Author: Adam Harvey

  • The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way in which both staff and students access and use educational technologies to facilitate teaching and learning. Since working from home commenced, teaching staff have been required to explore and learn new technologies to assist with their teaching. Naturally as confidence develops in utilising online delivery tools such as webinars and content capture, teaching […]

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  • Boy shouting into microphone

    Improving audio 1. Remove as much ambient noise as possible 1. In order to get the best sound quality out of your microphone, you need to be sure that you minimise any ambient noise in the room. Sounds of cars outside the windows, a fan on the other side of the room etc. may seem […]

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  • Person planning a presentation on a laptop

    1. Structure your presentation Structuring the content of your presentation will not only help your audience retain more of the information you are sharing, but also it will reduce your instinct to duplicate your verbal presentation in your PowerPoint slides. And when you have a presentation structure, you can focus less on your slides and more on […]

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  • Panopto Focus 2019 being projected on a screen

    In November 2019, I attended the annual Panopto conference and as always it was an interesting event, here are my reflections.

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  • On 1st August, Turnitin updated all institutions to their new Feedback Studio replacing the old originality report. Although the core functionality is the same, the look of the page is different. The image below shows where these differences are.  

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  • Using additional equipment with Zoom and Panopto

    The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way in which both staff and students access and use educational technologies to facilitate teaching and learning. Since working from home commenced, teaching staff have been required to explore and learn new technologies to assist with their teaching. Naturally as confidence develops in utilising online delivery tools such as webinars and content capture, teaching […]

  • 8 tips for better audio and video in Panopto and Zoom recordings

    Boy shouting into microphone

    Improving audio 1. Remove as much ambient noise as possible 1. In order to get the best sound quality out of your microphone, you need to be sure that you minimise any ambient noise in the room. Sounds of cars outside the windows, a fan on the other side of the room etc. may seem […]

  • Getting the most from your presentations

    Person planning a presentation on a laptop

    1. Structure your presentation Structuring the content of your presentation will not only help your audience retain more of the information you are sharing, but also it will reduce your instinct to duplicate your verbal presentation in your PowerPoint slides. And when you have a presentation structure, you can focus less on your slides and more on […]

  • Reflections from the Panopto Conference 2019

    Panopto Focus 2019 being projected on a screen

    In November 2019, I attended the annual Panopto conference and as always it was an interesting event, here are my reflections.

  • Turnitin Originality Report becomes Feedback Studio

    On 1st August, Turnitin updated all institutions to their new Feedback Studio replacing the old originality report. Although the core functionality is the same, the look of the page is different. The image below shows where these differences are.