The last post told you about the changes to shuspace – the resources to support shuspace are now ready. There’s three short screencasts: http://tinyurl.com/introducingshuspace covers the main features of shuspace, explains some of the tools and gives a general picture of what it’s for and what you can do there http://tinyurl.com/informationshuspace goes into more detail…
This semester there’s a couple of small but significant changes that have happened to shuspace. The top bar on every tab used to just contain the search tool, but following student input, we’ve added other things to improve navigation and access to information… Firstly there’s a link to the directory of practical information. This means…
Hopefully you’ve been able to fully prepare your 2012/3 Blackboard sites so they are ready to use with your students (see key things you need to do to prepare your site). However some staff forget the crucial last step of making a site available to students. If you don’t make your sites available, then your students won’t be…
Have you ever copied and pasted text from a Word document into Blackboard? If so you may have encountered problems with formatting, as Word tends to add a lot of extra hidden formatting in their documents that causes issues for Blackboard’s text editor and may mean that changing the font size, colour, etc. has no…
Turnitin has changed how students access receipts for their submissions by introducing digital receipts. Students will still receive an email receipt confirming their submission, but it will no longer include text from their paper. Instead it will contain a confirmation message and directions for how to access the PDF digital receipt. The digital receipt will…
Rubrics in Blackboard have been renamed ‘Feedback Rubrics’. This reflects their primary purpose and is intended to clarify the term for both students and staff. If you have already begun to create and use Rubrics in your Blackboard sites, please note that the tool, now called ‘Feedback Rubrics’, is listed higher in the Site Tools…
Supported time sessions for preparing 2012/13 Blackboard sites and Blackboard Assignments & Grade Centre workshops will be continuing throughout September. Supported time sessions are a time where you will be able to prepare your 2012/13 Blackboard sites with e-learning staff on hand to explain the process and provide support. If you have content ready to be…
We’d like to thank all the participants in the mobile innovations project who have provided us with case studies on their experiences and shared their practice across the university, through conference presentations, posters and faculty events. If you missed these events, you can check out some scenarios for mobile learning, and see some of the resources on the blog. As is…
These sessions are a time where you can prepare your 2012/13 Blackboard sites with e-learning staff on hand to explain the process and provide support. If you have content ready to be added to your Blackboard sites, then you can add it during the session. Come along and see what you can get done in…
If you are using Blackboard assignments for online submission of student work, please be aware that there is a bug which may affect you and your students. Once feedback files have been loaded into Grade Centre, students can access that feedback by revisiting the assignment hand-in point if that hand-in link is still set available…