Please note that you should ensure your Blackboard sites for 2011/12 are ready to use and available to students by the start of teaching (nine things to do to prepare your site). In the Bb-support tab in shuspace you will find online resources to support you with preparing your 2011/12 sites and details for how…
There are more supported time sessions upcoming to help you prepare your sites over the summer. Please click on the link to book: Monday, 15 August 2011, 15.00-16.00, Stoddart 7324, City Campus Thursday, 18 August 2011, 14.00-15.00, Stoddart 7324, City Campus Friday, 19 August 2011, 11.00-12.00, Collegiate Learning Centre, C037, Collegiate Campus Tuesday, 23 August…
Just a reminder of ongoing small group sessions where you can prepare your site with e-learning staff on hand to explain the process and help. Upcoming times (click on the link to book): Thursday, 4 August 2011, 15.00-16.00, Howard 5221, City Campus Monday, 8 August 2011, 13.00-14.00, Stoddart 7324, City Campus Tuesday, 9 August 2011,…
Over the next couple months, staff will be preparing their 2011/12 Blackboard sites so they are ready to use with students. There are several options available to help support you with this process. First is a series of articles explaining the key things you need to do to prepare your site for the upcoming semester. …
After the upgrade on 8 July, there will be some changes to the Blackboard system. These changes are incremental in nature, building upon the existing interface (as compared to the changes last year which were much more significant). These changes include: The ability to attach multiple files to an item quickly without saving and re-editing…
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 automatic creation of 2011/12 Blackboard sites has now been completed. These 2011/12 sites contain a copy of the content from the corresponding 2010/11 site. This means the sites will need updating before they are ready to use with students next year. For instance you will want to update files such as module handbooks, ensure…
From the 21st May onwards, we will be creating 2011/12 versions of 2010/11 Blackboard sites by copying the contents of them. You will then need to prepare your 2011/12 site to ensure it is ready for use with students. There are three options to get your 2011/12 site set up: a) Normal automatic site copy…
Did you know that students can now access their past module sites for as long as they are enrolled on that course? In September 2010, we changed our previous policy of archiving module sites each year (organisation sites are still archived). Instead students now retain access to the module sites they have taken for as long as they…
Each separate cohort taking a module should have its own Blackboard module site. The majority of modules from the 2010/11 academic year will be taught again in 2011/12 with a new cohort, so we have an automatic copy process which copies the content of 2010/11 Blackboard sites into a 2011/12 version. This automatic copy process…