Below are sessions taking place over the next week. For more information or to book a place, please click on the link below: Good practice in Blackboard 9 site design and preparation Friday 24th September, 9:30-11am, Adsetts 6624, City Campus Supported time for preparing your 2010/11 sites Monday 27th September, 3-4pm, Adsetts 6624 (accessed from…
The Blackboard 9 user interface is not as substantially different for students as it is for staff members, because students don’t have access to site editing features such as Edit Mode and the Control Panel. However many of the changes that we have implemented this summer, such as the What’s New tool and increased access…
To help you prepare your 2010/11 Blackboard sites for the start of the semester, we have a nine-step checklist with step-by-step instructions on doing the essentials to get your site ready for your students. Some of the items in it are optional and depend on the way you are using Blackboard in your module, so don’t worry…
When starting to prepare their 2010/11 Blackboard sites, some staff members have noticed they don’t have a 2010/11 Blackboard site that they need. In this situation you should request a new Blackboard site using a tool available in shuspace. Here are instructions about requesting a new module site. To request a module site you will need the SI…
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…
To help staff prepare their Blackboard sites for the start of the semester, we have created a nine-step checklist, with step-by-step instructions on how to do the essentials to get your site ready for your students. Some of the items in it are optional and depend on the way you are using Blackboard in your module,…
Did you know there is a lot of support available to help support staff with e-learning and Blackboard? We are committed to providing comprehensive technical and pedagogical support for the integration of e-learning into the curriculum. The Bb-support tab in shuspace is the best place to go to find out about all of the support available…
You will probably have noticed that shuspace’s appearance has changed, and that the interface inside your Blackboard sites is different now because we’ve upgraded to Blackboard 9. For many of you this will not be a surprise as over 40% of regular Blackboard users took advantage of early access to Blackboard 9 to preview the system…
Announcements have had some subtle changes in Blackboard 9 that we think are worth pointing out. Starting with 2010/11 sites, Announcements has been replaced as the first page students see when entering a Blackboard site. Instead, the Module Home Page will be the first page users see. The My Announcements channel on the home page will show the title…
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…