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. An ‘Electronic Voting System’ (EVS) is a system that allows presenters to ask multiple…
What is it? In this sense, Audio refers to sound recordings that are shared with students in some way, typically through Blackboard. The recordings could be speech, music, ambient sounds, etc. or a mix of these. Uses for Audio There are many uses for audio in Learning, Teaching and Assessment, both by students and staff. These…
In May, Stuart Hepplestone and I asked SHU staff members to contribute to the development of a framework identifying different teaching approaches in use at SHU and the technologies that can support/enhance them. Over the summer, along with representatives from across the institution, we have been collating the huge amount of information that we received…
Have you seen the red box with a number at the upper right of shuspace and wondered what it is? Well shuspace now has a feature to help you keep track of activity across your Blackboard sites. In the top right of the screen you will see your name: the number after it will tell you how…
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. A ‘Content Curation Site’ is a website that allows users to gather resources from…
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. Bookmarks (or ‘Favorites’ in Internet Explorer) are references to web pages that you save in…
This is the fourth in a series of seven case studies developed as part of the mobile innovation project. These cutting edge teaching approaches may not be suitable for everyone, and some proved difficult in their implementation, but the project provided the opportunity for staff to try out new ways of delivering learning. The tutor was…
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. In the new version of Blackboard, the appearance of the Discussion Board has been improved. Now when you are viewing specific posts they display in…
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…
We will be running another series of demo sessions to introduce Blackboard Collaborate, a new virtual classroom tool. Blackboard Collaborate provides staff with a modern, powerful tool to facilitate synchronous (at the same time) learning activities. Its features include sharing audio, webcam video, presentations in a white board, and a chat window which includes a…