The capacity to use ICT-based devices, applications, software and services via their interfaces (mouse,
keyboard, touch screen, voice control etc); to use basic productivity software, web browser, and writing/
presentation software; to use digital capture devices.
Ability to identify and use digital tools to carry out tasks effectively, efficiently, productively, and with
attention to quality. At higher levels, the capacity: to choose, adapt and personalise ICT applications and
systems; to critically assess the benefits/constraints of ICT applications and approaches; to design and
implement ICT solutions; to recover from failures; to stay up to date with ICT as it evolves; to adopt
computational modes of thinking.
AnswerGarden is a very simple tool that quickly and easily allows you to create an audience response wall online. Your audience can respond to questions and it generates a word cloud based on responses with the size of words increasing with the frequency the audience responds with that word. Really simple and easy to use… Continue reading #478 AnswerGarden: Easy word clouds
In iOS 12 for iPhone and iPads there’s a great new app called Measure. It’s an AR (Augmented Reality) measuring app that’s so useful and handy. You can measure objects and get their sizes – no need to go looking for measuring tapes anymore! Image can be found here under a CC-BY-SA 3.0 licence
Another “it’s only easy if you know it” tip for today. An academic asked me today how to do this and so it seems likely that this is something other people are also unsure how to merge and split cells in a table. This can really make your table much easier to read, and is… Continue reading #469 Merge & split table cells
Creating a calendar group in Outlook is a top time saving tip that I recently discovered through talking to a colleague. If you share a lot of calendars, you can organise them by group instead of having them listed alphabetically. This is great if you have a massive long list of shared calendars, but even… Continue reading #464 Create a Calendar Group in Outlook
A really quick and easy way to define your styles in Word is to use the shortcut Ctrl + Shift + S. For example, if you want to change the style of a title, place your mouse on the title and click Ctrl + Shift + S. Click Modify to modify the style. You can… Continue reading #446 Define Styles in Word: Ctrl + Shift + S shortcut
Following on from our earlier posts on forms in Office 365, in this video we explore how you can embed those forms into your Moodle site! In a later post we’ll look at how you can create quizzes in your forms too, so keep an eye out for that one. Featured image: CCO by Pixabay
Simple Gmail Notes is a free and easy to use Chrome extension that allows you to better organise your Google Mail. You can add notes to individual Gmail conversations, store notes in your own Google Drive and add notes to your Google Calendar. This is useful to if you want to digitally stick a post-it… Continue reading #436 Simple Gmail Notes
