In December we invited staff to complete a survey ‘Preparing your Blackboard course for the next academic year’. We received 108 responses, predominantly from academics, from across the University. We’d…Continue Reading Blackboard course preparation – what you said, what we are doing
TEL Consultations
Would you like specific advice on your teaching practice using technology? Are you interested in finding out how you could: Engage and support your students? Enhance your teaching practice Overview…Continue Reading TEL Consultations
Blackboard Enhancements January 2017
Blackboard was upgraded 18th-19th December (to Blackboard 9.1 2016 Q2 release, Cumulative Update 3, if you like to know such things). The upgrade did not introduce any significant new functionality,…Continue Reading Blackboard Enhancements January 2017
Blackboard upgrade 18th-19th December 2016
Blackboard will be unavailable to users Sunday 18 December 2016 08:30 a.m. – Monday 19 December 2016 12:00 midday GMT This period of downtime is for a Blackboard upgrade. The…Continue Reading Blackboard upgrade 18th-19th December 2016
Box of Broadcasts
If you subscribe to the Library News blog you will have seen a recent post Presenting BoB – our new resource for TV & radio: Our newest e-resource is Box of Broadcasts…Continue Reading Box of Broadcasts
Supporting your new students to use Blackboard – help is available!
Welcome Week 2016 is now less than a week away! It’s an ideal opportunity to introduce your new students to Blackboard and show them how to submit assignments online and where to find…Continue Reading Supporting your new students to use Blackboard – help is available!
Students now get submission receipts for Blackboard Assignments
In the past, when students have submitted work to the Blackboard Assignment tool they did not receive a receipt. This was a source of dissatisfaction for both staff and students,…Continue Reading Students now get submission receipts for Blackboard Assignments
Changes to Blackboard colour scheme and design
The Blackboard upgrade originally scheduled for Bank Holiday Monday has been postponed until later in the academic year. However we have applied some changes to the colour scheme and styles…Continue Reading Changes to Blackboard colour scheme and design
Blackboard Course Rollover is now complete
Blackboard Course Rollover for 2016-17 is now complete. All course copying has taken place for courses which ran in Blackboard in 2015-16 and are scheduled in RISIS for 2016-17 Shared…Continue Reading Blackboard Course Rollover is now complete
Teaching a brand new module next year? How to get access to the course in Blackboard
Where you are offering a completely new module, the course rollover process does not apply, since there’s no existing Blackboard content to copy. Any modules scheduled for 2016-17 in RISIS will…Continue Reading Teaching a brand new module next year? How to get access to the course in Blackboard