Want to learn how to edit video on your iPhone or iPad, use excel to analyse your research data, or find a job online?

UCL is currently trialling Lynda.com for 12 months and depending on the uptake this may be extended.

Lynda.com contains online resources to help you improve your software, technology, business and creative skills. It can be used for staff development, or to help students learn new skills that are useful for university and the workplace.

UCL has a premium subscription, which means you can download content to watch offline on your mobile device and you can also download any files required to complete the exercises.

To access Lynda go to Lynda.com and in the top right hand corner click “log in“, then go to the “Log in through your organisation or school” box on the right hand side and enter “www.ucl.ac.uk” This takes you to the UCL Single sign on page where you have to enter your UCL credentials, once successful you are returned to Lynda.com.

The direct link to the UCL login is here bit.ly/ucl_lynda

ISD will be developing web pages and information for users over the next week. Please note that there may be some brief technical outages initially while the system is configured specifically for UCL, however, we do not expect this to stop people using the service overall.

Take a look at the following ‘Moodle Essential Training’ to get an idea of what Lynda.com offers:

Some users may have experienced problems with Turnitin between 01:55 and 02:55  on 16th September 2014. These issues have now successfully been resolved. We apologise for the inconvenience caused by these issues.

Some users may have experienced some problems with Turnitin between 5:55PM and 6:55PM PST. System is normal now.

— Turnitin Status (@TurnitinStatus) September 16, 2014

Some users may have experienced problems with Turnitin between 19:23 and 20:45  on 27th August 2014. These issues have now successfully been resolved. We apologise for the inconvenience caused by these issues, and thank you for your patience as we worked with Turnitin to correct them.

All times are for the UK (GMT or BST), for other locations please convert: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html

Turnitin will be unavailable on 2nd September 2014 from 0800 to 1000 whilst we carry out a routine upgrade.

On 2nd September we will upgrade Turnitin to version 2. There are many benefits to this upgrade, including submit anything, choose your defaults and more option in the settings.

Submit anything – You will be able to allow any file type in Turnitin.

Choose your default – In the settings you’ll be able to set your own defaults that will be used each time you set up an assignment.

More option in the settings – including attaching a rubric and setting the start, due and post dates.

Additionally the tabs long to top for a submission are changing. When you click the link on the Moodle course the new version takes you straight into the submission inbox.

Please note that version 2 of Turnitin will run alongside version 1 for a period and this upgrade will not affect existing assignments. More details on the transition between plugins will follow soon.

If you have any questions about the upgrade please email ele@ucl.ac.uk and we would be happy to answer your questions or address your concerns.

All times are for the UK (GMT or BST), for other locations please convert: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html

A new booking form, linked into the Lecturecast system allows UCL staff members to schedule recordings for portico registered modules directly.

Staff wishing to book non-portico module recordings should email ele@ucl.ac.uk

The Lecturecast resource centre  has been substantially updated, giving more detailed information about a number of existing and new topics. We very much hope that the UCL Lecturecast community find the resources both interesting and useful – included is new information about:

• Live webcasting and an invitation to join with ELE in a preliminary study of its potential for teaching at UCL.
• The new personal capture client – the PC version is even more user-friendly with a completely new look and feel. The lastest Mac version is more reliable. (PC users should download the latest personal capture software from Lecturecast the old version will no longer automatically update).
• A new embed facility allowing Lecturecast recordings (voice and display only) to be embedded in Moodle and other web pages – much like embeding a YouTube video.
• How Lecturecast course instructors can use EchoCenter pages to access viewing figures.

The following services will be UNAVAILABLE between 17:00-19:30 on Mon 18th August 2014 whilst planned system maintenance is undertaken, and should be considered AT RISK until 09:00 on Tues 19th August 2014.