This is a reminder about this summer’s two upgrade periods for the Blackboard system: 12-14 July 2013 and 26-28 July 2013. It is also a repost of earlier information. Upgrade key points: Upgrade type When What changes Blackboard hardware From 6pm Friday 12th and all day Saturday 13th July (at risk Sunday 14th) No changes to Blackboard functionality Blackboard software…
The process of automatically copying Blackboard sites for the 2013/14 academic year is now complete, and you will be able to access your new sites and start preparing them. Staff enrolments will be carried across to the new sites. You will need to use the staff enrolment tool in the control panel to add any…
This summer we will have two upgrade periods for the Blackboard system: 12-14 July and 26-28 July. Upgrade key points: Upgrade type When What changes Blackboard hardware From 6pm Friday 12th and all day Saturday 13th July (at risk Sunday 14th) No changes to Blackboard functionality Blackboard software upgrade From 6pm Friday 26th and all…
We regret to inform you that we will need to delay the upgrade to the Blackboard hardware and operating system scheduled for this coming weekend. During recent testing we identified some functionality that was not performing at the speeds we expected and that would negatively affect staff during the marking period in particular. We decided…
Through the Administration Undertaken by Academics project (part of the Academic Working Practices programme), some academic staff said they would like their external examiner be able to access their Blackboard site. For many years it has been possible to request an account which gives an external examiner access to Blackboard, but this does not seem…
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,…
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,…
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 a reminder that there are still places on the remaining face-to-face sessions to discuss the consultation to make Blackboard processes more automatic. If you are interested, please book by clicking on the links below: Thursday 7 Feb, 14:00-15:00 – Main Building D006, Collegiate Friday 8 Feb, 11:00-12:00 – Owen 1032 Tuesday 12 Feb,…
Last week we announced a consultation about changing Blackboard processes to align them with the new minimum expectations for e-learning, and reduce the admin burden on staff preparing Blackboard sites. We have scheduled a series of workshops to introduce the new expectations and get feedback on the proposed changes in the consultation. The sessions will include a short presentation on the new minimum expectations…