Firstly, we would like to thank those who contributed to the evaluation for collecting information about current teaching practice. We now have a second opportunity for you to help contribute to the development of a framework that will assist colleagues in identifying different teaching strategies and the technologies that can support and facilitate these strategies.…
Led by the Technology Enhanced Learning Team in QESS, the University is seeking to increase the use of existing educational technologies at Sheffield Hallam University by increasing awareness of different styles of teaching online. This interactive workshop provides an opportunity to contribute to the design of a framework to analyse existing teaching practice which will…
Led by the Technology Enhanced Learning Team in QESS, the University is seeking to increase the use of existing educational technologies at Sheffield Hallam University by increasing awareness of different styles of teaching online. One of the outcomes of this work will be a framework to analyse existing teaching practice, which will include guidance on…
This is a repost of information about the Blackboard upgrades this summer This summer we will have two upgrade periods scheduled for the Blackboard system. Students and staff will not be able to access shuspace and Blackboard sites during the upgrade periods. Please do not schedule teaching and learning activities in Blackboard during these times,…
At the end of March, Stuart Hepplestone (from the TEL Team in QESS) will be participating in a Blackboard community focus group on using Twitter in learning and teaching. The purpose of this is to consider ways in which Blackboard could make this experience more powerful and engaging for you and your students. If you are…
This summer we will have two upgrade periods scheduled for the Blackboard system. Students and staff will not be able to access shuspace and Blackboard sites during the upgrade periods. Please do not schedule teaching and learning activities in Blackboard during these times, such as online submission of assessments. The first upgrade will be to…
This is just a reminder that the consultation we are doing about making Blackboard site creation more automatic is closing on Friday. Please send Brian Irwin any responses by this time, or to ask for extended time if you need it. We got a lot of staff feedback in the face-to-face sessions but if you want…
This message has been posted on behalf of Graham Holden, University Head of Teaching, Learning and Assessment: Technology enhanced learning has increasingly become a part of all our provision at Sheffield Hallam University, with huge increases in the use of Blackboard since its introduction about ten years ago. Recent research into the staff experience of…
Do you have external users (non-SHU staff) who need access to Blackboard? Then you might be interested in a consultation paper we have written about redesigning the way we handle external user accounts. Currently we handle all external user accounts through a manual request and creation process which can be time consuming and makes managing the accounts difficult. We would…
Did you know that there is an easy way to quickly navigate betweeen students in the Grade Centre during grading without having to go back to and load the Grade Centre spreadsheet each time? Once you have accessed a student’s attempt in the Grade Centre for grading, you can simply move to the next student…