• Turnitin LTI: Marking submissions by Group

    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 This feature has been replaced by a filter in the Assignment Inbox which allows you to make use of Blackboard course Groups as a way filtering the Assignment inbox to show only those students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…

  • Blackboard: Using the Library Liaison role

    Introduction Subject Liaison Librarians are assigned admin privileges in Blackboard, providing you with the ability to self-enrol on courses within the School or Department with which you work. The privileges have been granted in order that you can ·        advise on copyright compliance in relation to PDFs uploaded to Blackboard,…

  • Blackboard: The Periodic Reviewer role

    A summary of what the role can and can’t do Introduction When a Periodic Review is due the Quality team within CQSD set up a Blackboard Organisation for the review. Both internal and external reviewers will be added to this Organisation. In addition, reviewers will temporarily be enrolled onto individual…

  • Blackboard: Groups – Getting Started

    What are Blackboard Groups? Blackboard Groups are a way of organising students on a Course. Students can belong to more than one Group at a time and Groups can be set up for many different purposes, including Group Assignments and Group Work: to create a collaboration space for students using…

  • Blackboard: Group sets – Getting Started

    Group sets are useful when you want to create a number of Groups with the same characteristics. Each Group within a Set will be created with the same name prefix e.g. Tutor Group 1, Tutor Group 2, Tutor Group 3 the same tools available Once created you can change the…

  • Blackboard Learn: Guest access to Courses

    Introduction: ‘Guest attendance’ at a module  “While students are not normally permitted to take additional modules for credit, a Module Convenor may permit a student to attend lectures as a guest.  In considering whether to permit a student to attend lectures as a guest, the Module Convenor should consider, among other factors, whether there is sufficient space for the guest student in the room, whether the guest attendance will have…

  • Blackboard Learn: Creating and managing groups

    Creating Self-enrol groups Creating Manual enrol groups Creating Random enrol groups Creating Multiple Manual enrol groups Creating Multiple Self-enrol groups Smart Views for Groups

  • Blackboard Learn: How and when are students enrolled on courses?

    Student enrolments on Blackboard courses are controlled by enrolment data in RISIS. When students complete their enrolment online (when their enrolment is no longer Provisional) that triggers enrolment on the relevant Blackboard courses. Enrolment data is pulled in overnight Monday-Friday, so there can be a 24 hour delay before a…

  • Merged Courses and Supplementary Courses (formerly Shared Courses)

    Introduction Most Blackboard courses are linked directly to a single programme or module in RISIS e.g. the RISIS module EN2CRI Critical Issues is represented by Blackboard course EN2CRI-21-2MOD Critical Issues (2021/22) the RISIS programme UFMICRO BSc Microbiology is represented by Blackboard course UFMICRO-21-2PR BSc Microbiology (2021/22) As long as they…

  • External Examiners

    External Examiners This page provides information for university staff who work with External Examiners. It explains how to make arrangements for them to access IT resources, including how to apply for an an IT account and how to arrange their access to Blackboard. How to arrange an IT account External Examiners…