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“What I wish I could do in Blackboard (but can’t)”

sbrenton — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 16:07:27 +0000

You are invited to an open session for staff users of the VLE to give feedback about what kinds of e-learning you would like to be able to do in the VLE, but currently can’t. Wednesday 19th May 2010, Fogg Lecture Theatre, School of Biological and Chemical Sciences 1-2pm: Core event: Open feedback session 2-3pm: Optional event: panel [...]

New version of Java – security issue

emcdonnell — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 11:45:39 +0000

Dear Users, If you are accessing Blackboard on a non-College PC (i.e. your own laptop, desktop or any computer that you have administrator rights to) you will need to read and note this issue. Java version 1.6.0_19 has been released. Oracle/Sun has introduced a new practice with this release where users will sometimes be presented with a [...]

Important – Rollover 2010

emcdonnell — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 11:49:15 +0000

Dear Colleagues, Please note that, while this announcement is targetted toward staff using Blackboard, students should also make themselves aware of this process. This is the first in a series of communications to inform you of the process to ‘rollover’ the VLE from the current academic year to 2010/2011. After ‘rollover’ you will no longer have access [...]

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 [...]

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

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.

Learning about the College virtual learning environment

Gill Ritchie — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 15:20:44 +0000

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.