What is Blackboard Learn Ultra? Blackboard Learn Ultra is the new, enhanced version of Blackboard Learn, our university Virtual Learning Environment. It retains aspects that you are familiar with but has aRead More…
21Mar/23
21Mar/23
Online Exams Practice Courses on Blackboard
Online Exams Practice Courses As in previous years, we have created online exam practice courses on Blackboard to give students the opportunity to practice submitting online exams and to help ensure theyRead More…
15Mar/23
‘Appy Days! Have you seen the new Blackboard App?
Blackboard has released a new unified mobile app which can be used by both students and staff. The old Instructor app has been discontinued and based on our experience with its replacement,Read More…
21Dec/22
TEL Practitioner Forum: Focus on Blackboard Ally’s reporting features
Monday lunchtime saw the termly meeting of our TEL Practitioner Forum – the first time we’ve met on campus since before the Covid pandemic (and so lovely to finally see members inRead More…
06Dec/22
How can we stop contract cheating? Reflections from the Turnitin Summit
Turnitin is one of the university’s core T&L technologies, enabling students to improve their academic writing and staff to mark assignments and provide feedback online. I took time recently to attend theRead More…
03Nov/22
Digital Accessibility: Is your Blackboard content accessible to all your students?
Your students are diverse and have different learning needs and preferences. By providing them with more accessible learning content in Blackboard modules, they can access them in a way that best suitsRead More…
13Oct/22
Assessment – plenty of guidance to help with submission, marking & feedback!
It’s nearly assessment season and we’re approaching a period when a lot of our students will be submitting work for the first time to Blackboard or Turnitin for marking. We’ve got itRead More…
23Sep/22
YuJa Learning Capture – Reflections from our Champions
What have our champions learned after taking part in the Learning Capture project? At our showcase, Dr Shixuan Wang and Dr Yueting Cui reflected on their experiences with the YuJa Learning CaptureRead More…
14Sep/22
Reflections on the T&L Festival 2022: Designing Learning
I’ve recently joined the Technology Enhanced Learning team, having spent 4 years working as an Academic Liaison Team Manager in the University Library. This is a really exciting and busy time toRead More…
09Sep/22
Preparing your Blackboard module(s) for the new academic year
This post is to help support you as you prepare your Blackboard module(s) as part of your teaching for the year ahead. 1. How can I prepare my Blackboard module for theRead More…