Supporting Digital Higher Education
Recently I have been considering switching from ChatGPT to Copilot. For one simple reason, I do not know where my ChatGPT data really goes. My thinking on this Most Universities subscribe to Microsoft packages, and in some instances this includes Continue Reading
Can you use AI to support learning in academic studies? Why not. It is about how you use it. AI is a dirty word at times when it comes to students using it, but there are so many ways in Continue Reading
Leaving your desk? Student at your back? Fire alarm going off? Quickly lock your screen with this key combination. You will then require the password to unlock your computer.
If you have not already seen, you can use Generative AI, in this instance ChatGPT, to build MCQs for quizzes in Moodle. But, you can also build Gapfill questions using prompts and rules very much in the same way. We Continue Reading
To create a set of MCQs quickly, I tend to use ChatGPT. By setting the rules for the output based on what Moodle is expecting, I can do this fairly quickly. The output still needs you to copy accross the Continue Reading
Sometimes I forget that AI can learn from my inputs as well as from inputs from data that is skimmed from the vast sea of information on the internet (don’t forget, only 5% of the internet is visible to you Continue Reading
There are two things to think about when you start approaching the use of generative AI for creation of anything to do with academia: Let’s start with the first bit. Is it ethical? Yes, you can use AI to support Continue Reading
Want to create a table easily in Excel of your data set? Just click inside the data set and hit Ctrl and T! This then makes sorting and selecting data easy, and also is the starting point for pivot tables Continue Reading
An alternative to the traditional Windows + M to minimise all windows, but does the same job. Not too exciting this one.
Run out of space on your desktop? Working on multiple workstreams at the same time? You can use Windows and Tab to create a new desktop! Useful if running a process in the back ground and you want to work Continue Reading