Why do I need to do this? When a new course or organisation is created in Blackboard it is always set up as unavailable. On the Courses or Organisations page it will be labelled (Private). Instructors and other staff can access an unavailable course, but students cannot. This is quite…
Permissible exam options A. Standard online exam Exam opens at 9am with all submissions due by 5pm the same day. Module Convenors can choose assessment tools which best meets requirements for their exam. Other than very exceptional circumstances, no requirement to grant extra time for students entitled to Reasonable Adjustments….
What is the bb-users list? The bb-users mailing list is used to communicate critical and important information to staff at the University of Reading who are using Blackboard. It is ‘low-traffic’ with normally no more than one message sent out each week. Who is subscribed to the bb-users list? …
Suitable for use where students have to submit computer code. See the Gradescope guide Programming Assignments.
Introduction This guidance applies to recordings of Teams meetings made since 10th July 2022, which are stored in the ‘Recordings’ folder of your institutional OneDrive (or a corresponding folder in a shared Team). It does not apply to Teams recordings made before this date which are stored in Stream. For…
Type of Submission Mode of submission to select in RISIS What’s provisioned on Blackboard Channel for feedback Mark Entry Video assessment (Group) Video assessment (Group) Blackboard Assignment Electronic Feedback via Blackboard Assignment / Grade Centre Blackboard New for 2022/23 This option should be used where students work in groups, and…
Type of Submission Mode of submission to select in RISIS What’s provisioned on Blackboard Channel for feedback Mark Entry Video assessment (Individual) Video assessment (Individual) Blackboard Assignment Electronic Feedback via Blackboard Assignment / Grade Centre Blackboard New for 2022/23 This option should be used where students are required to submit…
This guide covers aspects of submitting to a Blackboard Assignment, however the same process can be applied to other Blackboard assessment tools where the text-editor is available, such as Journals, Wikis, Blogs and Discussion Boards. Video assignments (students submit video files) It is possible for students to upload a video…
There are 2 main ways in which YuJa can be used for assessment Video assignments – students upload their video files to YuJa and then submit them for assessment via a Blackboard assignment, Blog, Journal, Wiki or Discussion Board . YuJa quizzes – inserting quiz questions into your YuJa video….
There are some exams and in-class tests where you require students to word process their answers and submit them to Blackboard in a single file. Turnitin is the obvious choice for this type of assessment, but is not suitable if you want students to provide their answers within a fixed…