Welcome to CORTEX

Welcome to the CORTEX site. This site aims to promote and support the development and adoption of eLearning within the Cardiff University School of Medicine. The site is currently a work in progress but will eventually provide access to a range of tutorials, case studies and policy documents to help educators adopt technology into their teaching practices. Read more...

Friday, 7 June 2013

Quikpoll - Does What It Says On The Tin

What is it?


Kwiqpoll is a ridiculously simple polling app. Create a poll and share the link on any social media site or email. It's optimized for mobile and desktop so it looks great on any screen. There is zero registration.  
 

Policy


Each poll is open to voting for either 3 or 7 days. After that, only the results will be available for another 7 days. Once those 7 days have passed, the poll will be permanently deleted.
 

Privacy


Kwiqpoll does not ask for or collect any information about you. However, Kwiqpoll does set cookies which are necessary for the poll to work, those cookies expire when the poll expires.
 

User Agreement


By using Kwiqpoll you accept the User Agreement: Kwiqpoll does not take any responsibility for the content of user created polls.
 

Contact


info [ at ] kwiqpoll [ dot ] comUpdates are announced via Twitter

Wednesday, 1 May 2013

Learning Central How-To Video Demonstrations

Cardiff Player now hosts a range of how-to video tutorials, including administering basic tasks in Learning Central. Here is an example:

Loading Video Player....
Current titles include the following themes:
  • Creating folders (Example above)
  • Inserting audio
  • Uploading and image
  • Uploading a document
  • Adding files to the content collection
  • Embedding Flickr images
  • Embedding YouTube videos
The list is being continually updated so check Cardiff Player (Martin Close) for new titles.

Friday, 19 April 2013

Google Swiffy

Swiffy converts Flash SWF files to HTML5, allowing you to reuse Flash content on devices without a Flash player (such as iPhones and iPads).