The recent winter graduation ceremonies saw teams from across the University pool resources and skillsets to uplift the quality of our live-streaming production. While winter graduation was set to go live at the end of August, work towards achieving a complete live...
We scanned a dinosaur!
Now we have your attention! Did you know we have 3D scanning equipment to make physical objects digital? Talk about a great way to take object-based learning online! Watch a video of some of the latest 3D scanning projects from within the Learning Media team.
Rich media assessment: taking digital assessment to the next level
Digital assessments like OLX offer some key opportunities for assessment practice that aren’t possible in paper-based examinations, such as the integration of rich media. The DigEd team have recently collaborated to produce an exemplar rich media exam to showcase some of the possibilities.
New Feature: Review and Update all Unit Activity Dates in One Place
The Moodle Dates Report was released earlier this week and gives unit coordinators the ability to edit dates for all activities (within a unit), on a single page. This will be particularly useful when setting up units for upcoming teaching periods, but is also great for a quick review to ensure all dates are set correctly for the current T2 teaching period.
Defining a next-generation ecosystem
You may have heard the term ‘next-generation ecosystem’ used through the Learning Futures and LMS Renewal projects – this post is a quick overview of what we mean by ‘ecosystem’ and why we use it.
Tip: Zoom – live transcripts during Zoom meetings
Live transcripts during Zoom sessions can now be enabled by the host and made available as an option to participants who choose to display it. Transcripts are a great accessibility and productivity tool and are easy to enable.
Tip: Udemy (for staff and students)
Access to Udemy will continue to be available for both staff and students in T2/2022. Students can access Udemy at the student URL of https://myune.udemy.com (different from the staff login at https://une.udemy.com) While there is no way to embed content into Moodle,...
Professional media studios available for UNE staff
Did you know we have professional media recording spaces available to UNE staff? We also have media experts available to help create the best possible video content. Why not come check out what’s available and how we can assist you to create professional media content.
Reminder: “Past Exam Papers” Moodle no longer available to students
With the switch to online supervised exams, the “Past Exams Collections” Moodle site which contains copies of older paper exams for some units has become increasingly obsolete, which is why we phased out the collection and made it unavailable to students after T3/2021...
3D light scans out-shines photogrammetry in the digitisation process.
What is 3D digitising? What is photogrammetry or light-based scanning? Which is best to start with? Read through this post and see some examples that UNE are currently using.