• Recording live online sessions: What do I need to know?

    Important: Teams recordings are no longer saved in Stream Classic. Instead they are saved in Stream (on SharePoint). Recordings can be accessed via the “Recordings” folder (automatically created after first recording) in OneDrive or within a Teams Channel depending on how the meeting was created. By default, recordings are set to…

  • Blackboard Collaborate: Anonymise chat messages in a recording

    To make chat messages in a recording anonymous: Tick the ‘Anonymise chat messages‘ box under Session Settings, when creating a scheduled session. The participants’ names in chat are removed from the recording of the session and replaced with generic placeholder names.

  • Cross campus video permissions in Stream

    Teaching and Learning video content for 2022/23 onwards should be stored in Yuja. Stream Groups will not be created for Blackboard courses in 2022/23, and Stream should not be used for new Teaching and Learning content after 10th July 2022. For updates check the TEL website. These instructions are relevant…

  • Padlet: Privacy guidelines

    Please be aware of the following privacy advice when using Padlet with your students: Do not use your University password when creating a Padlet account. Do not set Padlets to be ‘Public’. Set Padlet to ‘Secret’. This means that students can access your Padlet, if they have been given the…

  • Naming conventions for videos and Channels

    Benefits Decide on a naming convention before you start making your videos. A consistent way of naming videos increases searchability (Students can search for videos in MS Stream) and helps students easily identify the: Video topic (content), Sequence of the video (if it is part of a series), Relationship of the…