1. Tools Released in NOW
Since September 12
Lead Vicki McGarvey CADQ
Moderator Elaine Swift CPLD

2. Tools
• Sharing Beyond NTU Learning Repository
• Insert YouTube & Flickr using HTML editor
• Notifications
• Document viewer in Drop Box
• Intelligent

3. Sharing Beyond NTU
• Share your learning resources outside of NTU
• Each shared published so you don’t need
• Colleagues are encouraged to mark their work
with a Creative Commons Licence
• Available to staff only

9. Questions?

10. Insert YouTube & Flickr
Using HTML Editor
• HTML editor is available in – News;
Discussions; Content; ePortfolio; Dropbox;
Custom Widgets & Assessment
• Using this you can Flickr images & YouTube
videos within NOW

17. Questions?

18. Notifications
• Subscribe to a summary of activity of Learning
Rooms based on the updates widget
• Receive instant notification about Drop Box
end dates; new discussion messages & news
updates
• Manage which learning rooms you can receive
updates
• Available to staff & students

21. Questions?

22. Dropbox Document Viewer
• Available for staff & via the Dropbox Feedback link
• View & download follow file types:
– MS Word (.doc, .docx)
– MS PowerPoint (.ppt, .pptx, .pps)
– Adobe Acrobat (.pdf)
– Web (.htm, .html)
– Plain text (.txt)
– Images (.bmp, .gif, .jpg, .jpeg, .png)
• View as text or image file
• Early preview of Document Viewer in Content are in
V.10

27. Questions?

28. Intelligent Agents
• Allow you to keep up-to-date with student activity
• Intelligent agents send email alerts based on a set of
customisable criteria
• If student meets the condition, email can be sent to
staff, student or both
• Agents can detect actions student have taken/achieved
e.g. Dropbox submission; Assessment score/grade;
Students has not logged-in
• Agent email alert can be personalised e.g. supportive
message; link to another learning room/tool
• Cannot include attachments
• Run instantly or scheduled

29. Intelligent Agents
When setting up consider the following:
• Purpose of the email alert & who will be
receiving it
• The condition that must be met e.g. viewing a
topic; Dropbox submission
• Content of the email that agent sends when
condition is met
• How often you want to run the agent

37. Questions?