Whether a long time or new user of assignment submissions through Blackboard and the Grade Centre to publish feedback and grades to students, come along and see a variety of existing and new* functionality available within Blackboard Assignments and the Grade Centre that can enable and support efficient and effective assignment management and feedback online.…
Over the summer months, staff will be preparing their 2012/13 Blackboard sites so they are ready to use with students. Supported time sessions will be available from late May through to August where you can prepare your site with e-learning staff on hand to explain the process and provide support. The session will also provide…
The Turnitin service may be unavailable during a scheduled maintenance period on Saturday 16 June 2012, from 15:00 to 19:00 UK time. During this time, it may not be possible to make submissions to Turnitin, nor view existing submissions and originality reports. If you do have any Turnitin assignments with a due date set during…
Stuart Hepplestone facilitated a number of sessions during the Assessment Week (30 April – 3 May 2012). These development sessions examined good practice for integrating assessment and feedback in the curriculum through the use of technology: Using e-learning technologies to facilitate effective feedback practices [presentation] Participants worked in small groups to identify the appropriate use…
Shortly we will finish the process of automatically copying Blackboard sites for the 2012/13 academic year, and you will be able to access your new sites and start preparing them. When the sites are finished being copied, an email will be sent to all staff. Staff enrolments will be carried across to the new sites. You will need…
With John Lee and Kieran Macdonald Thursday 7th June 2012, 12 noon till 1 pm Main Building D001, Collegiate Campus This session will cover two examples of mobile innovation: Supporting Communication and Collaboration for the WWW Mobile Generation (Education where-ever, what-ever and when-ever they want?) Undergraduate and postgraduate students in Design Technology Education are…
Over the summer months, staff will be preparing their 2012/13 Blackboard sites so they are ready to use with students. Supported time sessions will be available from late May through to August where you can prepare your site with e-learning staff on hand to explain the process and provide support. The session will also provide help and…
Stimulating participation in lectures via mobile devices With Ben Abell 12noon-1pm, Tuesday 29 May, Stoddart 7330, City Campus Ben will describe the use of mobile technologies for a Biosciences module, in which students have been using personal mobile devices to answer questions during lecture sessions and promote active learning in lectures. Students worked as small…
Registration for the University’s Learning & Teaching Conference which will be held on the 11th July 2012 is now open. The conference is free to attend. Register using the online booking system. Additional details will continue to be updated on the conference website. About the conference The University’s Learning and Teaching Conference takes place on Wednesday 11th…
Note, we have now updated this article to reflect a change to the upgrade date. During upgrade testing, we determined that we could minimise downtime for staff and students by beginning the upgrade on Friday, 20 July at 5pm. This should mean the upgrade will be complete by lunchtime on Saturday. This is a reminder…