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A digital way of recording how many students use a workshop ?

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I’d like to have a digital way of recording how many students use a workshop and for what purpose ie how long they spend in the space and doing what?

Hmm, we think this could currently only work by you asking students these kind of questions and keeping a record in an excel spreadsheet, or by creating an office 365 form and asking students to fill it in. In the future classrooms may deploy the Internet of Things – sensing devices and data collection methods to enable an automatic gathering of this kind of information. This is still pilot technology….watch this space…

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What software to help check if translation from Google translate is correct and is in the right context? 

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A student asked us ‘What software is there for helping me check that the translation I get from Google translate is correct and in the right context?’

This is a tough one, if software could check itself then there wouldn’t be errors…but you can find tools online which claim to check grammar, for example:

http://www.reverso.net/spell-checker/english-spelling-grammar/

But it’s always best to read it out-loud to yourself and see if it sounds right, you can also find out about language support classes and online resources through UAL Academic Support, look for the link at the top of Moodle.

 

 

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How can I tell how big an image or video file is?

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To find out the file size and dimensions of an image that is stored on your computer:

  1. Open the file where the image is saved.
  2. Place your cursor over the image icon, and right-click if you are using a PC or Ctrl-click if you are using a Mac.
  3. Choose Properties.
  4. Click the Details tab.
  5. Scroll down to the:
  • Image section – To view the image dimensions.
  • File section – To view the image file size.

Microsoft Windows users can see the dimensions of a video file by viewing the file summary. To do this follow the steps below.

  1. Highlight the video file.
  2. Right-click the file and click Properties.
  3. Click the Details or Summary tab.
  4. In the Details under video you will see the frame width and frame height as well as other important video information (as shown below). If you clicked on a Summary tab if the advanced properties are not already showing click the Advanced button in the bottom right portion of the window. In the Advanced properties under Image you should be able to see the Width and Height of the video file.

Microsoft Windows users and Windows Media Player

If the above recommendation does not display the required information view the video properties through Windows Media Player. This only works if the video file is capable of being played in Windows Media Player.

  1. Open Windows Media Player and the video file you want to view.
  2. Click File and then Properties.
  3. In the Properties window under the File tab you should see the width and height listed next to Video size: — for example, 640 x 480 is 640 width and 480 is the height. You should also be able to see other information such as the length, bit rate, aspect ratio, audio codec, and video codec of the video file.

For Mac users, do this with Apple QuickTime

To view the dimensions of video files such as .mov files that play through Apple QuickTime follow the steps below.

  1. Open the movie file in Apple QuickTime.
  2. Click Window and then click Show Movie Info.
  3. Within the Movie Info section the Normal Size and Current Size displays the dimensions of the video file. For example, 320 x 240 is 320 width and 240 height.
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How do I indent text in Word?

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A student used the Digital Fluency question link to ask us ‘How do I indent text in word?’

There are a number of ways do to this, but  to Indent Paragraph Lines Precisely:

  1. Click the View tab, and then select the Ruler check box to display the Ruler. Click to view larger image.
  2. Click the paragraph or select multiple paragraphs to indent: To change the left indent of the first line, drag the First-line Indent marker.

Lynda.com, accessible through Moodle (log on and look at the blue right hand side menu) has lots of tutorials covering all aspects of digital technology.

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