PostsWe’ve launched a new channel called “MSL Extra” for all our subscribers of Magic Studio. The new channel contains over 400 new resources available for education use from various sources including fllickr, Wikipedia and Wikimedia. All these resources can be used in class and at home by teachers and students subscribing to Magic Studio Pro.
We’ve [...]
Archive for May, 2009
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More content for Magic Studio subscribers
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Magic Studio now with Common Cartridge support plus …
We have made a number of new enhancements to Magic Studio this week:
As well as being able to export completed interactives as SCORM packages, you can now also export as Common Cartridge packages
SCORM packages can now be uploaded and shared
Larger sizes for videos are now supported, up to 500 pixels wide – this means that [...] -
Teachers blocked from web tools
The demand for social media in schools has been made apparent in some new research we’ve commissioned, as have the road-blocks that are preventing its more rapid take up. Here’s the full press release and results:
Facebook, Twitter and You Tube blocked in the classroom despite teacher demand
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Multiple Labels in Drag ‘n’ Drop
As mentioned in an earlier blog, users in Magic Studio can now add multiple labels to single hotspots. This is particularly useful where the drag and drop uses the “same answer” for a series of different questions. In this example, there are a number of different ways to get to the answers 2, 4, 6 [...]
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Using Audio Response in Drag ‘n’ Drop
You can now add audio responses to drag ‘n’ drop feedback – all you need is an audio file of the response you want to use. Any .mp3 you have the rights to use can be added, and your own recordings can be made with Audacity (free, open source, sound recorder and editor) before [...]
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Magic Studio and Shibboleth 2.x
Shibboleth 2.x authentication is now available for all users of Magic Studio Pro. For those unfamiliar with it, the Shibboleth System is a standards based, open source software package for web single sign-on – find out more about it here.
Administration of Shibboleth for the education sector is provided by the UK Access Management Federation, supported by [...] -
New Magic release today
By the end of today Magic Studio will have a new look home page and personal dashboard that greatly improves the experience for users. Our team has also been working on a host of new features that make drag and drop interactives more flexible and improve the navigational flow of the whole service. Specific items [...]