Digital Tools Repository
A collection of free online resources to aid the enhancement of blended learning within your course. These digital tools are available as teaching aid/summative assessment for lecturers and as a means for students to demonstrate knowledge gain via the use of interactive technology.
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MagistoTransforms video clips and photographs into short videos, allowing you to choose themes and add music or voice-overs. You can then share your masterpiece with different audiences. Link: https://www.magisto.com/ | ||
Nimbus Screenshot and Screen Video RecorderNimbus Capture is a handy digital tool for advance screenshot techniques. It allows you to capture the visible part of a screen, specific areas, a selected scroll of content, an entire window; it allows for flexible capture and manipulation of images. You can also edit and add notes, print and save. Not suitable for use on campus. | ||
PixtochartLink: http://piktochart.com/ Description: Excellent tool for creating and sharing free infographics.Can be used for posters, charts, presentations and more. | ||
PowtoonLink: http://www.powtoon.com/ Description: Make quirky, fun and engaging animated videos and presentations. Simple to use and can be embedded easily in files, presentations and on webpages.
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PreziLink: https://prezi.com/ Description: A prezi is a presentation of text and visuals that you zoom in and out of. It is very similar to a power point, except you do not make slides. Instead, you make one big prezi and zoom in to different views. You can show a prezi to others on a computer through your prezi account, or you can link to them. | ||
SlideShareLink: https://www.slideshare.net/ Description: Community repository for sharing slides, infographic, presentations and documents to inform and educate. Fantastic for networking and showcasing knowledge. SlideShare presentations can be inported into your LinkedIn account.
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TableauA free data visualisation tool which requires you to download the software before use. Creates an interactive visualisation that can be embedded in a website or shared. | ||
REFERENCE |
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Cite This For MeCite This For Me is a useful digital tool which will provide guidance with generating citations for various types of digital content. However, it may vary, so worthwhile checking over references with your lecturer or a member of Learning Centre staff. | ||
RESEARCH |
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Duck Duck GoSearch engine which doesn't track your activity online, promising less ads and spam, and quicker, more efficient searching. Link: https://duckduckgo.com/ | ||
Google ScholarThis is Google's own educationally minded, academically designed search engine, and is well worth checking out. | ||