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A 4 minute video"How to take screenshots of full pages or sections of pages with the Windows 7 And Vista built in Snipping Tool." Near the end it shows you how you can pin the snipping tool to your task bar or start menu.

On completion of the HHA Online Learning Package, the participant will be able to: Explain what hand hygiene is and why it is important Describe when they should perform hand hygiene List the 5 Moments for Hand Hygiene List the common products which are available for hand hygiene Describe how to perform hand hygiene Explain the consequences of failing to perform adequate hand hygiene Explain the importance of cleaning shared equipment The HHA Online Learning Package has been created as a simple tool to test an individual's knowledge of hand hygiene in healthcare. It should only take 10-15 minutes to complete.

A 3 minute video on how to tag a site using Diigo

Clinical Transfusion Practice aims to develop your knowledge of blood transfusion and donation practise, to promote safe transfusion practice and the appropriate use of blood components. It is relevant for medical staff who prescribe transfusions, nurses and midwives who administer the transfusion and laboratory workers who want to gain an appreciation of the clinical aspects of blood transfusion. Content covers the basic facts about blood transfusion and blood donation. This includes the risks and benefits of transfusions, how to label blood specimens, collecting and transporting blood, administering a transfusion and patient monitoring. Course content is based on national recommendations and guidelines and has been developed in collaboration with leading transfusion medicine experts from around Australia.

Follow our Blog posting which has the Powerpoint (link in brown on the page) from the revision session on 7th & 8th. You can use a quiz to stimulate your thinking before you start a topic... So a lot of these quizzes relate to glands (that were mentioned in your Tissues presentation.) But the focus will come up soon in your Endocrine system session. So let the quiz stimulate your brain just like hormones stimulate your body to take action!

More info added to the blog posting on how to create flashcards... Watch my video demonstrations and lets start creating and sharing flash cards! The challenge is out there!! Got a smartphone then why not try the app and tell us how it works for you!

Hints and steps on how to use the snipping tool. "You can use Snipping Tool to capture a screen shot, or snip, of any object on your screen, and then annotate, save, or share the image. Simply use a mouse or tablet pen to capture any of the following types of snips: "

In the Wed evening group live class we discussed the 'Snipping Tool' for grabbing key info of your computer screen when you see it. - This site gives you an overview of the tool.

"Here are the 160 free online nursing quizzes (11,140 questions) that we have developed for the Learning Nurse's Test and Quiz Center. Click on the Quiz Name to open it. (Adobe Flash needs to be installed on your computer, otherwise you will get a blank page.) Read the instructions and then proceed to do the quiz. Immediate feedback is provided for each question as well as a review and summary of how well you did. For quizzes that have a pool of items, different questions are selected each time, and the questions and answers are also randomized. So everytime you take a quiz, it will be different even if it is on the same topic"

Leisa Tully shared this website "This a site i found for quizzes on nursing.I have been doing them and found them helpful"

"How to draw the mind map: Write the topic in a circle in the centre of a piece of paper (landscape position). For each of the main points, draw arms out from the circle. Write the key words of the main point along each or at the end. Draw smaller arms out from the main arms and write the sub-points that relate to each main point. Continue with smaller arms if you have other points or examples for the sub-points."

This is a 4 minute video created to demonstrate how to create folders for a mock course with a series of units.

Glad you found this useful Gavin :-) and that you liked it Bek :-)

hey viv thanks heaps for showing gav and myself a way to organise our files

On our Nursing Maths wikispace page on Measurement is growing. See how to convert L to mL, and mL to L.

"How well do you balance your work with the other priorities in your life? Often, you may not even notice that you're not devoting as much time to your priorities as you would like. Take our quiz to gauge whether you've got a good balance, or if you need to make some changes."

A 5 minute video demonstrating the basic steps of calculating BMI, understanding the parts of the formula and doing one calculation where Vivian shows you how to use a calculator to do it.

This blog post contains a link to our powerpoint from 7th & 8th March. It contains video links of demos on how to use Diigo, saving useful websites.

Info from Shawn about how to use search engines more effectively

Only 2 questions in this one about the Coronal Plane (Viv hasn't worked out how to watch the animation BUT you can use your notes from the Tissues/organs Powerpoint or your text book.

5 minute video demo on how to create a flashcard set on www.flashcardmachine.com

"Respiratory System video for Kids,Journey of Air in Body. How we get energy from air. Good for grade III to grade VII. Videos for Kids "