Web 2.0 for Creatives

Lecture on web 2.0 and its impact and use for creative thinkers/artists.

The Academic Case for Lecture Capture

This is a short report summarising some of the research findings available about the academic benefits and educational challenges of lecture capture systems. It was written to inform an institutional decision about whether to proceed with a pilot service.

Creative Commons and 21st Century Distribution

Slides for a Level 3 Digital Practice and Theory lecture on using CC, promoting your work and ways to get it out there, some demonstration on the economic value of sharing.

Digital Economy USRG podcast - Twitter

A video podcast plus MP3 of a 30 minute presention on the use of Twitter to build a digital presence.

Including Figures in your Thesis

This 10-minute video shows you how you can include image files in your thesis. By using the University template and special styles, you will be able to automate their numbering and references to them in the text, as well as generate tables of figures.

Combining Thesis Chapters but restarting footnote numbering every chapter

This 3-minute video shows you how to combine chapters of your thesis but force footnotes to be numbered from 1 within each chapter.

How to convert a Word file to PDF using Adobe Acrobat on an iSolutions workstation.

This PowerPoint provides a step-by-step guide to the process of converting a document (such as your thesis) from Word to PDF.

Create, Share & Collaborate

Research Seminar/Workshop related files and links

How to import files from your J drive into Teamsite

An update to Java meant that you can only import files into Teamsite from your 'My Documents' folder, which isn't much use if they are all stored on your J drive. This video shows you how to fix the problem.

How to highlight selected text on a PowerPoint slide

This short 7-minute video shows two methods which can be used to highlight selected words or phrases on a PowerPoint slide.

From Tin Toy to Android

This presentation is intended to show the use of Adobe Presenter to create a narrated presentation, and can be compared with the version recorded using Camtasia Studio.

From Tin Toy to Android

This presentation is intended to show the use of Camtasia Studio to create a narrated presentation, and can be compared with the version recorded using Adobe Presenter.

An introduction to video podcasts

This PowerPoint slideshow covers the educational uses of video podcasts, describes how RSS feeds work and shows how they can be created using Blackboard.

An introduction to lecture capture

This short PowerPoint presentation shows how the Echo360 lecture capture systems works

Companion Animals

A simple PowerPoint used as the basis for podcast exercises