During the testing of the upgrade process, we determined that we could minimise downtime for staff and students by beginning the upgrade on Friday, 20 July at 17.00 UK time instead of Saturday morning as originally advertised. This should mean the upgrade will be complete by lunchtime on Saturday. However the system should be considered at risk on…
The Turnitin service may be unavailable during a scheduled maintenance period on Saturday 16 June 2012, from 15:00 to 19:00 UK time. During this time, it may not be possible to make submissions to Turnitin, nor view existing submissions and originality reports. If you do have any Turnitin assignments with a due date set during…
Shortly we will finish the process of automatically copying Blackboard sites for the 2012/13 academic year, and you will be able to access your new sites and start preparing them. When the sites are finished being copied, an email will be sent to all staff. Staff enrolments will be carried across to the new sites. You will need…
Registration for the University’s Learning & Teaching Conference which will be held on the 11th July 2012 is now open. The conference is free to attend. Register using the online booking system. Additional details will continue to be updated on the conference website. About the conference The University’s Learning and Teaching Conference takes place on Wednesday 11th…
Note, we have now updated this article to reflect a change to the upgrade date. During upgrade testing, we determined that we could minimise downtime for staff and students by beginning the upgrade on Friday, 20 July at 5pm. This should mean the upgrade will be complete by lunchtime on Saturday. This is a reminder…
An email was circulated recently giving prior notice that the IT network will be shut down over the Spring Bank Holiday in June for essential work to enhance security. There will be no IT services available on the university network on Saturday 2 and Sunday 3 June 2012. IT services should be available, but will…
As announced last July, we have been transitioning the blogs and wikis tools available inside of Blackboard during this academic year. As part of this transition we will be disabling the ability to add Campus Pack Blog and Campus Pack Wiki tools from 28 May. These tools will no longer be supported by the supplier, and…
In March we announced that we are transitioning the Blackboard online submission tool from SHU Assignments to the default Blackboard Assignments during this summer. To ensure continuity in the student experience where possible, we recommend that: assignments with submission deadlines in May use SHU Assignments assignments with submission deadlines in June or later use Blackboard…
The University has approved a Technology Enhanced Learning Strategy for 2011-14 (available on the staff intranet currently). This can be seen as a sub-strategy for implementing elements of the new LTA Strategy related to embedding and supporting technology in the learning experience. The strategy will be rolling in nature, updated yearly. It highlights the key aims for the University in technology…
The IT Help service now has its own twitter feed, which it will be using to point out information and self-help guidance about IT to staff and students. Look there for tips on getting the most out of the software the University provides. Follow them on twitter at @ITHelpSHU, or look at the right menu bar of…