Gradescope is a third party tool which is integrated with Blackboard. The Gradescope tool can allow for timed assessments, scanned written work and some programming assignment options. Gradescope options in the Content market As a third party tool you can access Gradescope via the Content Market. There are two Gradescope LTI options available via the […]
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When you create a Gradescope assessment on your course, clicking on the link in the Content Market opens Gradescope in a new window. The first time you do this, if you are an Instructor or Teaching Assistant you will see an invitation to link your Blackboard course to a Gradescope course. Select A new Gradescope Course A
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The Meeting Organiser and Presenters in a meeting have the ability to manage the settings of other participants. During a meeting, you can: Change the role of a individual participant (for example, promote a participant to presenter). Mute all participants. Mute individual participants. Control the ability of attendees to unmute their mics (Meeting Organiser only).
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LinkedIn Learning provides access to a wide range of online training materials. See the DTS page LinkedIn Learning for details of how to login and access these. Linking to LinkedIn Learning materials from Blackboard Currently, the best way to point your students to LinkedIn Learning courses is simply to create Weblinks in your course – see Create a weblink.
The guidance below relates to setting up live online sessions. Before setting up ‘Scheduled meetings’ for live online sessions, you should plan What to tell students. Naming conventions for sessions. Please note: Live online sessions can be scheduled via your Outlook calendar or from your Teams calendar. Instructions for both options are given in this
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Quick steps – how to sign in? Forgotten password or login details? Please go to “Reset your password” page for guidance, or send an email to dts@reading.ac.uk for help. Detailed guide with screenshots below Step 1. To log in, go to https://www.bb.reading.ac.uk/ and click on the “Sign in with Microsoft“ button. Step 2. Enter your
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As a Programme Administrator you will be added to the your school or department at a system level in Blackboard. This system hierarchy provides you access to your schools courses via the Administrator Panel. New staff and changes of role SPAs / Programmes Managers To allow staff access to the Grades Approval and Transfer function
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In a MS Teams call different rolls can dictate actions such as the ability to share and present materials. Default roles and permissions By default, everyone will join the meeting with Presenter permissions when you set up a Teams meeting. Presenters can: Only the Meeting Organiser (the person who set up the meeting) can change
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Introduction Audio and video files come in a wide variety of file formats, often determined by the device you are using to create these files. It is important to choose the correct format because It is best to create your audio and video files in the correct format to start with, but there are tools
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Introduction For the most part teaching, learning and assessment takes place at module level, and Blackboard reflects that. However Blackboard also allows you to provide students with information at a Programme level. This could include general information relevant to all students on a Programme Programme Handbooks details of Module options for the coming year information
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