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This is part of a regular series of articles exploring some of the terms used in e-learning (view other articles in the series). We’ll do our best to break down the jargon and explain what things are from a basic perspective. Today’s topic is RSS, which stands for ‘Really Simple Syndication’. However, just knowing what it means is not terribly…
This is part of a regular series of articles exploring some of the terms used in e-learning (view other articles in the series). We’ll do our best to break down the jargon and explain what things are from a basic perspective. Today we’re looking at the F drive and G drive. One staff member mentioned to us that it was…
Did you know you can see when your students last accessed your Blackboard site? In Blackboard, it is possible to get complete usage statistics about how many clicks have been made on specific dates. However it is difficult to derive much meaning about the quality of a student’s online experience based on how frequently they visit a Blackboard…
This is part of a regular series of articles exploring some of the terms used in e-learning (view other articles in the series). We’ll do our best to break down the jargon and explain what things are from a basic perspective. Today we’ll look at the term ‘wiki’. Wiki means ‘fast’ in Hawaiian. In keeping with their name, wikis are groups…
This is part of a regular series of articles exploring some of the terms used in e-learning (view other articles in the series). We’ll do our best to break down the jargon and explain what things are from a basic perspective. Today’s focus is on ‘mobile apps’, which are applications for which can be run on mobile devices. Mobile apps are…
Did you know that there’s a way to reduce problems with inappropriate text formatting? Sometimes when you copy text from another application (such as Microsoft Word, an e-mail, or a web page) and paste it into a Blackboard text box (such as an item description, a test question or an announcement) you may find that…
The internet is full of lots of great media such as images, audio files and videos, especially now with the growth of sites that allows sharing of user-generated content (e.g. Flickr, YouTube, Wikipedia). However, just because it is on the internet doesn’t mean you can legally copy and use it in your Blackboard site: in fact…
This is the first in a regular series of articles exploring some of the terms used in e-learning (view other articles in the series). We’ll do our best to break down the jargon and explain what things are from a basic perspective. ‘Blogs’ are the first term we will be looking at. Blog is a word derived from the phrase ‘web…
Put simply ‘availability’ determines if the students on your site can see something on the site. This could apply to the entire site, a content area, a tool on your site menu, a folder or an individual content item. What determines if an item is available? There are a number of reasons that a piece of content…