realsmart allows users to appoint additional editors on any item they wish. This allows for small groups of students, or even entire classes to edit and work on an item together.

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Flubaroo is a great free tool that helps you quickly grade multiple-choice assignments. Take a look at the video below to see it in action.

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Your realsmart items can be shared in more ways than just the one.

You can actually embed them as you would with any other web content. Items be put inside WordPress posts, emails, or even inside of other realsmart items. This is particularly useful if you want to use an item as evidence within another realsmart item.

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“Screenr’s web-based screen recorder makes it a breeze to create and share your screencasts around the web.

Just click the record button, capture your screen & voice, and share…”

This is a stunning way to give students feedback on work enabling them to see what you are looking at when you respond.

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The feedback system is a simple, efficient and effective method of communication between learners and mentors. It allows evidence to be assessed from any computer, and allows learners to access this feedback from school or even at home.

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We love squishing bugs!

The best software in the World has bugs from time to time, and we’re proud to say ours is no different

Bugs are just opportunities for us to improve our software, this is why we love squishing bugs. Don’t feel bad about reporting an issue to us but please take a note of these tips to see your support query is dealt with quickly.

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Sometimes you’ll want to create a post that sticks right at the top of the page. This can be useful to display urgent reminders, important events, or even just answers to common questions. It’s very easy to do.

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I have always thought it was a shame I couldn’t access our shared calendars on my iphone.  There must be a solution?

Here it is;

Log in to your Google account then follow this link to choose the calendars you would like to sync to your iOS device.

https://www.google.com/calendar/iphoneselect

Easy eh?

N.B I needed to delete my gmail account from the phone as I had configured this before the new gmail setup option was available.  This was really easy.

We have a new profile update page that allows you to quickly update you password and avatar straight from the home page.

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You need Google Chrome Frame!

Google Chrome Frame is an open source plug-in that seamlessly brings Google Chrome’s open web technologies and speedy JavaScript engine to Internet Explorer. With Google Chrome Frame, you can:

• Start using open web technologies—such as the HTML5 canvas tag—right away, even technologies that aren’t yet supported in Internet Explorer 6, 7, 8, or 9.
• Take advantage of JavaScript performance improvements to make your apps faster and more responsive.

Click here to download

Network managers don’t depair – you can even download and MSI from here