Introduction The Blackboard Content Collection houses all the files which staff upload to courses and organisations. If you are an Instructor or Assistant on a course, you will have full access to the Content Collection folder for that course. The Institution Content area contains folders for Schools and support functions….
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? …
You can access central university video resources (such as Library or Study Advice guides) via the Shared area within YuJa. Click a YuJa link in any Blackboard module, or visit reading.yuja.com directly and access the Shared area (where you can find the Channels for your modules). Central video resources are…
Although the new version of Turnitin is being used for all assessments due after July 31st 2022, staff and students should still be able to access work submitted and marked using the previous version: students are still able to access submitted work by going to the Turnitin assignment in the…
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 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…
What is an e-portfolio? An e-portfolio is a digital presentation of student learning experiences and/or evidence of learning achievements, across a single or multiple modules, projects or an entire programme. The digital presentation of student learning experiences and achievements may include: Written or audio-recorded reflections Evidence of attainment, such…
The Turnitin Assignments by Groups feature is not part of the new Turnitin LTI. This feature has been replaced by a filter in the Assignment Inbox which allows you to make use of Blackboard course Groups as a way filtering the Assignment inbox to show only those students in the selected…
This guide relates only to assignments created using the new Turnitin LTI assignment tool. Turnitin LTI interacts with the Grade Centre much in the same way as Blackboard Assignment Tools. Details of which students have submitted to a Turnitin LTI assignment appear immediately in the Grade Centre. Even when anonymity…
How to manage “best out of” Gradescope exams and other assessments, where students can answer all of the questions, but are only the best x marks are counted. Example: Section A (compulsory) and Section B (best x answers out of y questions – e.g. best 2 out of 4). How…