Why do you need digital skills? – a Digital Champion’s perspective
If I’m going to be completely honest, when I came to university, I really didn’t even think about what technical skills I would need. And...
Category: Student Experience
Your key to success: Mastering your digital skills – a Digital Champion’s perspective
Technology is everywhere, and it is essential to our daily lives! We are now living in a digital age in which hi-tech programmes and devices...
How to create and scan QR codes
What is a QR code? Amazingly, QR codes have been around since 1994 when they were originally invented for use in the motor industry to...
The On Campus Internship Scheme (OCIS) and Festival of Learning 2019: A Student Experience
If one word should describe my whole experience during the OCIS internship, I would choose learning. Learning new skills, learning more about myself, and of...
Course Resources Template Upgrade – Important Information
Dear Colleague, Your module template will look different for on-campus modules starting in September 2019. In this short series of articles we’ll take you through...
Ruby Granger – StudyTuber – Vlogging about studying and the student experience at University
Ruby is a student in her first year at the University of Exeter, she started creating videos about studying whilst working towards her GCSEs and...
Student Digital Capability Discovery Tool
Following on from the recent release of a staff Digital Capability Discovery Tool, the Centre for Excellence in Learning and Teaching are pleased to announce we now...
Video-based assignments
Video-based assignments provide an effective medium for students to demonstrate their understanding of learned concepts. This form of assignment assists promoting student creativity and can...
AccessAbility: Adding ALT text to images
One of the most common issues identified by Ally is that images do not have alternative text associated with them. This text is ‘read’ by...
AccessAbility: Planning and delivering accessible Blackboard Ultra sessions
Using Blackboard Collaborate Ultra to deliver online sessions with your students can help to bring together students at a distance whilst still enabling them to...