After the upcoming Blackboard upgrade is complete, there will be improvements around using Blackboard Collaborate inside Blackboard sites. Currently staff can only have a single session of Collaborate Ultra. After the upgrade, staff will be able to schedule different sessions in their Blackboard site. Staff and students will also be able to download Collaborate Ultra recordings…
If you are using Blackboard Feedback Rubrics when marking over the Christmas break, read the following tips and guidance to ensure that you are using them effectively: 1. When marking only open and mark using one view of the Feedback Rubric to avoid losing feedback You must not start marking using the panel view (shown…
This is part of a series of articles exploring some of the terms and tools 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. Blackboard Collaborate is a ‘Webinar’ tool that allows live presentations to be made to…
Following the Blackboard upgrade (scheduled from 6pm on Friday 5th to midday on Sunday 7th August 2016), there will be some changes to Blackboard Collaborate. A new version of Blackboard Collaborate called Collaborate Ultra will be available through all Blackboard sites. Collaborate Ultra offers a number of benefits to users: it is quicker to launch…
A recent change to their service by YouTube has resulted in Blackboard’s ‘Mash-up’ functionality breaking. Blackboard are working on fixing the issue, but the solution is likely to take some time. In the meantime, Blackboard have provided the following set of steps for anyone wishing to add YouTube videos to their module sites: Open YouTube in your…
Now that you have prepared your 2014/15 Blackboard sites so that they are ready to use with your students, don’t forget to make them available so that your students can access them. To check if a site is available, just log in to shuspace and look at the list of your Blackboard sites. If ‘(unavailable…
All course and module leaders are now automatically enrolled on Blackboard module sites. This decision was planned following a wide consultation with staff members in spring 2013 about what things should be automated in Blackboard module sites. Having course leaders able to see all Blackboard sites has been brought up repeatedly in university learning and…
The Staff Enrolment Tool in Blackboard is available again. Please refer to the TEL Help articles about enrolling staff onto Blackboard sites and using the Staff Enrolment Tool for further information.
This article is part of a series explaining the new features and changes that will be introduced as part of the Blackboard upgrade scheduled for 11-13 July 2014. When setting up assignments you will notice there are some changes to way that the Create Assignment page looks and some additional options available. Many settings are now hidden…
The Staff Enrolment Tool is currently unavailable due to issues identified during the Blackboard upgrade that took place 11-13 July 2014. Work is taking place to reinstate the tool as soon as possible. If there are any urgent staff enrolments please email ithelp@shu.ac.uk (or submit your query online using the web form available in the…