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An Apple a Day...
I recently took part in an experiment here at Bath University for the BBC Two show, Trust Me I’m a Doctor, presented by Michael Mosley, Chris van Tulleken, Saleyha Ahsan and surgeon Gabriel Weston. Taking part in a television show...
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Macro of the Month: Task Report
Introduction The Task List function in Confluence is useful in its basic form (as a 'tick box') but if it is used to its full extent (i.e. including a name and a deadline with each task) it can be used to...
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Macro of the Month: Attachments
Introduction It is a straightforward matter to attach documents to a page on Confluence and then link them individually to items of text. However, in the case of a large number of attachments, many lists of attachments within a space,...
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Building networks at the Engineering Placement Fair
Author: Alison Ukleja, Placements Manager, writes about our recent Engineering Placement Fair - In November we welcomed over 70 companies to campus for our Placement Fair. Our industrial partners got the opportunity to promote their businesses and talk with our...
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Questions, questions, questions!
It’s the second week of semester. There are frequent knocks at the door, and emails pinging in to the inbox on a constant basis. First year students have so many questions to ask, and need reassurance that they are on...
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Faculty Student Centre team building
Last week, the Undergraduate Team and Graduate School took part in a team building day where we spoke about the new structure the teams will be moving in to. As you may or may not know, the Undergraduate Team and...
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Macro of the Month: Roadmap Planner
Introduction Roadmap Planner is a simple macro within Confluence that creates a map for projects. As well as displaying basic information about a project timeline, it can also be linked to more in-depth information on individual work packages. Roadmap Planner allows...
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TEL Event #3 - Web conferencing
Our third event saw Dr John Orr describe how he and his colleague, Dr Saverio Spadea, used a web conferencing tool called Adobe Connect to deliver a successful, blended workshop – with 20 participants on campus and another 50 online....
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Using Wiki to improve processes
I first used Wiki when I started in my current role to share papers for a group meeting. I only used very basic features to start with, such as uploading papers and using permissions to give new members access, but...
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FED Learning Technologies survey prize winner
Firstly, a big thank you to staff who completed the Faculty of Engineering and Design Technology Enhanced Learning survey. There were 50 respondents. The results give us some useful insights in key areas including which learning technologies are a high...
