Data Management Training – Autumn 2025
University of Edinburgh courses are now available to book on all topics dealing with research data management. Aimed at postgraduate …Continue reading →
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Saying Goodbye to VLEs We Have Loved – a Moodle Story
In many ways the summer 2025 project of upgrading Moodle from 4.3.3 to 4.5.1 is an enjoyable one for the teams involved: it was the final upgrade of the long standing, and one of our favourite virtual learning environments (VLEs); the Apps team had upgraded the data server hardware and software in the past year […]
Read moreSix practical tips: what we learnt building a new online course
The User Experience (UX) Service recently built and launched our new Effective Digital Content course. Along the way, we learnt a lot about the wider challenges of digital projects. Here are six top tips and insights we wanted to share with anyone preparing to create online learning or other digital resources. Be open to trying […]
Read moreUser-centred, planet-focused: How UX and digital sustainability drove a 20% cut in the digital footprint of the Careers Service website
A green digital design internship hosted by the UX Service in summer 2025 prompted us to consider how digital housekeeping could support the efforts of the Careers Service team to streamline their website. In the process, the Careers Service emerged as admirable case study, promoting the benefits of combining both UX and digital sustainability for […]
Read moreApplying user experience methods to improve assessment and feedback in Learn – recommendations and reflections
For the last year, the User Experience (UX) Service has supported the LOUISA project with a programme of UX research activities aimed at understanding problems with the current experience of assessment and feedback from student and staff perspectives and identifying potential ways to improve it. Here, I consolidate the work that led to the recommendations […]
Read moreKeeping MyEd up-to-date
This week we deployed some more updates to MyEd, the University’s web portal. These are the latest in a series deployed as part of this year’s MyEd upgrade project. Users may not always see any visible difference, but these changes are essential to make sure that the technology MyEd runs on is up-to-date and secure. […]
Read moreStaff reviews of Learn assessment and feedback workflows showed overall alignment and an opportunity to refine guidance
As part of a programme of user experience (UX) research activities for the LOUISA project, the UX Service worked with University staff with experience of assessment and feedback to gain their input on proposed workflows for text-based, media and group assignment submissions. These workflows had been drawn up based on findings from earlier research. LOUISA […]
Read moreIntegrating ELM with EdWeb – Building an AI tool for publishers
Throughout my internship, I’ve had the chance to meet many different publishers from across the University and through all kinds of interactions – whether in user interviews, unconferences, user testing, or just in daily life. It’s been incredibly insightful for me to learn how publishers work, the processes they follow, and the pain points they […]
Read moreWhat we learned from our conferences : Academic Support Librarians and professional engagement
The Academic Support Librarians are a learning team, who have attended professional development events in line with the prioritised themes …Continue reading →
Read moreWhose world heritage? Quick reflection on student workers in Scotland and local history
It seemed as if the rock and castle assumed a new aspect every time I looked at them, and Arthur’s Seat was perfect witchcraft. I rambled about the Bridges and Calton Height yesterday, in a perfect intoxication of the mind. Washington Irving, an American writer and author of ‘The Legend of Sleepy Hollow’, wrote this […]
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