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.
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,...
As we approach the first week of teaching, it’s a great time to consider where you’ll store your Zoom recordings and relevant unit readings. Echo360 & Reading List, respectively, provide easy and accessible solutions to this – lets look at these now, and how to...
As Trimester 1 gets closer, it is a good time to make sure the Site Contacts block in your teaching units are accurate and contain the contacts details you need. Since T3/2021, every teaching unit should contain an automated Site Contacts block located in the top...
A T1 reminder that you have the option to OPT IN to an automatic copy of Zoom recordings into your Echo360 library. This will automatically copy all Zoom recordings to your Echo library from where you can share them with a unit playlist or embed them as required. You...
T1 will see some improvements to the way “tiles” are displayed on a unit homepage as well as the introduction of a new default set of tiles that will be consistent across all UNE units. Consistent Tile Icons To improve consistency across all university teaching sites...
Have you been contacted by a student who is having difficulty accessing grades or feedback for an assessment? There can be a few reasons for this. Read on for tips on what to check and how to advise your students! 1: Student is using the OpenLMS...
Turnitin recently released a new feature that flags up any inconsistencies in a submission that would set it apart from a normal submission. These include hidden or replaced characters that might have been included to make the document unreadable by the TII...
The Zoom to Echo integration for recordings is finally here! From Wednesday, 20th October 2021, you have the option to OPT IN to an automatic copy of Zoom recordings into your Echo360 library. This will automatically copy all Zoom recordings to your Echo library from...
From T3/2021, a new Site Contacts block will automatically be added to every teaching unit and will replace the manual teaching staff blocks that are set up in most units. The information in the block will update automatically as new staff are enrolled into the unit...