You will be aware that the Blackboard upgrade at the beginning of August introduced a bug which broke links on Blackboard course menus to Talis reading lists. Initially Blackboard seemed optimistic that they would have a resolution for this problem before the start of term. However, to date, no solution has been forthcoming. With Welcome […]
Welcome! …to our newest staff member Jackie Fairbairn, our new TEL Advisor. “Hello, I’m the newest member of the TEL team and I’m really looking forward to working with staff at Reading University. Before joining the University I worked in FE colleges, as a lecturer in Creative Technologies and in a support role providing staff development […]
If you want to rearrange folders or items within a course content page, you should be able to do this simply by dragging the item to the desired position – see How to rearrange content items on a page. However, if you have a large number of items on the page, you may find that this […]
We have been made aware of an issue with links to Talis reading lists in Blackboard. The issue affects Reading List links on the course menu – these are no longer pointing to the correct module reading list in Talis. Blackboard are working on a fix for this issue. We do not have a timescale […]
“Really liked the event – thought there was lots of opportunity to chat with colleagues (both TEL and outside TEL) informally and share best practice. I learned a lot that will help me make my module better with relatively little effort. You should definitely do it again next year!” [TEL Fest delegate] The university’s first […]
You may see notifications from Blackboard about Instructor, their new mobile app for staff. This is part of a revamp of Blackboard’s mobile provision. Mobile Learn is being discontinued in favour of two “persona-based” apps: a student app simply called Blackboard – see our guidance for students on the Student Help site Blackboard Instructor for those […]
The annual course rollover took place at the weekend. A very big thank you to our colleagues in the IT TEL Support team who not only gave up their Saturday to get this done, but have also spent many hours over the previous weeks and months preparing for a successful rollover. The following types […]
TEL Fest: Lunchtime Fringe – TEL Roadshow (with free light lunch!) Tuesday 11 July, 13:00 – 14:00 in Carrington 201 Calling Academic & Administrative staff! Don’t miss this opportunity to meet, talk & munch with various TEL-related staff and teams from within and beyond the university, including staff from the Blackboard company, TEL CQSD, […]
There are still places available for TEL Fest sessions (Tues 11 – Thus 13 July, UoR staff only.) Bookings close on Friday (30 June). *Please see the link in the Details & Booking section at the end of this email for full descriptions of the ‘gigs’ (sessions) and booking information.* TEL Fest TEL Fest is […]
What is Course Rollover? Course rollover is the annual process whereby Blackboard courses from the current academic year are copied for use in the next academic year. This year Course Rollover will take place on Saturday 8th July 2017 Read on for a summary of how Rollover will work for your course, and what action (if any) […]
