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

emcdonnell — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:33:08 +0000

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 [...]

Terms and Conditions with Selective Release

Gill Ritchie — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 10:18:00 +0000

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.

Training session: Introduction to QM’s VLE

Gill Ritchie — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 21:37:27 +0000

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 [...]

VLE Description of Service

emcdonnell — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 17:16:17 +0000

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, [...]

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

emcdonnell — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:36:50 +0000

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

Urgent notification to all staff regarding BB Assignments

emcdonnell — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:27:51 +0000

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 [...]

Roles in Blackboard

Gill Ritchie — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:15:26 +0000

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.

Getting your Blackboard course ready – Part 1

Gill Ritchie — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 22:33:03 +0000

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.