Each year at the start of September we archive Blackboard organisation sites from the previous year (2012/13 in this case). This is to clean up the view for staff and students and ensure the correct Blackboard sites are used in the coming year. This year Blackboard organisation sites will be archived on 16/09/2013. This does not…
In this case study, a tutor from HWB shared her experiences of using an online problem based learning approach to promote the development of intrapreneurial (an individual intention or drive to innovate within an organisation, developing and implementing novel solutions to organisational problems) skills in health professionals undertaking a postgraduate module. The tutor found that…
This is the fourth in a series of seven case studies developed as part of the mobile innovation project. These cutting edge teaching approaches may not be suitable for everyone, and some proved difficult in their implementation, but the project provided the opportunity for staff to try out new ways of delivering learning. The tutor was…
Please note that TurnitinUK will have a scheduled system maintenance on Saturday 10 August 2013 from 3:00 PM to 7:00 PM BST. Due to the maintenance, TurnitinUK may be briefly unavailable between those times meaning that you might be unable to access student submissions or originality reports and students may find that they are unable to…
This article is part of a series of articles explaining the new features and changes that will be introduced as part of the Blackboard upgrade scheduled for 26-28 July 2013. The My Blackboard toolbar is a dropdown menu which appears at the top of shuspace. It gives users and overview of activity across their Blackboard…
This article is part of a series of articles explaining the new features and changes that will be introduced as part of the Blackboard upgrade scheduled for 26-28 July 2013. In the new version of Blackboard, the appearance of the Discussion Board has been improved. Now when you are viewing specific posts they display in…
This is the third in a series of seven case studies developed as part of the mobile innovation project. These cutting edge teaching approaches may not be suitable for everyone, and some proved difficult in their implementation, but the project provided the opportunity for staff to try out new ways of delivering learning. This case study…
This article is part of a series of articles explaining the new features and changes that will be introduced as part of the Blackboard upgrade scheduled for 26-28 July 2013. Blackboard has had a Calendar tool for many years but it has been of poor quality and we have not recommended its use. In the…
This article is part of a series of articles explaining the new features and changes that will be introduced as part of the Blackboard upgrade scheduled for 26-28 July 2013. The new version of Blackboard has an improved text editor. The text editor is the toolbar that provides Word-like editing features in some text areas,…
This article is part of a series of articles explaining the new features and changes that will be introduced as part of the Blackboard upgrade scheduled for 26-28 July 2013. The Inline Grading tool will allow you to view, provide feedback on, and grade student-submitted assignment files without leaving the Grade Assignment page (i.e. the…