In light of the Trade Unions Day of Action on Wednesday 30th November 2011, Liz Winders (Secretary and Registrar) has issued a statement saying that deadlines for assignment submissions due on Wednesday 30th November will now be Thursday 1st December. Ensure that if you have set up SHU Assignments in Blackboard with a Due Date of Wednesday…
We want to know how students make use of feedback to support their overall learning experience at Sheffield Hallam – how they engage with feedback, store and recall feedback for use in future learning and future assignments, and how technology can help students use feedback more effectively. We want to hear from students about their…
This is a reminder that deadlines for assessments in Blackboard (such as Assignment and Turnitin submissions, Test attempts, and Self-and-Peer Assessments) should not be set after 4:00pm on Fridays, or at any time on Saturdays, Sundays, or when the University is closed for holidays. These times are considered ‘at-risk’ periods when essential systems maintenance on…
This is a follow-up to the blog post about ensuring your external links open in a new window. The Blackboard admin team has managed to change existing External Links so that they will open in a new window. This means that you don’t need to change all of your previously added External Links, though you…
Version 2.0 of SHUgo is now out for Android mobile phones as well as for iOS devices. For more information on what is included, please see our original post about SHUgo 2.0 Have feedback? Please pass it on and we’ll do our best to address it in future versions (yes, we know students want timetables to…
We are pleased to announce that SHUgo version 2.0 is now available for staff and students on iOS (iPhone, iPod Touch). SHUgo is the University’s mobile app, and version 2.0 should be available for Android mobile devices in the next week. There is a new look to the app, with a black background and sleek buttons which were designed…
Recently the University made a change to the Blackboard system so that the pages will be more secure for students. This allows us to protect student data and ensure students have a safer online experience in Blackboard. Unfortunately there was an issue in the first week and a half of implementing this security change where some files…
This is a reminder that when you set up an external link to a website, you should change the setting for ‘Open in a new window’ to Yes. Recently we’ve changed our Blackboard installation so that the webpages inside of it are more secure. This provides our students with a safer environment and improves our protection of student data. An unfortunate…
This is a message from IS&T of high importance that we are passing on: Last night many staff will have received an email apparently from Ron Wright regarding an upgrade to servers and containing a link to a web page asking for login details. Please DO NOT enter your details in this form under any…
There are serious problems with the Podcast LX tool now in Blackboard which means we have had to disable it. Many individuals were using it as a way of uploading audio files to their site rather than as an actual podcast their students would download from outside of Blackboard. Since Blackboard now contains an easy way to…