Site update
Wed 5 Jan 2011 9:08:52 am
Happy New Year! A number of site upgrades have taken place including
a new, faster and more convenient upload function that removes two steps and provides better feedback
a fix for the news channels
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Win yourself a camera!
Wed 28 Apr 2010 5:13:44 pm
Camera! Sound!....Competition!
The Adobe Flash Player must be installed in order to view or listen to media on this site. The required plugin is a free download from the Adobe download site. Please click the link to install it now.
This summer term theprimarychannel will be running two competitions for all schools subscribing to the channel.
Everyone's an expert! - We want schools an [more..]
Edudigi at BridgED
Wed 8 Jul 2009 5:28:10 pm
We are appearing at the BridgED event being held in London by FutureLab on 9th July 2009.
The event aims to bring educators together with suppliers of new technologies, helping both to better understand the other's needs. We look forward to seeing some of you there. [more..]
Animation Competition
Sun 25 Jan 2009 1:19:48 pm
Animation competition
Filmstreet - part of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport - is running AnimateIT09, a competition for children under 12 and primary schools to to make an animated trailer to promote their favourite book.
Find out more on the Filmstreet web site (www.filmstreet.co.uk) or by clicking the comp [more..]
New media upload process
Wed 19 Nov 2008 7:55:06 am
The way that media files are uploaded into projects has been improved. In particular :
It is now possible to upload many files at once - just select the files you want to upload and they will appear in the queue and will be uploaded when you press the 'Upload' button
The type(s) of file that can be selected for upload into a project are set by the project type (eg; TV, Radio) so you don't waste time uploading a file that is then rejected by the server
Clear error messages now appear to explain [more..]
Site update
Tue 4 Nov 2008 9:13:33 am
Further new features have been added to the site:
New word processor / text editor
Spellchecker - click the "ABC" button to spell-check your work before you post it
WordTM paste function - when pasting text from Microsoft Word, use the "Paste from Word" button to strip out the extraneous HTML code that Word usually attaches which can cause major formatting problems if left in place.
New media browser and upload process - it's now much easier to choose images or other media types to insert into [more..]
New Advice added
Thu 23 Oct 2008 8:39:42 am
If you're looking for advice on how to make the best of theprimarychannel one of the best places to start is the FAQ ("Frequently Asked Questions") section. New artcles just added cover how to get started with theprimarychannel how to choose the best video cameras and other topics. Click here to read the FAQ! [more..]
The Public Channel
Mon 20 Oct 2008 5:22:06 am
The Public Channel is now live allowing anyone to see the full list of programmes published by schools. Public visitors can see programmes that have been published to the public, logged-in users can see those programmes and others that they are entitled to see - eg; programmes published to the school community within the edusphere alone. [more..]
Welcome to Day-a-Week
Wed 15 Oct 2008 3:31:07 pm
Welcome to the Hartlepool Day-a-Week school for gifted and talented children that has just joined theprimarychannel [more..]
New features added
Wed 15 Oct 2008 2:46:01 pm
New features have been added to the site. These include:
a news service - every school / class / person now has a newspaper that displays their lates news on the home page - news stories can be added manually (just click the link) and are added automatically, for example when a programme is published or a blog entry made
it is now possible to upload Flash movies directly into TV programme projects - see this FAQ article for more information
support and ot [more..]
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