Category: Panopto

  • Transcription by hand

    Background: With more teaching being undertaken online, we need to make material delivered online more available to students who find it hard to hear the audio tracks.  This document outlines some possible ways of providing a transcription of both recorded ‘asynchronous’ lectures and ‘synchronous’ online training such as seminars etc. The challenges for providing transcription […]

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  • During the next couple of months, Digital Education will be hosting online workshops, Q&A’s and supporting ABC Learning Design drop-in sessions. Here is an overview of what’s available during July and August. All events are bookable via our Calendly event booking page, and you’ll receive the Zoom invite(s) closer to the session. Building Student Engagement […]

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  • 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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  • Wacom pad with stylus

      There are several challenges to teaching online, and one of the most obvious to those who normally teach in the classroom or studio is how to replicate the use of blackboard or whiteboard online. For some this will be writing, for instance maths or chemistry equations, for others it is drawing;  either diagrams/graphs or […]

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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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  • Student looking at iPhone

    As the University is transitioning to home working for all staff by Monday 23 March, our team have been busy preparing resources to support teaching staff on how to use many of the learning technologies for teaching online. We have just released a suite of new videos on how to use Panopto for teaching online, […]

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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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  • Panagiotis Tziogkidis, Lecturer in Economics, Plymouth Graduate School of Management & Plymouth Business School (Faculty of Business) answers our TEL themed questions: What is your earliest memory of digital technology in the classroom? When I was a student, the use of a projector was extremely rare. And even more rare was the distribution of lecture material […]

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  • Practical Automated Transcription of Audio in Online Teaching

    Transcription by hand

    Background: With more teaching being undertaken online, we need to make material delivered online more available to students who find it hard to hear the audio tracks.  This document outlines some possible ways of providing a transcription of both recorded ‘asynchronous’ lectures and ‘synchronous’ online training such as seminars etc. The challenges for providing transcription […]

  • Upcoming workshops, Q&A’s and drop-in sessions during July & August 2020

    During the next couple of months, Digital Education will be hosting online workshops, Q&A’s and supporting ABC Learning Design drop-in sessions. Here is an overview of what’s available during July and August. All events are bookable via our Calendly event booking page, and you’ll receive the Zoom invite(s) closer to the session. Building Student Engagement […]

  • 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 […]

  • Writing and Drawing in Online Presentations

    Wacom pad with stylus

      There are several challenges to teaching online, and one of the most obvious to those who normally teach in the classroom or studio is how to replicate the use of blackboard or whiteboard online. For some this will be writing, for instance maths or chemistry equations, for others it is drawing;  either diagrams/graphs or […]

  • 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 […]

  • New Panopto videos for teaching online

    Student looking at iPhone

    As the University is transitioning to home working for all staff by Monday 23 March, our team have been busy preparing resources to support teaching staff on how to use many of the learning technologies for teaching online. We have just released a suite of new videos on how to use Panopto for teaching online, […]

  • 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.

  • Talking TEL with Panagiotis Tziogkidis

    Panagiotis Tziogkidis, Lecturer in Economics, Plymouth Graduate School of Management & Plymouth Business School (Faculty of Business) answers our TEL themed questions: What is your earliest memory of digital technology in the classroom? When I was a student, the use of a projector was extremely rare. And even more rare was the distribution of lecture material […]