Use of Equella at Aston University an ‘institutional solution’
Sarah Hayes 24 March 2010
School of Languages &Social Sciences
About Equella
Aston University Institutional Learning Content repository
Contains media and learning content, such as videos, audio files, PDFs, Word Docs and the Library items e.g. scanned chapters for coursesAt first, a solution to ERA licensed content and large filesRecent update to reflect Aston University's corporate brandingNot used actively to share materials, many tutors unaware of EquellaHowever further development is intended to make use easierNew Collections being added in next few weeks:
Library collectionERA collectionVideo collection
Equella - Blackboard integration
Equella is accessed via Blackboard only:
Advantages and disadvantagesOnly by instructors on coursesNo access for students currentlyItems contributed only via the Blackboard control panel Items may be searched and added to modules from any module page
A Blackboard module page: to add an item that is already in Equella
Go to the edit view
The edit view of the page
Choose to add an Equella object
Search Equella from the module page
Search for the item you hope to find
Select the chosen Equella item
Select the item
Edit the Blackboard details
Add any details or instructions for students to see
Tutors may find this language a bit odd?
The item is added to the page
In ‘mouse clicks’ this process takes 5 or 6, but uploading own content takes a bit longer
Uploading to Equella (only via Blackboard)
A tutor would first click on the Blackboard Control Panel
The Blackboard Control Panel
There are rather too many options here. A tutor would need to know to choose the EQUELLA Contribute option
Equella item contribution screens
It is clear to see you are now in the Learning Object Repository
The number of fields to complete on this upload screen have been considerably reduced recently, so it is now quicker to add items
The ability to add items from a module page rather than the control panel would be handy