I was pleased to have a talk accepted at the annual UCISA Women in Tech (WiT) conference. I went to Newcastle for a day of talks, workshops and networking. I left with a better understanding of the WiT community , and a reinforced appreciation of the need for inclusivity in Higher Education. UCISA is […]
Read moreDrupal In A Day (DIAD) is an in-person training event, designed as a beginner-friendly hands-on introduction to Drupal, the open-source content management system. When the University hosted DIAD, several of the UX team took the chance to attend. As content management systems go, Drupal is one of the mainstays. It’s been around for 25 years […]
Read moreGuest post by Maya Field, Digital Heritage and Open Knowledge intern. Hello! I am Maya, this year’s Digital Heritage and Open Knowledge Intern at the University’s Information Services Group. My role this summer focuses on exploring the digital outputs that can be created to celebrate the heritage of both Edinburgh Medical School and Nursing Studies […]
Read moreReimagining Lifelong Learning in Higher Education was the theme of the Universities Association for Lifelong Learning Conference (UALL) and SCUTREA Conference this year, held at the University of Warwick. Here are my reflections on just a handful of th…
Read moreBy Abigail Hartley, Appraisal Archivist and Archive Collections Manager Moray House School of Education has a long and often complicated …Continue reading →
Read moreIn this blog post, Digital Accessibility Intern David Buik reflects on his part-time work as a Digital Accessibility Intern over the past academic year, discussing a few challenges he faced as well as his key takeaways and successes.
Read moreIn our May Content Improvement Club session, we focused on how to run a usability test. We ran through the basics of putting a script together, watched a clip from a test and had a go at prioritising some issues. Two problems for people working with content We started this session by outlining two problems […]
Read moreOn 27th May, my colleague Tracey Madden and I attended the first Scottish Turnitin User Group meeting hosted in the University of Dundee. This is something I wished for since I took on the Turnitin Service Manager role four years ago. Very grateful for Glenn Thomas, the Turnitin Account Manager, and Emma Duke-Williams from University […]
Read moreThe carbon cost of using images and videos on a webpage often goes unnoticed but cumulatively can add up. Dono Abdurahmanova and I have presented at both the UCISA digital sustainability conference and the Green Software Foundation Scotland meet up in the last week or so on the topic of sustainable media use. The key […]
Read moreIn this blog post, Digital Accessibility Intern David Buik explains what accessibility statements are, what goes into making them, as well as things he has learned from experience in this domain. He also talks about a tool he has started developing to make the process more beginner-friendly and efficient.
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