Blackboard course rollover for 2021 takes place on Saturday 3rd July. Stream Groups will be set-up as a separate process and should be available to you no later than Monday…Continue Reading Course Rollover 2021 and Microsoft Stream videos – guidance for staff
Blackboard Course Rollover 2021
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 for 2021 is scheduled to…Continue Reading Blackboard Course Rollover 2021
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
Blackboard-Stream integration goes live this week
What does the integration do? The integration will run every night, to synchronise permissions between your Blackboard course and the relevant Stream Group. Back in July, a Microsoft Stream content…Continue Reading Blackboard-Stream integration goes live this week
Blackboard Annotate – new marking tool for Blackboard Assignments
Blackboard Assignments have a new in-line marking tool called Blackboard Annotate which has replaced the older Box in-line marking interface. All previous marking annotations will now appear in the new marking…Continue Reading Blackboard Annotate – new marking tool for Blackboard Assignments
Blackboard upgrade completed
The migration of our VLE to Blackboard SaaS (Software as a Service) is now complete. You can can log in at www.bb.reading.ac.uk and start using the system. We’ve talked about the…Continue Reading Blackboard upgrade completed
Blackboard SaaS – what to expect
As previously reported on this blog, we will be moving our Blackboard system to a cloud-based SaaS (Software as a Service) platform over the first weekend in August. We are now…Continue Reading Blackboard SaaS – what to expect
Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) events in w/c 18 May 2020
“For people without disabilities, technology makes things easier. For people with disabilities, technology makes things possible.” (IBM Training Manual) What is GAAD? This Thursday (21st May) is the ninth Global Accessibility…Continue Reading Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) events in w/c 18 May 2020
Moving to Blackboard SaaS
We are pleased to announce that this summer we will be moving our Blackboard system to a new hosting platform: Blackboard SaaS. SaaS stands for ‘Software as a Service’, and…Continue Reading Moving to Blackboard SaaS
Blackboard User’s Conference – Durham, 6-8 January 2020
On 6-8 January 2020, Durham University hosted its 20th annual Blackboard User’s Conference. In line with the recent changes in regulations governing the accessibility of websites and apps, this year’s…Continue Reading Blackboard User’s Conference – Durham, 6-8 January 2020