Introduction In around 2010, we developed an in-house website designed to help students at UK universities develop their academic English language skills. The website is named Academic English Online, and was build using static HTML pages, created using the University of Southampton Learning Object Creator tool (LOC Tool). The LOC... [Read More]

The example below displays a random item of text pulled from an array of items. [Read More]

Over the years, I have experimented with writing my own Javascript programmes from scratch. This post provides an brief overview of three such examples. [Read More]

A few years ago I was asked by our languages coordinator to ‘digitise’ some diagnostic language tests for students to assess their level of language knowledge prior to enrolment. [Read More]

I wanted to create a graphic consisting of a circle divided precisely into three segments of equal size. I wanted to learn some of the basic drawing commands native to SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) and HTML5 Canvas, to compare the procedure. [Read More]