University of Bristol | Institute for Learning and Research Technology (ILRT)

CHARM sound search engine
19 March 2010
A new music repository from King’s College London, the CHARM Sound File Search engine allows the user to browse and search a library of around 5,000 individual sides of 78s, digitised to a ...

Using a digital SLR for video
18 March 2010
There’s a very interesting article in Creative COW about the Canon 5D Mk II, a very advanced digital SLR (or HDSLR) that the author has been using to shoot video with.I was particularly ...

Where to find video, images or sounds?
17 March 2010
Our latest advice documents look at the most useful sites for finding digital media resources online.Photo by alexkerhead on Flickr - used under a Creative Commons licence The first - Finding Video, ...

Developer Happiness
12 March 2010
I recently attended the JISC Developer Days (also know as Dev8D) in London. The event is a little difficult to describe since it isn't a conference, but it also isn't an unconference or barcamp. To ...

You are listening to…
11 March 2010
Our new advice document Creating an Audio Ident provides information on what an ident is, desiging an ident, and how-to create an ident using Audacity software. Photo by robinfeder on Flickr - used ...

Is your website emotional?
08 March 2010
Bipolar Emotional Response Tests (BERTs) Design provokes an emotional response. The positive we remember - the Mini, the iPhone, the London Underground Map - the negative we try to forget. Websites ...

The value of a professional content editor
08 March 2010
Our clients are all really busy, and few of them are full-time website managers. One of the most common complaints I hear is that they don’t have the time to produce enough new, high ...

Vinyl up close
05 March 2010
For anyone who’s ever wondered what the grooves on a vinly recording really look like, here’s your answer.Remarkable photos that, amongst other things, illustrate the importance ...

How to photograph or scan those tricky objects
03 March 2010
We have just published a new advice document on scanning and photography.The document is called How Do I Digitise Difficult Objects? and it shows some simple ways to photograph or scan one-off ...

How to make the most of a support query
03 March 2010
Some quick tips on what to include when asking for help with a problem on your website

Google snaps up online photo editor
02 March 2010
Google has acquired Picnik an online photo editing site.Photo edited using Picnik by Sandy Redding on Flickr. Used under a Creative Commons licence Picnik is a web-based application that allows users ...

Learning and Teaching Awards, 2010
19 February 2010
The Economics Network is pleased to invite nominations from the economics community for its annual Learning and Teaching Awards scheme. The Awards are open to UK-based academics who have demonstrated ...

Fight for your right (to create time-based media)
18 February 2010
We have just published a new advice document titled Copyright and Other Rights for Creating Time-based Media. The document aims to provide an introduction to what rights exist, how they are ...

JISC RSC SW Conference
17 February 2010
In June, the JISC Regional Support Centre in the south West will be hosting a conference titled “Challenges, Choices and Change in the Age of Enterprise and Engagement” The ...

AAC explained
16 February 2010
A new advice document covering Advanced Audio Coding (AAC), an audio compression method designed to replace MP3.AAC improves on the file compression technology behind MP3 and marries it with the ...

HTML 5 video player
15 February 2010
The last 6 months or so has seen a rise in interest from the web developer world with HTML5 (most of the web is built with HTML), as smart folk start to build examples of its new progressive ...

Google blogjam
12 February 2010
Google takes action to address copyright infringement on Blogger.In a draconian move, Google has recently removed several music blogs from its Blogger and Blogspot services. Citing complaints about ...

Catch a wave - uncompressed digital audio
10 February 2010
We’ve just published a new advice document covering uncompressed audio file formats.This short guide to Uncompressed Audio File Formats summarises the essential features of common ...

Happy 1st Birthday JISC Digital Media!
09 February 2010
Today JISC Digital Media celebrates its first Birthday! Although the service, previously known as TASI, has been in existence for more than ten years, the team re-branded last year to reflect the ...

Economics Network seeking a student placement for 2010/11
05 February 2010
The Economics Network is seeking a student placement to work at its office in central Bristol in a full-time post during the 2010/11 academic year. Among other responsibilities, the placement will be ...

