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?
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 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
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?
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
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
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?
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!
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…Continue Reading YuJa Learning Capture – Reflections from our Champions
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…Continue Reading Reflections on the T&L Festival 2022: Designing Learning