moodle Assignment Update
by Rebeccah Freeman • • 0 Comments
During the recent Moodle upgrade there were a few changes made to the Moodle Assignment eSubmission tool. The recommended process of bulk download and upload still works in the same way, but there is a new ‘grade’ button that makes…
Digital Learning Conference, Thursday 29th June – Register now
by Rebeccah Freeman • • 0 Comments
This year the Vice Chancellor’s 15th Annual Teaching and Learning Conference runs over 2 days, with the first day focusing on digital learning. The conference has the following themes: Art of the possible Student expectations Alignment of learning – flipped…