The Blackboard upgrade originally scheduled for Bank Holiday Monday has been postponed until later in the academic year. However we have applied some changes to the colour scheme and styles…Continue Reading Changes to Blackboard colour scheme and design
Turnitin webinar: Can Turnitin really help students to improve their writing?
As part of Turnitin’s series of webcasts on topics associated with their product, Academics from Australia will be presenting on how they have used Turnitin as tool to improve students’ academic writing…Continue Reading Turnitin webinar: Can Turnitin really help students to improve their writing?
Blackboard Course Rollover is now complete
Blackboard Course Rollover for 2016-17 is now complete. All course copying has taken place for courses which ran in Blackboard in 2015-16 and are scheduled in RISIS for 2016-17 Shared…Continue Reading Blackboard Course Rollover is now complete
Introducing the new Turnitin Feedback Studio
We have today enabled a new interface for marking work in Turnitin, called the Turnitin Feedback Studio. What is the Turnitin Feedback Studio? The Feedback Studio replaces the Grademark and…Continue Reading Introducing the new Turnitin Feedback Studio
Teaching a brand new module next year? How to get access to the course in Blackboard
Where you are offering a completely new module, the course rollover process does not apply, since there’s no existing Blackboard content to copy. Any modules scheduled for 2016-17 in RISIS will…Continue Reading Teaching a brand new module next year? How to get access to the course in Blackboard
Blackboard course rollover: action required for 2016
Course Rollover is the annual process whereby Blackboard courses from the current academic year are copied for use in the next academic year. Course Rollover is being streamlined this…Continue Reading Blackboard course rollover: action required for 2016
Press ‘Sync Grades’ to ensure the Grade Centre displays updated Turnitin marks
When staff use Turnitin GradeMark to mark student work, the grades entered in GradeMark should automatically transfer to the Blackboard Grade Centre (for assignments with Anonymous Marking, this should happen…Continue Reading Press ‘Sync Grades’ to ensure the Grade Centre displays updated Turnitin marks
Choosing course roles in Blackboard
We have now updated our guide on course roles in Blackboard to cover what various roles can and can’t do in more detail. Different course roles have different levels of access…Continue Reading Choosing course roles in Blackboard
Copying and moving content in Blackboard
Have you ever wondered how if you could copy or move content items within a Blackboard course or between courses? The answer is YES and it is straight forward. Use the Copy/Move…Continue Reading Copying and moving content in Blackboard
Blackboard course rollover: changes for 2016; advance notice of timetable and downtime
Course rollover is the annual process whereby Blackboard courses from the current academic year are copied for use in the next academic year. For 2016, there are two important changes: Courses…Continue Reading Blackboard course rollover: changes for 2016; advance notice of timetable and downtime