This article is part of a series of articles explaining the new features and changes that will be introduced as part of the Blackboard upgrade scheduled for 26-28 July 2013. The new version of Blackboard has an improved text editor. The text editor is the toolbar that provides Word-like editing features in some text areas,…
This article is part of a series of articles explaining the new features and changes that will be introduced as part of the Blackboard upgrade scheduled for 26-28 July 2013. The Inline Grading tool will allow you to view, provide feedback on, and grade student-submitted assignment files without leaving the Grade Assignment page (i.e. the…
This article is part of a series of articles explaining the new features and changes that will be introduced as part of the Blackboard upgrade scheduled for 26-28 July 2013. The Test Item Analysis tool provides statistics on overall test performance and individual test questions (notably item difficulty and item discrimination) to help recognise questions that might…
This article is part of a series of articles explaining the new features and changes that will be introduced as part of the Blackboard upgrade scheduled for 26-28 July 2013. Based on user feedback we have been able to change the Announcements channel on the Module Home Page. Now it will display the last ten…
This article is part of a series of articles explaining the new features and changes that will be introduced as part of the Blackboard upgrade scheduled for 26-28 July 2013. New settings have been added to Tests enabling questions to be added to tests ‘on the fly’, and deployment options that allow exceptions and different…
We recommend that you hide grades from students during the marking process. This means that when you upload grades and feedback to a student that they can’t immediately see their results. This helps facilitate second marking practices, where grades and feedback may get adjusted before they are given to students. Also when marks and feedback…
This case study looks at how incorporating multimedia, and in particular YouTube clips, into lectures and pre-lab activity has improved student learning and academic performance. The tutor felt that the most recent research and up-to-date developments relating to her subject could be easily sourced and were more accessible to her students via YouTube. In order…
Does your Blackboard site meet the minimum expectations for e-learning? Are you going beyond the minimum and using innovative approaches to teaching in your module? Technology Enhanced Learning would like to develop a number of video case studies to promote the minimum expectations and highlight good and innovative practice in e-learning. The videos would be…
There is a new reading list system that you can control and manage. To reflect the wide range of resource types now recommended this is called Resource Lists Online (RLO). In response to student feedback we want to ensure that recommended resources are as available and accessible as possible and this new system will enable us…
This case study focusses on the use of Skype to support students who are away from the University for their study or placement. The use of this technology was considered to improve supervision and isolation while away from the university. Two modules were identified by tutors as particularly benefiting from online student support and after…