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Articles tagged "blackboard"

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11 March 2010 E-Portfolio tool will be turned off on the 18th of March

Dear Users,
We are discontinuing the E-Portfolio tool as of the 18th of March.
There are two reasons for this decision:

Blackboard, the software vendor, is no longer developing this tool. It is unlikely that anything created inside your e-portfolio will be transferable to any future system.
Secondly, the software has not seen the scale of use across [...]

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24 February 2010 Terms and Conditions with Selective Release

In the past, people have asked how to set things up on Blackboard so that students have to accept some terms and conditions before they can access a particular piece of content. This can be done with a combination of an Assessment (i.e. a quiz) and the Selective Release functionality. This article describes what this solution looks like and goes through the steps required to achieve it. The steps should take no longer than about 15 minutes to carry out and in doing so you will learn about both the Grade Book and the Selective Release functions in Blackboard.

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25 January 2010 Training session: Introduction to QM’s VLE

If you are just starting out with the central College virtual learning system (VLE), Blackboard, or you are wondering about what it might have to offer, you might be interested to know about our “Introduction to QM’s Virtual Learning Environment” session which is taking place this Wednesday afternoon.
The session is aimed at staff who [...]

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2 January 2010 VLE Description of Service

As part of a step-change in E-Learning Provision at QMUL we are expanding our range of services, hiring new team members and formalising what we already do. This document is part of the latter.
The VLE has become a core college service at QMUL and it is important that we are able to describe that service, [...]

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4 December 2009 Restart planned for 5pm today (04/12/09)

We will have to do an unplanned restart of Blackboard at 5pm today. We are very sorry for any disruption this may cause. If you are working in Blackboard at this time – please save your work and log out.
The restart will take approximately 15 minutes.
Apologies again

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30 November 2009 Urgent notification to all staff regarding BB Assignments

Dear Colleagues,
You may have noticed that Blackboard was effectively offline for a period of time on Friday (27/11/09) or that it was very slow to respond. This is due to a bug with the software we have recently unearthed. If an Assignment is released to Groups rather than each individual Student – the system will [...]

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28 October 2009 Roles in Blackboard

Course Instructor, Designer, Teaching Assistant, Student, Auditor…you may be aware of the terminology but how much do you know about roles in Blackboard and what they mean? This article explains what the various roles are and provides you with enough information to allow you to ensure that the right people have the right level of access to your Blackboard course area.

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22 September 2009 Getting your Blackboard course ready – Part 1

As we are approaching the beginning of a new academic year, many of you may be in the process of preparing your course areas on Blackboard before the start of teaching. This article is the first of two detailing the key tasks that you will need to undertake to ensure that everything runs smoothly.

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