New in Blackboard: Audio and video feedback

You can now embed audio and video recordings (of up to five minutes in length) along with text-based feedback on any  gradable item in Blackboard (such as assignments, grade columns, wikis, blogs, discussions, tests). It’s a relatively easy process to create recordings. All you need is a built-in or external microphone or headset for audio-only recordings and…

Mobile learning: Creating feedback for students

This article is the first in a series of five articles about scenarios for mobile learning. TEL is coordinating an initiative to promote and capture innovation in e-learning. What is it? Mobile phones can be used to record audio feedback files, and these are shared with students for playback via the Blackboard Grade centre.  Audio…