In three weeks the live Blackboard system will be upgraded to Blackboard 9. Below are some key questions staff have asked about this upgrade. When is the upgrade? The upgrade will be on the evening of Friday 2 July, and Blackboard will not be available during that evening. Blackboard will also be at risk during the…
Possibilities in online formative assessment Friday 11 June, 10am-12pm, Furnival 9012, City Campus – Cancelled Good practice in Blackboard 9 site design and preparation Monday 14 June, 1-2.30pm, Learning Centre C033, Collegiate Campus Enabling student collaboration in Blackboard 9 Tuesday 15 June, 2-4pm, Owen 320, City Campus Communicating with students in Blackboard 9 Thursday 17…
The following are upcoming staff development opportunities for the next couple of weeks: Information Resources: Choosing and using high quality information resources within Blackboard 9 Thursday 27 May, 1-2.30pm, CLC study skills suite, Collegiate Campus Learning that moves: how mobile learning can engage your students Friday 28 May, 10-11am, Furnival 9137, City Campus Digital Voices:…
One new feature of Blackboard 9 is the What’s New channel, part of the new Module Home Page section. This channel notifies staff and students about content that has been added recently which is visible to those users. It also notifies users about unread discussion board messages in both general and group discussion boards. This…
Show-n-share fairs for e-learning In response to staff requests for more sharing of good practice in e-learning by other tutors, we are running two e-learning show-n-share events. You can drop in and out of them, so you don’t have to attend for the whole time. However, we are asking folks to book to confirm numbers…
Staff who have engaged with the Refreshing e-learning initiative have been earning brownie points with us. Well now you can cash in those brownie points for real brownies! We’re giving free homemade brownies to staff who engage with Refreshing e-learning this summer. If you’ve attended an open Refreshing e-learning session or a Blackboard 9 session for your…
From today, you should have access to copies of all your 2009/10 sites inside the Blackboard 9 Site Development System, so that you can copy any appropriate content into your 2010/11 Blackboard site templates. The Site Development System will be available until 25 June, so we encourage you to access it (http://blackboard9.shu.ac.uk) ahead of the…
Show-n-share fairs for e-learning In response to staff requests for more sharing of good practice in e-learning by other tutors, we are running two e-learning show-n-share events. You can drop in and out of them, so there is no need to attend for the whole time. However, we are asking folks to book to confirm…
We’ve made a few video tutorials to help support you in using Blackboard 9. These video tutorials are made using a technique called screencasting, where a programme records what someone does on their computer screen, and then turns it into a video. You can also add audio to them during the production process. We’ve focused…
The following are upcoming staff development opportunities for the next couple of weeks: Formative diagnostic testing in Blackboard Wednesday 5 May, 10am-12pm, Learning Centre C036, Collegiate Campus Communicating with students in Blackboard 9 Wednesday 5 May, 1-2.30pm, Eric Mensforth Building 3220, City Campus Good practice in Blackboard 9 site design and preparation Thursday 6 May,…