If you have been using PebblePad Workspaces (i.e. ATLAS) through Blackboard for assessment it is important to note that they are not copied into new Blackboard sites at the start of the year, therefore you will need to add new links in your sites. After you have added the link to your Blackboard site in…
Each year in September we archive Blackboard organisation sites from the previous year (2013/14 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 Tuesday 16 September 2014. This does…
Ensure that your Blackboard sites for 2014/15 are ready to use and available to students by the start of teaching. The TEL Help site contains a checklist we have created and contacts to support you with preparing your Blackboard sites before making them available to students. The checklist covers: updating staff enrolments and their contact details…
The Staff Enrolment Tool in Blackboard is available again. Please refer to the TEL Help articles about enrolling staff onto Blackboard sites and using the Staff Enrolment Tool for further information.
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…
Reminder: This summer’s Blackboard upgrade is scheduled to take place during the weekend 11-13 July 2014. NB. This is a repost of some information originally published on 11 April 2014. The upgrade will begin at 18:00 on Friday 11th July and should be completed within 24 hours. Staff and students will not be able to…
Lynda.com, recently made available to all staff and students at SHU, is a site containing high-quality video training on common and specialist software packages. There are videos on a wide range of software, from general tools, such as Microsoft Word and Google Drive, to specialist tools, such as Final Cut Pro and SPSS. In addition…
The process of automatically copying Blackboard sites for the 2014/15 academic year is now complete, and you will be able to access your new sites and start preparing them. Staff enrolments will be carried across to the new sites. You will need to use the Staff Enrolment Tool in the Control Panel to add any…
Each year we automatically create copies of Blackboard sites for the coming academic year. This year the process will begin on Monday 2 June and is expected to take about a week to complete. The copied sites include the content from the current year’s site but not the announcements, discussions or Grade Centre columns. Only…