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 […]
In December we invited staff to complete a survey ‘Preparing your Blackboard course for the next academic year’. We received 108 responses, predominantly from academics, from across the University. We’d like to thank all those that took the time to complete the survey, and for the detailed additional comments that many respondents also provided. The […]
We have recently become aware of a minor issue when exporting marks from a Turnitin Assignment. This issue only arises when using Google Chrome (but this is generally our preferred browser) for Turnitin Assignments which have a comma in their title So there’s a simple solution: don’t use commas in the title of your […]
Would you like specific advice on your teaching practice using technology? Are you interested in finding out how you could: Engage and support your students? Enhance your teaching practice Overview your module/course? The TEL team are available to meet with you individually for an in-depth discussion and advice on your specific needs. The consultations are 30 […]
Blackboard was upgraded 18th-19th December (to Blackboard 9.1 2016 Q2 release, Cumulative Update 3, if you like to know such things). The upgrade did not introduce any significant new functionality, but it did bring a number of bug fixes – for instance, emails sent from Blackboard with a file attachment should now display correctly for […]
Turnitin updated Feedback Studio on 14th December. The most important improvement appears to be this one: “Fixed an issue where instructors were getting timed out of the Feedback Studio if marking student work for over an hour”. https://guides.turnitin.com/01_Manuals_and_Guides/Administrator_Guides/Feedback_Studio_Success_Kit/Feedback_Studio_Release_Notes We believe that this timeout issue may have accounted for issues experienced recently by a few staff at Reading. […]
Here are some suggestions for staff marking student work using Turnitin Feedback Studio, in case you encounter any technical issues. Very occasionally, you might find that you are not able to save comments you are not able to open previously saved comments the Feedback Studio screen freezes. If you do experience any of these problems, […]
Yota Dimitradi from the University’s Institute of Education (IoE) has put together a digital festive treat in the form of an online advent calendar for colleagues in IoE and has kindly offered to share it with us. It reveals a different educational App everyday in the run up to December 25th. You can see the […]
As the festive season approaches, there’s another opportunity to take part in a revised 12 Apps of Christmas activity – a free, short, online Continuing Professional Development course in which an app is released each day for the first 12 weekdays of December. Log in for 10 minutes a day and get a quick outline […]
What would you do if you received an email from Turnitin with a request to view a student’s work? The University has now approved guidelines on how to handle a request, made by a member of staff on another course or from another institution, to view a University of Reading student’s work held in the Turnitin paper repository. The […]
