We have been working with Blackboard to make improvements to the Assignment Handler tool, and the upgrade is planned for the evening of Friday 7 January. If you are not familiar with the Assignment Handler it is essentially a tool that allows students to submit work online and for tutors to download, grade and provide…
In this case study, a 16-strong teaching team on a level 4 nursing module provide a spoken word audio recording for each individual student as assignment feedback. Recordings were created with easy to use digital tools available to all SHU staff, uploaded to the module’s Blackboard site and released to students. Students were able to…
Recently we’ve had a few queries from staff who noticed that some of their students are no longer showing up in the Grade Centre, and actually the Blackboard site as a whole. This will particularly happen in final year modules. When students have completed their studies at the university, they are marked as completed in…
In past years, we have archived all module sites from the past academic year in mid-September. This helped staff and students identify the correct sites to use and avoided clutter. However it also prevented students from accessing past learning materials, feedback, and grades. There were also instances where students lost access to sites that were still running or…
The Learning and Teaching Institute at Sheffield Hallam University is pleased to announce the publication of a series of best practice guides for the application of technology to deliver actionable feedback. These guides are based on the findings from Technology, Feedback, Action!, a research project funded by the Higher Education Academy (during 2008/9). The project…
As part of the Higher Education Academy Evidence Based Practice Seminar Series 2010, Sheffield Hallam University is hosting Enhancing Student Engagement with Feedback on Wednesday 17 February 2010, 13.00-16.00. This seminar will share the methods and outcomes of Technology, Feedback, Action!, a 12-month Higher Education Academy funded project undertaken at Sheffield Hallam University investigating the…