Technology used on the VLE
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Rest assured, you only need rudimentary ICT skills to use this VLE - if you know which way to sit at a computer, you're almost there. All of the resources on this website can be accessed at the different university campuses we're using during Summer School and there should be plenty of time before, in between, or after classes to make use of the materials here. However, if you do plan to access use this site from home (or away from campus), it's worth checking whether you're able to access the different resources.
Basic requirements to use this site are as follows:
We also strongly recommend you try out the following tests below. If you have a problem accessing any of these resources please e-mail me at james.lamb@ed.ac.uk, indicating which of the tests (1 to 5) you experienced a problem with. |
 Gingerbread computer, Pepparkakhus competiton, Arkitekturmuseet,
Stockholm (2010). Photograph C Forsman. |
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Test 1. Pdf documents
Can you open this pdf document below by clicking on the icon below? If not, you may need to download Adobe Acrobat Reader (for free). |
Test 2. PowerPoint slides
Can you open this Microsoft PowerPoint document by clicking on the icon below? |
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Test 3. Audio clips
When you click the play button to the right, can you hear the audio clip? It may take a few moments of buffering before you can hear the clip. 'The Robots', Kraftwerk
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Test 4. Video clips
When you click the play button below, can you see the clip and hear the background music? It may take a few moments before the clip will play. |
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Test 5. Dropbox
At different times during the Learning Skills course you will be expected to submit documents using a dropbox (and the same will apply when you get to university). As a light-hearted test exercise, we would like you to submit an image depicting something that is important to you (we'll let you decide what that should be). On this occasion the exercise is completed anonymously. |
It may take few moments before you are taken to the confirmation page.
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