You said.Can you provide more cybersecurity promotion and can you provide assistance on how to stay safe online. We Did.Cybersecurity is something that Information Services take very seriously.Over the last year we have run three targeted campaigns; Safer internet day – with blog posts and social media running over 2 weeks. We collaborated with Police […]
PowerPoint Presenter View
We have made a change to the set up in the teaching spaces. The change revolves around PowerPoint’s presenter view and ensuring that it works consistently in all teaching spaces. Presenter view allows you to view your speaker notes on the desktop screen while the students view the slides on the main screen. There are […]
SECURITY ALERT – Blue button phishing scam
UPDATE 11.30, 25/1/19The blue button phishing attack appears to be dissipating although we are still resetting user accounts if we discover they have been compromised. The vast majority of blue button related ingoing and outgoing email was blocked by approx 12pm yesterday but it took the best part of the rest of the day for the Information Centre to work through the backlog […]
Listen Again – New Feature
We are trailing a new feature to make lecture capture with Panopto and Canvas much easier. Look out for the ‘Listen Again’ icon with the Panopto logo on the desktop on PCs in teaching spaces. Double click on the Listen Again icon on the desktop. Once started, simply select which Canvas module you wish to […]
Short course in Online, Distance and Blended Learning, starts 4 Feb
Academic Development and Information Services are running a three-Week online course in Online, Distance and Blended Learning aimed at teaching staff in the University. Starting on 4th February, this short, online and practical module is all about designing for online learning. Across the course of 3 weeks, you will learn different ways of presenting and […]
Security Alert – green button phishing emails doing the rounds
DON’T PUSH THE BUTTON! There is a new email scam doing the rounds. This one is targeting staff and students. Despite appearance, this spam email is quite sophisticated in that it uses the title of a genuine email that you have replied to previously in order to trick you into believing it is authentic. If […]
Stirling’s Top Ten publication downloads of 2018 #StirTopTenPapers
The University of Stirling’s Open Access Repository, STORRE, has had another good year. During 2018 we had a total of 7,903 full-text publication files downloaded a total of 459,620 times. Comparing 2018 with 2017, this is a 26.5% increase in the total number of downloads from STORRE! (459,620 versus 363,283 downloads in 2017). […]
Top Ten Thesis downloads in December #StirTopTenTheses
During December 1,232 theses in our research repository, STORRE, were downloaded a total of 16,215 times. . The top ten downloaded items were: . 1. Towards A Novel Unified Framework for Developing Formal, Network and Validated Agent-Based Simulation Models of Complex Adaptive Systems. By Niazi, Muaz A K. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/3365 Downloads: 812 . 2. Dimensions of service […]
Shiny new device?
Did you get a shiny new device for Christmas or just treat yourself to some new tech? You may want to find out how to: CONNECT TO WI-FIYou can connect this to Wi-Fi (eduroam) yourself. Instructions can be found on UniDesk Self Service here. If you need help connecting your device pop into the library […]
Top ten papers from our Research Repository in December #StirTopTenPapers
During December there were 38,154 downloads from our University repository, STORRE, covering 4,671 publications. . The top ten downloaded items were: . 1. Inclusion for all? By Allan, Julie http://hdl.handle.net/1893/596 Downloads: 438 . 2. A Systematic Review of the Impact of Summative Assessment and Tests on Students’ Motivation for Learning. By Harlen, Wynne; Crick, Ruth […]