This post is useful for academics and professional staff who use MS Stream with Blackboard modules. Removing a Group in Stream – Please don’t click Delete! Staff are inadvertently deleting Groups in Stream when they are trying to prevent themselves from seeing unwanted Groups….Continue Reading Are you deleting Stream groups by accident?
Advice re common queries during w/c 28 Sept 2020
If you have a TEL query, please contact TEL via the DTS Service Desk: email dts@reading.ac.uk OR log a ticket on the DTS Self-Service Portal. The following info is based on common queries and issues that have arisen during the last week and is…Continue Reading Advice re common queries during w/c 28 Sept 2020
More from the TEL team on adjusting to a new ‘normal’
When I last wrote, we were just 72 hours in to our new ‘normal’ working arrangements. We’re now into the summer term and we’ve had some time to further adjust and reflect on…Continue Reading More from the TEL team on adjusting to a new ‘normal’
Covid-19: Adjusting to a new ‘normal’ – the TEL team’s experience so far…
Covid-19: Adjusting to a new ‘normal’ – the TEL team’s experience so far… Just like millions of people across the country, and indeed the world, members of the…Continue Reading Covid-19: Adjusting to a new ‘normal’ – the TEL team’s experience so far…
New TEL website for staff to support T&L
The TEL website has moved to a brand new site with reorganised and revised content. The move makes it easier for you to find everything you need about Technology Enhanced…Continue Reading New TEL website for staff to support T&L
UPDATE: Issues now resolved (Turnitin issues – 24/07/2019)
UPDATE: The issue has now been resolved. Original Post: At the moment when accessing assignments clicking on the submission title will result in a 404 error. To work around this…Continue Reading UPDATE: Issues now resolved (Turnitin issues – 24/07/2019)
Blackboard Course Rollover 2019 – an update
Blackboard Course Rollover involves a number of related processes, and these are now very nearly complete. Course copying Course copies requested before the main Rollover day were carried out on…Continue Reading Blackboard Course Rollover 2019 – an update
Blackboard Ally Road Tour visit and Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD 2019)
Thursday 16th May 2019 marked the eighth Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD). The purpose of GAAD is to get everyone talking, thinking and learning about digital access and inclusion. …Continue Reading Blackboard Ally Road Tour visit and Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD 2019)
Providing Exam feedback in Blackboard
Generic exams feedback is now being rolled out across the University following a successful pilot and approval by UBTLSE. Details of how this process works were highlighted in a recent…Continue Reading Providing Exam feedback in Blackboard
Don’t Get Caught: Phishing emails impersonating a Blackboard System Account
We’ve received a number of reports from users who have received phishing emails from an account claiming to be “Blackboard”. Some have had a notification of a Voicemail message attached….Continue Reading Don’t Get Caught: Phishing emails impersonating a Blackboard System Account