Most third party tool are available under Content Market or Institutional Tools, These tools are also known as LTI Tools (Learning Tools Interoperability®)
There may be appropriate scenarios where you require anonymous posting and do not wish to be able to identify individuals. If you want to achieve truly anonymous posting, this is currently not possible through the Blackboard integration. Instead, the following work-around is suggested: To adjust the share settings: This setup will not display university account […]
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While Blackboard Collaborate is no longer used at the University, we’ve ensured that you will still be able to access your past session recordings. Where you go to access a recording depends on when it was made. Recordings made before August 2023 These recordings are accessible via the Recordings Library link in the corresponding Blackboard
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Microsoft Forms is an online survey and quiz tool from Microsoft, available to the whole University and managed/supported by DTS. If using the tool for teaching & learning, CQSD TEL can provide support and guidance. The following guide will help you get started: Accessing MS Forms Creating a new Form or quiz Sharing a Form Viewing
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Microsoft Teams meetings is a web conferencing tool. For a quick tour see: Teams meetings: Interface overview How to use this checklist This checklist is designed to be a quick guide to help you get started with Microsoft Teams Meetings for teaching. The checklist includes links to useful resources and tools. Please use this checklist
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When creating posts, you can choose the attachment type ‘poll’. The poll attachment allows you to create a multiple choice question, with a maximum of 4 options. Want to make, open and close polls? See Padlet guide: Polls What do Padlet polls look like? The poll questions will display in the post attachment field, you
If you wish to retain author names (attached to posts) when copying or importing padlets, then you must ensure the post authors are members of the institutional Padlet license before using the import function. If you have used a different email address for your paid (or freemium) Padlet account, compared to your university Padlet account, then
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This guide takes you through the step by step process to access and use your university Padlet account. The institutional Padlet licence is for Teaching and Learning at the University of Reading; allowing you to make, configure and securely share an unlimited number of padlets with your students. 1. How to activate your institutional Padlet
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Blackboard courses have a file storage limit, to help you keep within that limit there are restrictions on uploading files of a particular files size or file type, see our guide Blackboard File size limits. If video files have previously been directly uploaded into your Blackboard course, you can move them to Yuja (our dedicated
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Create your YuJa account YuJa accounts are created via the integration with Blackboard. To set up your account: Link YuJa to your new Blackboard modules
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In YuJa you can use the comments feature to add context to your video or add clickable URLs to support materials. Allow CommentsInsert Comments Allow Comments You will first need to allow comments within the video settings as these are default off. To allow comments: In your My Media area click More on the video you’re working
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