Windows Key + Ctrl + F4
Finished on your virtual desktop? You can close it using the desktop switching, or just close an empty virtual desktop using Windows Key + Ctrl + F4.
Author: Barry Matthews
Starting to build your technical proficiency
If you are frustrated in your use of digital technologies, it may be that you need to think about going back to basics and considering your technical proficiency. If we consider the lower levels of digital literacy development try to Continue Reading
Windows Key + Ctrl + D
Want to open something not in your current workspace? You can open a virtual desktop in the background to run a process, then access it using Windows and Tab.
Brief thoughts on ‘What is digital literacy?’
This sounds like a simple question doesn’t it? Well, it’s not. For a start the term ‘digital literacy’ is not universally used. But I use it as I find that this term best describes what digital literacy is, and I Continue Reading
Windows Key + E
Get quick access to your File Explorer with this one. Your files will open up for quick access to, well, everything.
Which generative AI tool? ChatGPT or Copilot?
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
Students and AI to support learning
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
Windows Key + L
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.
Gapfill quiz questions in Moodle using AI
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
AI Cheat sheet for MCQs in Moodle
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