Happy new year! If you missed Brighton University’s excellent online Burning of the Apps TEL showcase just before the festive break, you…Continue Reading Happy new year – Burning of the Apps TEL Showcase videos
December 2017 Blackboard upgrade complete
Last night’s upgrade completed successfully, and the system was made available to users again at around 10.30 this morning. What’s new in Blackboard? Links to Talis This update fixes the…Continue Reading December 2017 Blackboard upgrade complete
eMarking tips & advice: Turnitin | Blackboard Assignments
This information is relevant to staff involved in marking work online Over the next few weeks, many staff will be marking work which has been submitted via Blackboard or Turnitin. To avoid…Continue Reading eMarking tips & advice: Turnitin | Blackboard Assignments
Changes to Inline Grading in Blackboard
What is changing? The Inline Grading features in Blackboard make use of a third party tool called Crocodoc. The company who own Crocodoc are moving to a new tool called…Continue Reading Changes to Inline Grading in Blackboard
Module Evaluation and Blackboard
Colleagues will be aware that Module Evaluation is currently underway. Following the collection and distribution of student responses, Module Convenors are required to write a brief commentary on the module evaluation…Continue Reading Module Evaluation and Blackboard
Blackboard upgrade 17th December 2017: planned system downtime, Talis issue resolved
There will be a Blackboard upgrade taking place on 17th – 18th December. This upgrade requires system downtime. Blackboard and Turnitin will be unavailable to all users from: 14:30 GMT…Continue Reading Blackboard upgrade 17th December 2017: planned system downtime, Talis issue resolved
Talis links in Blackboard – an update
Blackboard are still working on a patch to fix the issue which has affected course menu links to Talis. In the meantime, Blackboard engineers have located all 2017-18 courses where the…Continue Reading Talis links in Blackboard – an update
Linking to your Reading Lists from Blackboard – action required
You will be aware that the Blackboard upgrade at the beginning of August introduced a bug which broke links on Blackboard course menus to Talis reading lists. Initially Blackboard seemed…Continue Reading Linking to your Reading Lists from Blackboard – action required
Repositioning items within a course content area
If you want to rearrange folders or items within a course content page, you should be able to do this simply by dragging the item to the desired position –…Continue Reading Repositioning items within a course content area
Issues with links to Talis from Blackboard courses
We have been made aware of an issue with links to Talis reading lists in Blackboard. The issue affects Reading List links on the course menu – these are no…Continue Reading Issues with links to Talis from Blackboard courses