What’s an ‘Ultra Insight’? Welcome to the first in our series of Blackboard Ultra Insights. These regular updates are designed to help you learn more about Ultra. You’ll hear about:…Continue Reading Blackboard Learn Ultra Insights #1 – Organisations
Spring Term’s TEL Practitioner Forum: Blackboard Learn Ultra
Friday 24 March saw the Spring Term meeting of the TEL Practitioner Forum – our community of practice comprised of colleagues from across the university with an interest in, or…Continue Reading Spring Term’s TEL Practitioner Forum: Blackboard Learn Ultra
Turnitin word count – Why don’t the numbers always add up?
You may notice that Turnitin captures a word count for uploaded work. The word count often appears to be different to what was stated in the original file, i.e. the final…Continue Reading Turnitin word count – Why don’t the numbers always add up?
Blackboard Learn Ultra – an improved version of Blackboard Learn
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…Continue Reading Blackboard Learn Ultra – an improved version of Blackboard Learn
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…Continue Reading Online Exams Practice Courses on Blackboard
‘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…Continue Reading ‘Appy Days! Have you seen the new Blackboard App?
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…Continue Reading TEL Practitioner Forum: Focus on Blackboard Ally’s reporting features
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…Continue Reading How can we stop contract cheating? Reflections from the Turnitin Summit
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…Continue Reading Digital Accessibility: Is your Blackboard content accessible to all your students?
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…Continue Reading Assessment – plenty of guidance to help with submission, marking & feedback!