#660 Download auto-transcript from YouTube
This top tip shows you how to get the auto-transcript from a video you’ve uploaded to YouTube and how to get rid of the line breaks quickly and easily in Word.
Category: Distance Learning
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#653 Create professional looking videos in minutes with Canva
Canva has a great video creation tool, with a whole heap of freely available templates for you to use. You can create professional looking videos in minutes , great for creating learning content or just to create more personalised video messages for your students. Canva.com is a great one to share with your students too,… Continue reading #653 Create professional looking videos in minutes with Canva
#638 Jamboard: A digital whiteboard
Jamboard is a free digital whiteboard app by Google. It’s great for collaboration – it autosaves your work and is easy to share with others to get their input. You can also export your Jamboard to PDF. Watch this 1 minute demo…
#633 Get organised with Well Sorted [3/3]: View the results
This is the third in the Well Sorted series. In this video, we will look at step 4, which is viewing the results… You can also view this Well Sorted playlist on YouTube for more detail on each step. Photo by Nick Fewings on Unsplash
#630 Get organised with Well Sorted [2/3]: Sorting ideas into themes
This is the second in the Well Sorted series. In this video, we will look at step 3, which is sorting ideas into themes… You can also view this Well Sorted playlist on YouTube for more detail on each step. Photo by Camille San Vicente on Unsplash
#626 Free countdown timer
If you need a countdown timer for your in class or online activities, all you need to do is type ‘countdown timer’ into Google. Watch this 30 second video to show you how to use a countdown timer in your browser: Image by NeONBRAND on Unsplash
#623 Get organised with Well Sorted [1/3]: Set up and add sorting options
Well Sorted is a free web-based tool to help you organise ideas into themes. The website suggests that the tool can be used to help set meeting agendas by letting attendees suggest ideas for discussion beforehand and then allowing the attendees to group the ideas into themes. It could also be used in teaching and… Continue reading #623 Get organised with Well Sorted [1/3]: Set up and add sorting options
#621 Hypothes.is [1/2]: Make reading active, visible, and social
Hypothesis is a digital annotation tool that allows anyone to add, view, and respond to comments on pretty much any public webpage. It is a great tool and is available for free. To get started you need to sign up for a free account and add Hypothes.is to your browser. Once you’ve done that you… Continue reading #621 Hypothes.is [1/2]: Make reading active, visible, and social
#618 Display a Mentimeter Word Cloud in your VLE
If you want to add an interactive Word Cloud to your VLE, you can use Mentimeter to do this. The Word Cloud will be embedded in your course and students will be able to submit entries at any time when the ‘Audience pace’ setting is selected. Mentimeter is free to create an account. Watch this… Continue reading #618 Display a Mentimeter Word Cloud in your VLE
#613 Watch together with Watch2Gether
Watch2Gether is a great way to organise a watch party for learners. Watch2Gether is described as ‘a social video website that allows you to watch videos and other content in-sync with others‘ and is free. Here’s how to get started… This is a great way to build a sense of community online for learners especially as… Continue reading #613 Watch together with Watch2Gether
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