New eLearning Academy Website

Over Christmas I spent some time redesigning the eLearning Academy website as it was looking a bit dated. Even though I’m not planning on doing much with the learning academy this year, I thought it could do with a refresh. You can visit the website at the same address, although the old-style site has now been removed.

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H5P Mods for WordPress

In the past, I’ve used the H5P plugin for Moodle projects and I’ve never really liked it. This is due to various stylesheet constraints. Recently I’ve been experimenting with the WordPress H5P plugin, specifically modifying stylesheets using H5P Mods. In this blog post, I reflect on my experience and share the installation steps.

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Review: Powtoon

Powtoon is an online application that allows you to create videos and animations quickly and easily. You can create videos from scratch using the content library, or choose a template. I used the free version of Powtoon to create the “About Me” video found on the front page of this website. This is my review!

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Review – Piktochart

Piktochart is a web-based application which can be used to create infographics, presentations and flyers. You can create great looking visuals in just a few steps, without the need for specialist graphic design skills or software! I was able to sign-up and create a poster all within my lunch break.

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