e-learning show’n’share fair – call for participation to share your e-learning practice

Monday 24 May 2010  09.30-13.30, City Campus Furnival Building Wednesday 26 May 2010 12.00-16.00, Collegiate Crescent Main Building  As part of the refreshing e-learning at SHU initiative, a series of show’n’share sessions are being organised during which colleagues can learn first-hand and ask questions about others’ innovative e-learning practice and use of Blackboard across the…

Blackboard 9 Site Development System Available

From today, staff have access to the Blackboard 9 Site Development System. This separate Blackboard 9 system is for developing your blank template 2010/11 sites and becoming familiar with Blackboard 9 before the upgrade of the live system on 2 July. The Blackboard 9 Site Development System will be available until 25 June. You can…

New sessions after Easter..

From the 20th April we will be running the following sessions as a part of the Refreshing e-learning at SHU initiative. These sessions focus on some of the practicalities of e-learning, and some will give staff the opportunity to consider the topics particularly in the context of Blackboard 9. Dates will be released after the…

Digital Fluency Diagnostic Tool Pilot

In light of the refreshing e-learning initiative at Sheffield Hallam, do you want to … be more confident with using technologies? improve your ability to make electronic presentations, including effectively using media? enhance your ability to find and use information resources in your subject area? develop your critical evaluation skills with online information? maintain and…

Blackboard Upgrade July 2010

As a part of the Refreshing e-learning at SHU initiative, Blackboard will be upgraded to Blackboard 9 in July this year. Blackboard 9 has a more modern interface and is estimated to take about 40% fewer clicks to accomplish the same tasks.  Other benefits include: What’s New channel to notify students and staff when new…

Google Chrome and Blackboard

There have recently been some issues raised around students using the Google Chrome browser when accessing Blackboard at home.  Chrome is not installed on campus machines. The most common problem when using Chrome occurs when submitting assignments on Blackboard.  If students try to submit a file using Chrome, they will receive a message that their file type is invalid…

Refreshing e-learning@SHU 2009/10

In recent years e-learning has become an essential part of our students’ learning experiences.  However e-learning is constantly developing and changing, so we have to ensure our e-learning practice is prepared to meet the needs and expectations of tomorrow’s students.  This year we want to refresh e-learning practice across the University to ensure it continues…

Online SHU Module Survey tool replaced

The online SHU Module Survey tool has now been replaced by a customisable Blackboard survey.  We received many staff requests for the survey questions to be customisable for their module and for the ability to capture student results at more than two points.  We also determined that we needed a survey tool that would work…

Archiving of 2008/9 sites

*** Blackboard: Archiving of 2008/9 Sites *** Blackboard sites from 2008/9 will be archived/deleted on Friday 18th September 2009. Archived sites will be retained on the system for 1 year after archive, which means that although you will not be able to access them, they can be retrieved in case of any query or appeal…