Category: Blogs, RSS etc

A bit of a play …

I’ve started to look at changing the theme of this blog, or at least altering some of the features of the current theme (CampusPress Flex), which looks as if it’s been updated a few times since I installed it.  However, I’ve also decided I ought to start to get used the block editor (not convinced);…

A new look!

I’ve had the same theme on my blog for quite some time now. I mentioned last week that, having tested CampusPress’s Accessibility plugin, I realised I needed to change some of the font colouring, so it seemed a good time, rather than updating just the colour to start over.  I’ve gone for CampusPress’s Flex –…

3 years

During January, there have been several events that have made me think about getting back into blogging properly. Martin Weller’s 1000th blog post (though I realise this is going to be my 848th) more or less coincided with seeing Edubloggers 28 day challenge. Added to both of those, I’ve been doing more work with our CampusPress…

Testing Gutenberg Plugin

Natalie alerted me this morning to the WP5.0 – codenamed  Gutenberg – it’s only available as a plugin now, which I’ve installed; I can see why the ratings are so diverse; it looks very different.   I’m liking it so far … though less keen on some of the automation – (e.g. offering to add…

Blogging … getting the time.

I’ve recently had my “OSAR” – the Dundee equivalent of an annual review; among other things, I realise that I need to get back into blogging. There are many reasons, firstly, when I do it, I like it! However, we’re also busy rolling out a pilot of CampusPress – and so if I’m helping others,…

Getting the next generation of bloggers …

Work is fairly busy at this time of year – you think you have the VLE all set up for the new students, then there are the Turnitin Assignments to help people set up, weird glitches that seem to happen unexpectedly … However, one job that should be fun is that I’ve been asked to…

12 years – and still going (just!)

So, 12 years, (and a few days) ago, I wrote my first post on here. Originally, it wasn’t here, but on Blogspot; I’ve moved it a few times, and at times it’s been more active than others. Skimming through the archives, I was particularly active in November 2007 , but there are too many months…

“On this day”

Facebook’s “On this day” often throws up things I’d totally forgotten about. Today’s was work related, and, in many ways, it’s still as relevant now as it was 7 years ago: I’’m recently starting to think more and more about Web2.0 and teaching; more specifically how much is actually “web2.0” (on the assumption it can…