Annual Course Rollover takes place on Saturday 30th June. Blackboard downtime will be required, approximately 08:00 – 17:00 BST. All the relevant forms have been updated, and can be accessed from…Continue Reading Course Rollover 2018 – what do I need to do?
Blackboard Course Rollover 2018
Creating and populating Blackboard courses for the 2019-19 Academic Year: advance notice of schedule and actions required. The essentials Course rollover is the annual process whereby Blackboard courses from…Continue Reading Blackboard Course Rollover 2018
April 2018 Blackboard upgrade completed
The Blackboard upgrade has been carried out successfully and you can now log in to Blackboard as normal. The upgrade was prompted by security concerns identified by Blackboard, but also fixes a…Continue Reading April 2018 Blackboard upgrade completed
Blackboard downtime for essential system maintenance: overnight Sun 8th – Mon 9th April 2018
Our Blackboard VLE requires an important system update to be applied. This update will be carried out overnight Sunday 8th – Monday 9th April. As a result, Blackboard and Turnitin will…Continue Reading Blackboard downtime for essential system maintenance: overnight Sun 8th – Mon 9th April 2018
Changes to Blackboard Assignments
Additional features in the New Box Viewer If you make use of the Blackboard assignment tool, you will be aware that the interface for leaving comments directly on students’ submissions…Continue Reading Changes to Blackboard Assignments
Changing the focus: Accessibility in Blackboard
When thinking about accessibility and inclusive teaching practice, technology is often cited as a solution. Technology can certainly assist students with disabilities but well designed online learning provision can benefit all learners….Continue Reading Changing the focus: Accessibility in Blackboard
Help us improve your experience of using Blackboard – staff workshops, 26/27 Feb (with coffee & biscuits!)
Have you used Blackboard and thought things like “this interface could look better”, “there’s too much information on this page” or, perhaps, “it would be better if THIS was THERE”? Do…Continue Reading Help us improve your experience of using Blackboard – staff workshops, 26/27 Feb (with coffee & biscuits!)
Dates for forthcoming Blackboard upgrades and course rollover 2018-19
The following dates have been scheduled for the 2018 Course Rollover, and for Blackboard upgrades over the next twelve months. Course rollover Saturday 30th June 2018 downtime required approximately 08:00 –…Continue Reading Dates for forthcoming Blackboard upgrades and course rollover 2018-19
Updated inline grading interface for Blackboard Assignments now live
As previously advertised, our transition to the new Box interface for inline grading of Blackboard Assignments took place at 8 a.m. today. When opening student papers submitted to a Blackboard…Continue Reading Updated inline grading interface for Blackboard Assignments now live
Changes to the inline grading interface for Blackboard Assignments
As mentioned in a previous blog post, there are a few changes being introduced this week to the interface used when marking work submitted to a Blackboard Assignment. Please note…Continue Reading Changes to the inline grading interface for Blackboard Assignments