Student Essay Competition 2010
05 February 2010
The Economics Network's annual Student Essay Competition is now open. Anyone studying for an Economics degree in the UKis invited to submit a 1000 word essay, or a short video, to answer the question ...

All you need to know about copyright
03 February 2010
We have just published three new advice documents on copyright and digital media.Meadows in Imperial Valley, California. Photo from Oregon State University Archives on Flickr: The Commons. No known ...

Finding copyright cleared images for your website
02 February 2010
In recent years, digital cameras have become much cheaper and more widely available. This, coupled with faster Internet connections and the increase in the use of websites such as Flickr and ...

ILRT People – Paul Smith
02 February 2010
Paul is a Senior Technical Officer with the Internet Development (ID) Group, having joined the ILRT in March 2000. Previously, Paul worked for over four years as Senior Technical Support Engineer and ...

Free-to-use images from US National Archives
02 February 2010
Another great selection of images is now available for all to use without restriction via Flickr.Approaching Logan Airport. 05/1973. Photo from U.S. National Archives on Flickr: The Commons. No known ...

Using photos to enhance user experience
29 January 2010
Local usability consultancy Cx partners have a thought provoking take on the power of photos to enhance your resources. Take a few minutes to explore 10 ways you can use photos to influence the ...

Negative thinking
27 January 2010
We have just released a new advice document looking at the different materials used to make film for stills and moving images.A lot of historic film footage was captured on stock which is highly ...

Case study: Teaching International Economics and Finance During the Global Financial Crisis
26 January 2010
The Economics Network has just published a case study from Margaret Giles of Edith Cowan University, Western Australia. It describes how she encouraged her students to make a detailed timeline of the ...

Lecturers review the FAME Economics projects
21 January 2010
In a recent series of short case studies published by the Economics Network, lecturers report on using the outputs of the Economics FDTL projects in their teaching, reporting the benefits and ...

Everything you need to know about MP3
20 January 2010
A new advice document looking at use and management of the popular MP3 audio format. From its suitability for use delivering audio in teaching and learning, to how to use ID3 tags to identify, ...

All that gas – petrol price app for Android
18 January 2010
The mobile phone world is undergoing a massive revolution as more handsets hit the market with ever increasing sophistication. Chris Bailey, one of our developers in ID, has recently created an ...

Case study - Greenhead college
18 January 2010
Our sister service has recently released a case study detailing work that Greenhead College has done on creating a video storage system for use with Moodle. Greenhead College provides and streams ...

Website monitoring – a peek under the hood
15 January 2010
We host scores of different websites for our clients, using a raft of different technologies. In fact, often the best solutions to our clients’ needs come from blending different ...

Two new lighting documents
11 January 2010
We have just released two advice documents which cover lighting for stills and video production.The Taking Pictures under Available Light document provides a useful introduction to anyone using ...

Education for Sustainable Development Interdisciplinary Grants
08 January 2010
The Higher Education Academy’s Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) Project invites applications for the funding of small grants designed to develop small-scale work in the area of ...

Describing your digital resources
08 January 2010
We have just published our completely updated advice documents on metadata.Photo by Fabrizio Sciami on Flickr. Used under a Creative Commons licence Metadata is essentially structured textual ...

Deployment of a Virtual Infrastructure
08 January 2010
Virtualisation is a term which has been in wide use in recent years but it is a computing concept which has been around since the 60s. Matt Baker, Unix Systems Administrator at the ILRT, has been ...

Ten Years of the Economics Subject Centre
07 January 2010
The Economics Subject Centre (known since 2004 as the Economics Network) has, along with the other Subject Centres, been in existence now for ten years. We're grateful for all the feedback received ...

Latest newsletter now available
05 January 2010
The second issue of our newsletter Intermedia is now available.

Make an e-book from an RSS feed
05 January 2010
Joss Winn from the University of Lincoln, nicely explains how ‘Creating a PDF or eBook from an RSS feed’ can easily be done. Image credit.

SubSift Final Progress Post
03 January 2010
This is a mandatory blog post required by the JISC Rapid Innovation (JISCRI) programme and follows a prescribed format. SubSift is a six-month project funded under JISCRI and is due to finish at the ...

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