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Articles tagged "vle"

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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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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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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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7 September 2009 Learning about the College virtual learning environment

Now that rollover is complete and we are fast approaching the beginning of the new academic year it seems timely to remind staff about the training opportunities that are available for the College’s central virtual learning environment (VLE), Blackboard.

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5 August 2009 Name change on college VLE

Dear Users,
As you are aware we will shortly be taking the VLE offline for the rollover period. This will start on the 24th of August. Details of what to expect from rollover can be found here: http://www.esd.qmul.ac.uk/webct/staff/#rollover
We will also be taking the opportunity to make some changes to the system and how it works at [...]

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24 July 2009 Archiving Coursework from CE6

If your students have been busy submitting their assignments online throughout the year, you will have a large number of submissions that you’ll need to keep for a number of years to come. During the academic year, it is useful to keep these within CE6 for both tutors and students to access. Once the year comes to an end and the course isn’t active, it is no longer possible, or desirable to keep assignments on the VLE as an archive. This post explains why you can’t leave old assignments in CE6 and how to get them out.

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