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…
The shuTech student blog was launched last February as a resource to provide support and information on the use of technology to improve the student experience. It is student-led, with the content written by two student e-learning assistants, Holly and Andy, and it is aimed directly at Hallam students. The blog has recently undergone a…
In light of the Trade Unions Day of Action on Wednesday 30th November 2011, Liz Winders (Secretary and Registrar) has issued a statement saying that deadlines for assignment submissions due on Wednesday 30th November will now be Thursday 1st December. Ensure that if you have set up SHU Assignments in Blackboard with a Due Date of Wednesday…
Date and time: Wednesday 23rd November 12.00 – 13.00 Venue: Stoddart 7509 – no need to book ahead of time Description: The social media platform LinkedIn presents a valuable opportunity for students to gain insight into the working world. There are already 1394 people registered with it under the Company name ‘Sheffield Hallam University’. Some…
This is a follow-up to the blog post about ensuring your external links open in a new window. The Blackboard admin team has managed to change existing External Links so that they will open in a new window. This means that you don’t need to change all of your previously added External Links, though you…
This is a reminder that when you set up an external link to a website, you should change the setting for ‘Open in a new window’ to Yes. Recently we’ve changed our Blackboard installation so that the webpages inside of it are more secure. This provides our students with a safer environment and improves our protection of student data. An unfortunate…
re: Search is a new self-paced tutorial to guide and teach students about searching for information for their university work. re: Search recognises that students now come to university with a wealth of searching experience. It emphasises that searching for academic material is different to their previous searching experiences and guides students through the information…
Over the last year we’ve been working closely with staff and students to improve the way that the University presents information on shuspace, there will be better search facilities, a clearer layout and less clutter, so that students can more easily find the things they need when they need them. Early in September, you’ll notice…
As part of the Blackboard upgrade on 8 July, we will be moving to a new RSS feed tool in Blackboard. RSS feeds are ways of pulling information from regularly changing websites such as news sites, blogs or scholarly journals automatically into your Blackboard site. Read more about RSS feeds in an earlier blog article. Our current…
The new version of the Library Gateway is now live and ready for you to try out. The Library Gateway brings together all of the University’s electronic information sources in a simplified screen. However, many students still find it difficult to identify where they should start; they are confused by so many search boxes offering different options. What they want is to…