{"id":5437,"date":"2024-03-27T11:08:50","date_gmt":"2024-03-27T11:08:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support-students\/?p=5437"},"modified":"2025-10-01T17:49:05","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T16:49:05","slug":"digital-learning-activities","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support-students\/digital-learning-activities\/","title":{"rendered":"Online Learning Tools"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull is-light\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);min-height:115px\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#f5f5f5\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-ast-global-color-2-color has-text-color\">Online Learning Tools <\/h1>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-bottom:0;min-height:327px\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-ast-global-color-5-background-color has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-3\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-left-color:var(--wp--preset--color--luminous-vivid-amber);border-left-width:4px;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left has-ast-global-color-2-color has-text-color\">Key information<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-black-color has-text-color\"><br><br>Digital learning activities are learning tasks that are facilitated by use of online tools. Most are accessed through Blackboard and will be avaiable in your courses. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-left-color:var(--wp--preset--color--light-green-cyan);border-left-width:4px;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left has-ast-global-color-2-color has-text-color\">How it works?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\">1. To make use of digital learning activities in your Courses and Organisations, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bb.reading.ac.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">login to Blackboard<\/a>&nbsp;(or download the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support-students\/blackboard-learn-the-blackboard-mobile-app\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Blackboard app<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\">2. <a href=\"https:\/\/go.microsoft.com\/fwlink\/?LinkId=252781\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Login to Microsoft Office<\/a>&nbsp;(using your university credentials) for&nbsp;digital learning activities that&nbsp;require use of Microsoft 365.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-black-color has-text-color\"><br><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">Explore Digital Learning Activities guides<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-7\" style=\"margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-b4d9ad15bc50f94b868aa00ac555d22a is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-top-color:#d1c4e9;border-top-width:4px;color:#000000;background-color:#f5f5f5;padding-top:2em;padding-right:2em;padding-bottom:2em;padding-left:2em\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"single\">Blackboard activities<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-css-opacity has-background is-style-wide\" style=\"background-color:#000000;color:#000000\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p>Typically used (but not restricted to) <strong>self-scheduled <\/strong>or<strong> independent study:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-normal-font-size\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reading.ac.uk\/library\/finding-information\/subject\/reading-lists\">Online Reading List<\/a> (Talis)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support-students\/learning-capture\/\">Video content (YuJa)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support-students\/how-to-access-discussions\/\">Discussions<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support-students\/add-entries-to-course-journals\">Journals<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support-students\/submit-to-a-blackboard-test\/\">Tests<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support-students\/student-guide-blackboard-ai-design-assistant-ai-conversations\/\">AI Conversations<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support-students\/blackboard-achievements\/\">Blackboard Achievements<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-6a3ece6edf005aa0526238863cb8999e is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-top-color:#d1c4e9;border-top-width:4px;color:#000000;background-color:#f5f5f5;padding-top:2em;padding-right:2em;padding-bottom:2em;padding-left:2em\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"family\">Padlet and Polling<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-black-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-black-background-color has-background is-style-wide\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p>Typically used (but not restricted to) <strong>scheduled teaching:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-normal-font-size\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support-students\/padlet\">Padlet<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-aaf52e313476cc1bde0d88ae4a5eed55 is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-top-color:#d1c4e9;border-top-width:4px;color:#000000;background-color:#f5f5f5;padding-top:2em;padding-right:2em;padding-bottom:2em;padding-left:2em\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"patron\">Microsoft 365<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-black-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-black-background-color has-background is-style-wide\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p>Used for both individual and collaborative learning activities:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-normal-font-size\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support-students\/getting-started-with-microsoft-teams\/\">Microsoft Teams<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/office\/document-collaboration-and-co-authoring-ee1509b4-1f6e-401e-b04a-782d26f564a4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Microsoft document collaboration<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/microsoft-365\/onenote\/digital-note-taking-app\">Microsoft OneN<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/microsoft-365\/onenote\/digital-note-taking-app\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ote<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a 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