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…
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…
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…
This summer we are planning to transition our Blackboard online submission tool from SHU Assignments, a custom Sheffield Hallam tool, to the default Assignment tool Blackboard provides. This is being done to ensure that we can take advantage of current and future enhancements to the online submission, grades and feedback features of Blackboard. More details…
Please note this message from IS&T, as you may need to change links on your Blackboard site if you are directly linking to the SHU regulations and codes page from your Blackboard site: The current SHU regulations and codes pages on shuspace have been replaced by a new set of pages entitled Academic Regulations and…
This year the annual upgrade of Blackboard will take place on 20 or 21 July. Depending on the length of time needed for the upgrade, Blackboard will be unavailable either Friday evening or Saturday morning/afternoon. Students will not be able to access shuspace and Blackboard sites during the upgrade period. In the unexpected and unlikely event that the upgrade cannot be completed on Friday/Saturday,…
You may have noticed that a new Content Collection area appeared as the top sub-menu in the Control Panel yesterday. Most staff can ignore this area, as it is not necessary to manage your site. We have enabled it to allow those staff who use package files (zip files of learning objects) to more easily add…
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…
If you tell students to access specific information on Blackboard, be sure to check that students can easily find and access it. For instance: If your site structure is complex, add an Announcement linking directly to the content If you have added new information, ensure it is available (or that it is set to be…