Booking is now open for #SocMedHE16, which has the theme ‘The Empowered Learner?’ Friday 16th December 2016 at Sheffield Hallam University The second Social Media for Learning in Higher Education Conference #SocMedHE16 is being organised by, and held at Sheffield Hallam University. This conference creates a forum for academics, students and strategic managers…
We have been informed that Turnitin will not be available for any purpose on 5 November, 1-6pm due to server maintenance and upgrades. This means students will not be able to submit their work and staff will not be able to access reports during that time period. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause…
With the start of teaching underway, sometimes we get requests that students cannot see a particular Blackboard site. Normally this is because it has not been changed to be available to students. If your Blackboard site is not available then it will have a note next to it in red which says ‘Unavailable to students’…
Due to a lengthier upgrade process than usual this year, IS&T need further time to do testing on the Blackboard upgrade. As a result we have had to move the upgrade from its usual date in early July to be the weekend of 5-7 August. The upgrade will start at the end of the day…
The University will shortly be launching a new feature for our students when they submit an assignment to a Blackboard. After they submit their work, students will receive an email confirming the details of their submission. Online submissions through Blackboard The student – or group of students if it is a group submission – will…
The process of automatically copying Blackboard sites for the 2015/16 academic year is now complete, and you can access your new sites and start preparing them. Staff enrolments have been carried across to the new sites. You will need to use the Staff Enrolment Tool in the Control Panel to add any new staff or unenrol…
We are advertising for a Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in TEL, with an end date of September 2016. This post is to cover Stuart Hepplestone’s secondment to the Assessment Journey project. It is fixed term until 30 September 2016 but we will hopefully get funding to extend the position one more year after that to cover the full…
We have a few vacancies being advertised in the team right now: We are hiring a lecturer/senior lecturer in TEL to cover Stuart Hepplestone’s secondment to the Assessment Journey project. It is fixed term until 30 September 2015 but hopefully we will get funding to extend this through the life of the three year project. Advertising of…
The Staff Enrolment Tool is currently unavailable due to issues identified during the Blackboard upgrade that took place 11-13 July 2014. Work is taking place to reinstate the tool as soon as possible. If there are any urgent staff enrolments please email ithelp@shu.ac.uk (or submit your query online using the web form available in the…
Students attempting to access Collaborate sessions from links added to content areas in Blackboard sites will receive an error. This issue is a consequence of the Blackboard upgrade that took place on 11-13 July 2014, and is being worked on as a matter of urgency. In the meantime, if you have Collaborate sessions that you wish…