Google Groups Google Groups is a free, online service aimed at groups that are looking to share information easily and communicate effectively. With Google groups, members can share files, posts, and ideas; create discussions; and send emails. All emails that are sent within and to the group are archived, so it’s easily searchable when you want to…
Google Sites Ever wondered how nice it would be to create your own webpage without the hassle of coding? Especially for those of us who don’t know any programming languages, Google now offers Google Sites. Google Sites is a tool that helps you build sites. You can also build team websites through which you can share and collaborate…
Google Drive Google drive is your personal hard drive space to store, access, create,edit, and share files and folders of all types. Google drive also includes Google apps like Google Docs (Word), Google Sheets (Excel), and Google Slides (Powerpoint). With Google Drive, you can now share files and folders with other contacts to enable collaborative working. What’s…
Google Apps for education is a free suite of programs provided by Google to support universities, colleges, and schools. They include: 1. Google Mail (Gmail) 2. Google Drive (Google Docs, Google Slides, Google Sheets) 3. Google Sites 4. Google Groups 5. Google Calendar 6. Google Keep 7. Google Forms Google Apps can be…
This is the first in a series of articles discussing how to keep your data safe both on and off campus and will cover topics such as keeping you device secure, getting your data organised and backing it up should something go wrong. Keeping your data safe is not just about keeping your computer secure…
This year we did a review of the Blackboard Help articles that are available inside of Blackboard sites. There were a lot of articles which were not being read by anyone so we have gotten rid of them. This should make it easier for everyone to find the support they need when they have a…
As you progress through your education at Sheffield Hallam there may be times when you want to reflect on modules you have taken previously, perhaps to recap on some lecture content or access feedback from assignments. What you might not know is that you can easily access Blackboard sites from previous years of study in…
It has been brought to our attention that a number of students have had trouble submitting assignments in Blackboard – some of you have reported that nothing is happening when the ‘Submit’ button is pressed. Of course when you’re submitting an assignment (probably with only a few hours… or minutes… to go before the deadline)…
Two new screencasts have been uploaded to YouTube by the team here at SHU, showing you how to submit your work online through Blackboard. The videos show you how to: – submit an individual assignment and – submit a group assignment. We hope you find them useful.
There will come a point in your time at Sheffield Hallam where you just need to find some information…fast! Perhaps you need to book a study space in the learning centre because your housemates are distracting you at home, or you might want to find out where on campus you can print out the assignment…