Blackboard Collaborate: Help! My students end up in the wrong sessions.. Have you set up live interactive sessions using Blackboard Collaborate, but your students have ended up in the wrong session?! There are a few simple reasons why this can happen; use these practical tips to ensure your students get to the correct Collaborate room. […]
Did you know there are some key steps when creating screencasts that can help students better engage with your recordings? The following advice will help to ensure all your students can use your screencasts. Record good-quality audio Sound quality is one of the most important factors in helping students to concentrate on your videos and […]
Tuesday 8 December 2020 saw another of CQSD’s T&L showcases, designed to help colleagues share practice, ideas, strategies and experiences. The theme for this showcase was using module roadmaps and weekly plans to help students. With the shift to blended and online learning, these documents were designed as a resource for staff to use to […]
Many thanks to our speakers: Sue Blackett (HBS), Dr Sam Bizley (Pharmacy) and Adrian Aronsson-Storrier (Law) for sharing their experience and insights at the recent TEL Showcase: Making Screencasts. All were participants in our personal capture / screencasting pilot project 2018/19 and discussed their experience of producing screencasts and engaging students with content: Using screencasts […]
Many thanks to our speakers: Dr Sakhtivel Vaiyapuri (SCFP), Mrs Daniela Standen (ISLI), Dr Evangelos Delivopoulos (SBS) and Professor Jane Setter (SLL) for sharing their experience and insights at the recent TEL Showcase about Flipped Learning (16 September 2020). Flipped learning is a pedagogical approach in which the conventional notion of classroom-based learning is inverted: […]
This issue has now been fixed Some users may be experiencing an issue with the slide order when running a PowerPoint presentation in Teams Meetings using the Teams desktop app. When moving between slides, the slides appear in the wrong order on the screen. The issue has been reported to Microsoft. In the meantime, the following workarounds will ensure you can still present PowerPoints effectively in your teaching: Use the Window option to Share […]
On 5th November, Blackboard’s Content Editor will be updated. You use the Blackboard Content Editor when: Writing announcements. Embedding video content, such as MS Stream or YouTube videos. Creating items or folders, and attaching files or adding hyperlinks. Adding instructions for assessments. Creating and responding to Tests. Using Wikis, Blogs, Journals, or Discussion Boards. Styling and formatting […]
This post is useful for academics and professional staff who use MS Stream with Blackboard modules. Removing a Group in Stream – Please don’t click Delete! Staff are inadvertently deleting Groups in Stream when they are trying to prevent themselves from seeing unwanted Groups. Do not click ‘Delete’ for a Group in Stream that is connected to a Blackboard course. This: deletes the Group entirely. removes students from the Group, so that they lose all access to […]
It is important to be in control of your online interactive sessions with students. The following advice explains how to set meeting options to ensure students join Teams Meetings with the role of ‘attendee’ and how you can manage attendees in a meeting. You can apply these settings before your meeting starts and during the session. Find out how you can: Set the Meeting Options to decide who can present in a meeting. Manage what attendees can do including […]
If you have a TEL query, please contact TEL via the DTS Service Desk: email dts@reading.ac.uk OR log a ticket on the DTS Self-Service Portal. The following info is based on common queries and issues that have arisen during the last week and is designed to help you to avoid experiencing them. Known Issue: Teams Meetings – PowerPoint slide order Some staff may be experiencing an issue with the slide order when running a PowerPoint presentation in Teams Meetings using the Teams desktop app. When moving between slides, the slides appear […]
