UoR TEL staff, Maria Papaefthimiou & Lauren McCann, and Dr Angelique Chettiparambil-Rajan from Real Estate & Planning feature in an article about TEL at the University of Reading recently published in Blackboard’s eLearn magazine. Linked to presentations given by these staff at Blackboard’s Teaching and Learning Conference held earlier this year at Bocconi University in Milan, […]
Bookings for TEL Fest sessions are now open! (This event is for University of Reading staff only.) *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 designed in large part (though not exclusively) […]
We are recruiting to several new Technology Enhanced Learning posts within the Centre for Quality Support and Development. These offer an exciting opportunity to join a recently established team who are building on the development of strategic pedagogical and technological initiatives within the institution. We are looking to appoint: TEL Advisors (1 permanent, 1 maternity cover) […]
This Thursday is the sixth Global Accessibility Awareness Day. To celebrate this, Blackboard is promoting a series of pedagogically focused free webinars, bringing together Blackboard experts and leading academics, covering a variety of topics on digital access in education. The webinars will be delivered from different countries, and happen across different time zones. We’ve converted the times […]
Course rollover is the annual process whereby Blackboard courses from the current academic year are copied for use in the next academic year. This post contains notice of this year’s rollover timetable and planned downtime, plus some preparatory information on how different types of courses are rolled forward, and what you will need to do […]
TEL Fest, 11-13 July 2017 SAVE THE DATE! As the festival season approaches, we thought we’d host a festival of our own this summer: TEL Fest – A festival of Technology Enhanced Learning. TEL Fest is designed to help academic and teaching staff make the most of technology to enrich teaching and learning. A […]
Blackboard experienced a service interruption between approximately 11.30am and 12.15pm BST on Wednesday 19 April 2017. During this time Blackboard was unavailable for staff and students. Information for staff with online submission deadlines during the service interruption: If you had online assessment deadlines during this time, please make appropriate allowances for any student submission issues […]
I was delighted to attend Blackboard’s Teaching and Learning Conference held this year at Bocconi University in Milan, Italy. This is a key annual event that brings together Blackboard users from HE institutions across Europe, the Middle East, Asia and South Africa. I was accompanied by TEL colleague, Maria Papaefthimiou, TEL/AV Support Manager, Helena Bampton, and Real […]
Blackboard was unable to send emails between approximately 2am and 2pm on Friday 24th March. As a result of this issue, students who were submitting to a Blackboard Assignment submission during this time saw an error message after submitting their work because an email receipt could not be sent to them. NOTE: This did NOT affect […]
We are currently testing the most recent Blackboard release, with a view to upgrading to this version in the summer. Subject to our tests being successful, the upgrade will take place on 25th – 26th June. Blackboard and Turnitin will be unavailable while this upgrade takes place: FROM Sunday 25th June, 10:30 a.m. BST TO Monday 26th […]
