The ever-informative Ian Usher from Bucks LEA points me to BECTA‘s view of learning platforms (aka VLEs, MLEs or LMSs), and in particular their Learning Platform Matrix. I’d not come across these matrices before. They are designed to help you understand where your school is at on a scale of readiness for various initiatives. I…

A quick roundup of Yacapaca events in May: The freebie for June is a suite of World Cup quizzes, of course! To celebrate, I have changed the default avatar to George, the footballer (so called because George Best, the footballing hero of my generation of schoolboys, died on the day we launched that particular avatar.…

From this morning* you will find a new, easier on the eye, livery for Yacapaca Teachers’ module. It is based on the look and feel of the main Chalkface website, and matches the ePortfolio features we launched earlier this week. The navigation has changed too, with a neat row of tabs across the top, opening…

Chalkface is still first and foremost a book publisher, even though I rarely blog about it. But what is a book? Pieces of paper bound at the edge, with ink on them? Or an organised collection of information? I prefer the latter definition because it encompasses both paper and electronic (PDF) formats. Tim O’Reilly, the…

If you are one of the (many) teachers who has told us “Each student in my school has many teachers, but should only have one Yacapaca login”, then I have good news. Over Easter, we added just this feature. Here’s how it works. Suppose Mr. Smith wants to set assessments for a class who have…