AI Technology · Artificial Intelligence · Browsers · Digital communication · Digital creation · ICT proficiency · Recording your screen · Timesavers · Top tip

#726 Scribe: Create a step-by-step guide instantly

Scribe is a new AI tool that allows you to record your actions and then transcribe them click by click into a step-by-step guide that you can share with colleagues or students. It even takes screenshots as you go along. The only downside is that the desktop version that would record your screen is on… Continue reading #726 Scribe: Create a step-by-step guide instantly

Communication / Collaboration · Digital communication · Teams

#723 How to set a status duration in Teams

When you need to concentrate, Teams can prove to be a distraction. You can help to manage that by either setting your status to Do Not Disturb or Appear Offline, the only trouble is remembering to reset it when you are done! This handy tip shows you how to set a duration to your temporary… Continue reading #723 How to set a status duration in Teams

Communication / Collaboration · Digital communication · Digital participation · ICT proficiency · Teams

#719 Teams chat notifications causing a distraction? Mute them!

In-call notifications for chat messages can quickly become an annoying distraction, particularly in large meetings with a busy back channel. To stop these annoying pop-ups you can quickly and easily mute the chat. In the video below we show how to do this from within the Teams call and how to do it from the… Continue reading #719 Teams chat notifications causing a distraction? Mute them!

Accessibility · AI Technology · Assessment · Assessment · Digital communication · Digital wellbeing · Word

#714 Faster at talking then typing? Try Word online to dictate your feedback!

In this video walk-through, we show you how you can use Word online to dictate your written feedback. Once dictated, you can then copy and paste the feedback into your feedback tool. Perfect for if you prefer talking to typing! You can even set it to do your punctuation automatically too. 

Artificial Intelligence · Assessment · Digital communication · Digital creation · Digital innovation

#705 Intrigued by the rise of AI? Have a play!

Open AI /Chat GPT has been in the news a lot recently, particularly with the implications that these enhanced chat bots could prove to be the death knell of the more traditional assessment methods. I’ve been playing with Chat GPT recently, it’s free to use and explore and gives you a sense of where the… Continue reading #705 Intrigued by the rise of AI? Have a play!

#1minuteCPD · Audience response system · Classroom Technologies · Classroom technology · Digital collaboration · JISC: 6 elements of digital capability · MMU: ISS Themes · Mobile · Timesavers · Top tip

#702 Creating quick polls in WhatsApp

Until very recently I didn’t know this was a thing I was sitting a little bored in a [n online]meeting and I stumbled across this little gem which amused a couple of other people I was chatting with as a sub-conversation. So I’d thought I’d share it with our fabulous 1minutecpd audience – and even… Continue reading #702 Creating quick polls in WhatsApp

#iOS · Apple · Digital communication · Outlook · Top tip

#697 Accidently deleting emails in your Outlook app? Change the swipe commands!

If, like me, you frequently find yourself deleting emails when you simply want to mark them as unread, change your swipe commands! These quick steps show you how to change what swipe left and swipe right do in your Outlook email app. This video guide is for apple devices.

Digital communication

#689 It’s time to spin that wheel! Add some chance to your presentations

Menti have released a fun and innovated Spin the Wheel question type. You pop in your categories, spin the wheel and whatever it lands on is the winner. This is a fun way to explore revision topics, choices of activities or perhaps even who answers the question? Really easy to set up and use in… Continue reading #689 It’s time to spin that wheel! Add some chance to your presentations

#1minuteCPD · Assessment · Audience response system · Classroom Technologies · Classroom technology · Digital communication, collaboration and participation (participating) · Formative assessment · MMU: ISS Themes

#688 Vevox Quizzes: Generating a results report

In this latest series of Vevox, we’ll show you how to generate a results report so you can gain some insights into the quiz.