This summer we will have two upgrade periods scheduled for the Blackboard system. Students and staff will not be able to access shuspace and Blackboard sites during the upgrade periods. Please do not schedule teaching and learning activities in Blackboard during these times, such as online submission of assessments. The first upgrade will be to…
This case study explores how a tutor in Health and Wellbeing encouraged students to present and record their work using screencasting software. As part of their module students were required to understand principles associated with digital media. By engaging in the process of developing and delivering a recorded presentation the tutor felt the students would…
This is just a reminder that the consultation we are doing about making Blackboard site creation more automatic is closing on Friday. Please send Brian Irwin any responses by this time, or to ask for extended time if you need it. We got a lot of staff feedback in the face-to-face sessions but if you want…
The HEA have teamed up with ALT and JISC to offer a series of free staff development events. These include a series of one-day events around technology enhanced learning which focus on specific disciplines and more general online webinars covering a range of topics. We wanted to highlight these opportunities to any staff that might be…
This is a reminder that there are still places on the remaining face-to-face sessions to discuss the consultation to make Blackboard processes more automatic. If you are interested, please book by clicking on the links below: Thursday 7 Feb, 14:00-15:00 – Main Building D006, Collegiate Friday 8 Feb, 11:00-12:00 – Owen 1032 Tuesday 12 Feb,…
In this case study, the tutor of a languages module provided feedback to students through sound recordings rather than in written form alone. The project arose from the tutor’s observation that students undertaking the module were sometimes struggling with pronunciation, and that text-based feedback on formative assessments may not help them to overcome this. Using…
Last week we announced the new minimum expectations of e-learning. We are pleased to announce that we have now finished the support pages for them. We have amended the minimum expectations document to include a link to a support page for each of the expectations. Just click on the link for any expectation to find guidance about…
Last week we announced a consultation about changing Blackboard processes to align them with the new minimum expectations for e-learning, and reduce the admin burden on staff preparing Blackboard sites. We have scheduled a series of workshops to introduce the new expectations and get feedback on the proposed changes in the consultation. The sessions will include a short presentation on the new minimum expectations…
This case study describes how a tutor used recorded videos to improve the way students learned some of the difficult core concepts within a module. Students were struggling to cope with the technical content and the tutor’s teaching pace.In order to improve the student experience the tutor considered other approaches for delivering the learning material and…
Recently the University has agreed a new set of minimum expectations for delivering e-learning: every module should be supported by a Blackboard site with certain minimum information in it. The Administration undertaken by academics project has also highlighted some administrative activities in Blackboard that could be done differently to reduce academic staff workload. In response to these two developments,…