QMplus Hub Info & Showcase Event

E-learning Unit – May 2016

What is happening today?

Introduction – Brett Lucas

Examples of use

Julia Shelton – SEMS

Catherine Mitsaki – Language Centre

Introducing the new QMplus Hub

Assessment & feedback – Brett Lucas

Communication – Gill Ritchie

Productivity – James Stewart

Groups – Gary Schwartz

Important Upgrade Info

Open Discussion / Q & A – Where next?

Definition time…

"In general, an ePortfolio is a purposeful collection of information and digital artifacts that demonstrates development or evidences learning outcomes, skills or competencies. The process of producing an ePortfolio(writing, typing, recording etc.) usually requires the synthesis of ideas, reflection on achievements, self-awareness and forward planning; with the potential for educational, developmental or other benefits. Specific types of ePortfolios can be defined in part by their purpose (such as presentation, application, reflection, assessment and personal development planning), pedagogic design, level of structure (intrinsic or extrinsic), duration (episodic or life-long) and other factors."

Dimensions of an eportfolio

Image courtesy of: http://www.eportfolios.ac.uk/

They can support multiple purposes..

Image courtesy of: http://www.eportfolios.ac.uk/

Analytics

Where we came from

Examples of practice from around Queen Mary

http://hub.qmplus.qmul.ac.uk/view/view.php?homepage=english-group-2&page=group-2-trip-to-shoreditch

Assignments in the Language Centre

http://hub.qmplus.qmul.ac.uk/view/view.php?profile=ahw015&page=using-the-qmplus-database-tool

Case studies

Francis Wright – Mathematical Sciences

Events from the ELU

Departmental groups

http://hub.qmplus.qmul.ac.uk/view/view.php?profile=ml15541&page=joseph-s-page

Joseph Tao – Language Centre

Portfolios

Photo essays

IFP – language Centre

Independent Study Project 1

Independent Study Project 2

Guided walks in Boston

George Blaxall - Geography

Guided walks in Boston 2

Adam Packer - Geography

Support Resources for students

James Soderman - Library

Managing Dynamic Content

David Andrew – Ed Dev - CAPD

Developing a Portfolio

Francis Wright – Mathematical Sciences

Examples in practice

Julia Shelton – SEMS

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Catherine Mitsaki – Language Centre

Introducing…

Quickfire feature demos

..from the E-Learning Unit

Brett Lucas

Gill Ritchie

James Stewart

Gary Schwartz

Assessment & Feedback in the new QMplus Hub

Everything new

Mathjax and mhchem support in the visual editor

Mahara droid – the App

Features 2

You now have a visual editor on your post wall (previously just a textbox)

Don’t have to go to the detail page to view artefact feedback

Now blog entries trigger watchlist notifications

And watchlist notifications update the pages ‘last updated’ date

And you can sort the group pages block by ‘last updated’

Add recent forum posts to the dashboard

Features 3

It is now much easier to copy a page

It is now much easier to embed images in textfields

Images and other artefacts can have their own feedback

Sending messages is now made a lot easier (and you can use bb code)

Drag and drop works on a touchscreen (mobile)

You can now Remove pages from watchlist easily

Groups can now have journals

Institution journals - Institution journals allow you to create a journal template and then copy that into user accounts for example. They also allow you to create a news blog for your institution.

Bootstrap theme- very mobile friendly

You can now sort shared and submitted pages and collections

Trigger notification when new journal added to a page (if add page to watchlist selected)

Better font resolution

Features 4

“Display page” button instead of “Done” at the bottom of a page

“Edit” button directly on group homepage

Lesser used page functionality now accessible via a dropdown (…) e.g. add to watchlist

Rename ‘Edit this group ‘ button on group homepage to ‘Settings’

Reply directly to a comment on a page

See shared collections in ‘Shared with me’ area under collections

Threaded comments

The word ‘comments’ and ‘feedback’ now merged to ‘Comments’ in 15.10

Watched pages block – on your dashboard – can now view the owner

Have now allowed multiple journals for users by default

Mahara droid is now in version 2 - the mobile Mahara app has been updated and works with our version

View a plan on a portfolio page with tags

Plan description is also now visible on a portfolio page

Features 5

Assessment in Mahara – what and how?

Nicer interface

Better support for drafts and exceptions

Collections

Unlocking pages

What you need to know

Upgrade date: Tuesday 31st 7-10pm

Don’t plan for any important submissions on that day

All content safe

Bug fixes – August/ early September

Updated support materials

New promotional and introductory content

Open Discussion Q & A

Are you planning to use QMplus Hub?

What more would you like to see?

Thanks to:Roger Jones for the Curtain

Animation (2011)

http://runningintomyself-blog.com