The following is a list of tools that are associated with e-Learning at the University of Bath. These tools are provided and supported by a number of different teams at the University, and this page acts as a gateway to these tools and supporting material.
However, this is not the definitive list. The selection criteria is that they have to be available to all staff and students. If the tool you are seeking is not on the list, please visit the e-Learning area of the Learning and Teaching Enhancement Office web site.
The page is divided into three sections. The first is related to tools that are available to all staff and students at the University of Bath. The second section includes tools that are in project or pilot stages - these are not available to all staff and students. The third are pointers to externally hosted solutions.
In many cases, the e-Learning team run a range of staff development sessions around these tools. For more information, please visit the Events and Workshops area of the LTEO web site.
Section 1: University wide tools
Directly supported by the e-Learning team
Moodle (Virtual Learning Environment)
- Access / Login: http://moodle.bath.ac.uk
- Moodle Service Blog: http://blogs.bath.ac.uk/moodle
- Online Support: http://moodle.bath.ac.uk/faq
Online Unit Evaluation
- Access / Login: http://www.bath.ac.uk/samis (select the Evaluation tab)
- Online Support: http://wiki.bath.ac.uk/display/OUEUD/Online+Unit+Evaluation+User+Guide
QR Code Generator
- Access / Login: http://www.bath.ac.uk/barcodes
- Project blog: http://blogs.bath.ac.uk/qrcode
- Online support: http://www.bath.ac.uk/learningandteaching/ltfaq/
- Service Level: http://blogs.bath.ac.uk/qrcode/service-catalogue/
Audience Response System (TurningPoint)
- Project blog: http://blogs.bath.ac.uk/classroomtechnologies
- Online support: http://www.bath.ac.uk/learningandteaching/ltfaq/
- Bookings: http://go.bath.ac.uk/av-bookings
- Service Level: http://go.bath.ac.uk/service-catalogue-ars
Supported by other teams at the University
Lecture Capture (Panopto)
- Access / Login: http://coursecast.bath.ac.uk/
- Online Support: http://go.bath.ac.uk/panopto-faq
- Bookings: lecture-capture@bath.ac.uk
Wiki (Confluence)
- Access / Login: http://wiki.bath.ac.uk
- Online Support: https://wiki.bath.ac.uk/display/ds/Confluence+Overview
Learning Materials Filestore (File Repository)
- Access / Login: http://www.bath.ac.uk/lmf
- Online Support: https://wiki.bath.ac.uk/display/lmfhelp/LMF+Help
Instant Messaging (Pidgin)
- Access / Login: via a desktop client
- Online Support: http://www.bath.ac.uk/bucs/tools/wikisandblogs/PidginHowTo.html
go.bath.ac.uk (short URL service)
- Access / Login: http://go.bath.ac.uk
- Online Support: web-support@bath.ac.uk
Blogs (Wordpress)
- Access / Login: http://blogs.bath.ac.uk
- Online Support: web-support@bath.ac.uk
Section 2: Tools in pilot or project phases
Directly supported by the e-Learning team
If you would like more information about the following tools and how they might enhance your learning and teaching related activities, please email e-learning@bath.ac.uk
e-Learning Authoring Tools (e-tutorials)
- Access / Login: e-learning@bath.ac.uk
- Project blog: http://blogs.bath.ac.uk/elat
- Online support: http://www.bath.ac.uk/learningandteaching/ltfaq/
Mahara (e-Portfolios)
- Access / Login: http://mahara.bath.ac.uk (email e-learning@bath.ac.uk to discuss access/login)
- Project blog: http://blogs.bath.ac.uk/eportfolios
- Online support: http://www.bath.ac.uk/learningandteaching/ltfaq
Section 3: Tools not hosted at the University of Bath (External Web 2.0)
The following tools are used by members of the e-learning team and we have considerable experience in using them within learning and teaching. However, the support level is "best endeavours", the software is hosted outside of the University.
If you use these tools for learning and teaching activities, you are strongly recommended to be aware of the issues of using off site, third party software. For more information, we suggest before you implement any externally hosted web service for the use in your learning and teaching you have read the following;
- University of Bath's IT Acceptable Use Policy and General IT Guidelines
- University of Edinburgh’s Web 2.0 Guidelines (https://www.wiki.ed.ac.uk/display/Web2wiki/Web+2.0+Guidelines)
- JISC InfoKit on Social Software (http://www.jiscinfonet.ac.uk/infokits/social-software)
- JISC Legal e-Safety Policy Checklist (http://www.jisclegal.ac.uk/Portals/12/Documents/PDFs/esafetychecklist.pdf)
The tools include:
- Social Bookmarking - Diigo, Delicious
- Microblogging - Twitter
- Social Networking - Ning
- Google Apps, including Google Docs