Case Study: University of Southampton achieves accessible, engaging interactive learning with ThingLink

University of Southampton - Customer Case Study

The University of Southampton's Centre for Higher Education Practice (CHEP) sought to create a captivating and accessible interactive advent calendar for its staff. The challenge included finding a way to release content daily without revealing future entries and ensuring the resource was fully accessible.

Using ThingLink, the university developed an interactive graphic for its advent calendar. The solution involved a clever workaround using a draft version to manage the daily release of content. The resulting calendar, which included sounds, images, and animated GIFs, proved highly popular among colleagues, significantly boosting engagement. ThingLink's tools also provided useful statistics to track the effectiveness of promotional efforts for the calendar. The university was so pleased with the results that it plans to use more advanced ThingLink features for future projects.

University of Southampton

Jed Gibbs MA

CHEP Digital Resources Developer