Since April we’ve introduced a series of changes to our e-learning provision aimed at enhancing the student experience online including the upgrade to Blackboard 9. Another important change is being implemented in September, giving students access to module sites after they have completed them. What will happen to module sites? Module sites will no longer…
This is a reminder about the ongoing e-learning brownie programme, as we’ve had a lot of interest but not many forms returned so far. The ‘brownie points’ programme rewards staff who engage with refreshing their e-learning practice this summer by giving them free homemade brownies (actual brownies pictured here). To earn your brownies, you need to attend…
All the 2010/11 sites have now been imported into the live Blackboard system, so you can continue preparing them for next year. Remember that the process for preparing your sites is different this year, so you will need to copy over any content from existing sites that you want to have in your 2010/11 site. However, you can copy…
You will probably have noticed that shuspace’s appearance has changed, and that the interface inside your Blackboard sites is different now because we’ve upgraded to Blackboard 9. For many of you this will not be a surprise as over 40% of regular Blackboard users took advantage of early access to Blackboard 9 to preview the system…
In past years, we have archived all module sites from the past academic year in mid-September. This helped staff and students identify the correct sites to use and avoided clutter. However it also prevented students from accessing past learning materials, feedback, and grades. There were also instances where students lost access to sites that were still running or…
From 12 April-25 June it was possible to start preparing your 2010/11 Blackboard sites in the Blackboard 9 Site Development System. Now you will notice that that system is no longer available because the Blackboard admin team has begun exporting the 2010/11 sites out of it in preparation for the upgrade. The live system will be upgraded to…
Remember, this is the last week staff can access the Blackboard 9 Site Development System, which lets you get used to Blackboard 9 before the upgrade (2 July) and start preparing your 2010/11 Blackboard sites. Next week the Blackboard admin team will start exporting the 2010/11 sites from the Site Development System and, after the upgrade, will begin putting them into…
Staff who have engaged with the Refreshing e-learning initiative have been earning brownie points with us. Well now you can cash in those brownie points for real brownies! We’re giving free homemade brownies to staff who engage with Refreshing e-learning this summer. If you’ve attended an open Refreshing e-learning session or a Blackboard 9 session for your…
From today, you should have access to copies of all your 2009/10 sites inside the Blackboard 9 Site Development System, so that you can copy any appropriate content into your 2010/11 Blackboard site templates. The Site Development System will be available until 25 June, so we encourage you to access it (http://blackboard9.shu.ac.uk) ahead of the…
We’ve made a few video tutorials to help support you in using Blackboard 9. These video tutorials are made using a technique called screencasting, where a programme records what someone does on their computer screen, and then turns it into a video. You can also add audio to them during the production process. We’ve focused…