Friday, June 28, 2013

Hub upgrade


The Hub is now available for students and staff. When you first log in, you will see a splash screen. You can ignore this splashscreen by clicking on “I’ll do it later.” Alternatively you can use this to upload your photo (PNG format) and link to either Twitter and/or Facebook by clicking on “I’ll update it myself.” This is optional. For further information about this, go to:
 
New features in the Hub:
·         Global navigation menu providing updates on new discussion posts, new announcements and new calendar events for all modules. To reduce the number of alerts, use the ‘cog’ icon from the top-right corner of the Updates page. Here you can select the options you wish to receive notifications for and reduce the number of notifications.
·         an improved discussion tool
·         a new calendar tool with the option of linking to Outlook and Google – see http://youtu.be/pTdGOMAZhQY
·         an updated and enhanced content editor with math editor – see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMB365sPIEA&feature=youtu.be
·         improvements to the assessment tool especially for support of multiple versions of the same online examination and item analysis of assessment data
Further information is available at:
 
 
Information about mobile access to the Hub at:
 
 
Staff may also attend one-hour workshops during the summer:
·         3rd July at 10.15am
·         11th July at 11.15am
·         15th July at 2.15pm
·         24th July at 10.15am
·         30th July at 2.15pm
 
Please note: more workshops will become available in August 2013.
 
For further information, please contact hub@qmu.ac.uk
 

Tuesday, June 11, 2013

Upgrade to the Hub – Friday June 21st at 10pm to Tuesday June 25th at 9am


 
There will be a small upgrade starting on Friday 21st June at 10pm to the Hub which will provide:

·         an enhanced interface

·         an improved discussion tool

·         a new calendar tool with the option of linking to Outlook and Google – see http://youtu.be/pTdGOMAZhQY

·         an updated and enhanced content editor with math editor – see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMB365sPIEA&feature=youtu.be
 
·         improvements to the assessment tool especially for support of multiple versions of the same online examination and item analysis of assessment data

·         accessibility improvements.

To enable this upgrade, the Hub will not be available from Friday June 21st at 10pm to Tuesday  June 25th at 9am.

 
Online documentation including videos will be available. Staff may also attend one-hour workshops during the summer:

·         3rd July at 10.15am

·         11th July at 11.15am

·         15th July at 2.15pm

·         24th July at 10.15am


 
Please note: more workshops will become available in August 2013.

 
For further information, please contact hub@qmu.ac.uk