Welcome to Tel Tales, the Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) team’s blog site!

Click on our blog posts below to view what the team have been up to, where we’ve been and what inspires us in learning and teaching. We are always looking for keen bloggers to contribute to our site, if you are a University of Portsmouth member of staff and interested in writing a post for Tel Tales then please get in touch with your ideas.

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The University of Portsmouth places the student experience at the centre of its philosophy and vision. The University’s vision as
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One – Don’t be scared, just give it a go! Embedding video content within your own Moodle course can be
UbiCast Lecture Capture
Credit image: UbiCast https://www.ubicast.eu/en/products/campus-automated-lecture-capture-elearning-moocs/ The University has selected the UbiCast Lecture Capture system for producing high quality recordings of lectures.
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Have you ever wanted to incorporate some online activity into your session, but don’t have the facility to do so?
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Many of you will be aware of the TechSmith Relay service as the University has been using it for a
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*Currently we have had to disable this feature for some standard functionality to work, we will look at reactivating it
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Dr Mary McKeever (SFHEA) is a Principal Lecturer in Higher Education and is the Lead Assessor for the Academic Professional Excellence
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Why do digital capabilities matter? In 2015 the House of Lords published a report on the need to improve the
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A couple of years ago the government made it clear that they wanted universities to offer a new type of
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Many students who arrive at the University often fall short of the necessary study skills required for them to achieve
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Moodle has successfully been upgraded to version 3.3, improving functionality and stability for all users. New features: Integration of H5P
Assessed Videos
Assessed Videos is a solution developed by the TEL Team to simplify the administration processes of recording a student (or

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