Archive for the 'I-Google' Category

City College Plymouth – Student Induction Afternoon

September 23rd, 2008

So today was the big one, an afternoon of inducting students from various courses at City College Plymouth.
We made a few tweaks learning from our experience yesterday with the 12 Public Services students – removed and added a few bits to the presentation and changed a few steps in the sign up process. I also [...]

New Intute and University of Plymouth Colleges I-Google Gadgets

July 25th, 2008

This week I’ve finished the last couple of gadgets for our I-Google tabs.
I have developed a simple University of Plymouth Colleges gadget which links to the main university intranet, email and library services.

The second gadget allows a direct search of the Intute database of educational resources. I’d like to open this gadget up to [...]

UsPaCe – Rearranging the wheels to make a better vehicle

February 22nd, 2008

After my break in Canada I’ve returned refreshed to the project. We’ve had a very busy week getting lots of things finished ready for our first two focus groups next week. In addition to learning about their current knowledge and experience using web 2.0 technologies, we are hoping to show the students a basic overview [...]

New Year Progress

January 10th, 2008

After a nice Christmas break we’ve been busy working on development of the UsPaCe systems. We have now got all the systems installed. Mahara, an open source e-portfolio tool was the last to be installed. We have decided to compare this to ELGG in order to find the best for the project.
Neil has begun to [...]