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If you’ve arrived back after the Christmas break with a new smartphone, tablet or laptop, we have instructions on how to get it set-up on our services so you can make the most out of using your new device to support your learning.

Recently, we joined the Google Classroom beta. This is a unique opportunity for you to pilot new unreleased features in Google Classroom. Gradebook beta in Google Classroom Teachers will have the ability to easily view and input grades across classwork and students. Teachers will also be able to view and customize average grades, set up […]

On the twelfth day of Christmas IT gave to me… Screencastify Screencastify is a Google Chrome extension that is freely available from the Chrome web store. It enables you to create screencasts and videos on a PC, Mac, or Chromebook. In addition to recording your screen, it combines annotation tools, record from your microphone for […]

On the eleventh day of Christmas IT gave to me… Two Instant Messengers   Slack Slack is a great tool designed for workplace messaging. It can be used by anyone for free, not just businesses. You start by creating a Workspace which would be the very top of your group, for example in IT Services […]

On the tenth day of Christmas IT gave to me… Filr Filr is a ‘sync and share’ service similar to Google Drive and other similar cloud services. Our Filr service, however, has the benefit of giving you access to files being stored and managed on Barton Peveril IT Services’ own servers. While Google Drive is […]

On the ninth day of Christmas IT gave to me… Open Broadcaster Software We started using Open Broadcaster Software [OBS] here at Barton Peveril a couple of years back, it’s available for Windows, MacOS and various flavours of Linux. OBS is a tool that allows you to run a virtualised TV Studio control room on […]

On the eighth day of Christmas IT gave to me… Google Drive File Stream   Google Drive File Stream is an app we introduced a year ago but is probably not well known amongst first year students or new members of staff. Put simply, you can see all your Google Drive files as if they […]

On the seventh day of Christmas IT gave to me… Evernote Today we’d like to introduce you to a brilliant organisation and productivity tool called Evernote. Evernote, as its name suggests, is a note taking application, but that barely scratches the surface of what it can do. Not only does it synchronise across all of […]

The season of advent is upon us, shops are covered in tinsel, and Christmas songs are playing on the radio. That means it’s time for The 12 Apps of Christmas! During December the IT Services team and other contributors will be sharing our favourite digital learning apps and tools. A festive series of new blog […]

The season of advent is upon us, shops are covered in tinsel, and Christmas songs are playing on the radio. That means it’s time for The 12 Apps of Christmas! During December the IT Services team and other contributors will be sharing our favourite digital learning apps and tools. A festive series of new blog […]