Covid-19: Adjusting to a new ‘normal’ – the TEL team’s experience so far… Just like millions of people across the country, and indeed the world, members of the University’s Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) team are having to adjust to new working practices. As we isolate ourselves to help slow the spread of the […]
On 6-8 January 2020, Durham University hosted its 20th annual Blackboard User’s Conference. In line with the recent changes in regulations governing the accessibility of websites and apps, this year’s event was themed ‘Access All Areas’. A small number of UoR TEL and Digital Technology Services (DTS) staff attended the conference which has become a […]
Turnitin maintenance Saturday 4 January 2020 from: 16:00 GMT to: 22:00 GMT Turnitin will be unavailable during this time – students will not be able to submit, and staff will not be able to mark work. Further information: https://turnitin.statuspage.io Blackboard Upgrade Sunday 5 – Monday 6 January 2020 from: 12:15 GMT Sunday 05 January to: […]
Blackboard will be unavailable to users Sunday 18 December 2016 08:30 a.m. – Monday 19 December 2016 12:00 midday GMT This period of downtime is for a Blackboard upgrade. The new Blackboard version does not make any significant changes to functionality, but it does introduce a number of back-end technical improvements, and some welcome bug […]
Over the bank holiday we successfully upgraded Blackboard, which now includes a number of long-awaited new enhancements. We are very excited that Blackboard has had a make-over and now includes a new look, easier navigation and quick access to courses, fully automated anonymous and delegated marking, a student preview and two brand new tools, tracking students’ online performance and creating […]
Blackboard has now been upgraded to the most recent software release, Q2 2017. Here’s a quick run-down of some of the changes you’ll notice in the new version. Drag and Drop files When you want to attach files to a course content item, the Browse button is still present, but if you prefer you can […]
Our Blackboard VLE requires an important system update to be applied. This update will be carried out overnight Sunday 8th – Monday 9th April. As a result, Blackboard and Turnitin will be unavailable from Sunday 8th April 22:00 BST (time in Malaysia: 05:00 MYT on 9th April) to Monday 9th April 12:00 BST (time in Malaysia: 19:00 MYT on 9th April) Please note: […]
The Blackboard VLE will be unavailable from 20:00 GMT on Wednesday 17th until around 08:00 GMT on Thursday 18th February while an upgrade takes place. Turnitin will also be unavailable while this upgrade takes place. Following the upgrade we will be running the 2015 Q4 release of Blackboard. This is a fairly minor upgrade, but […]
We’re sorry to say that, with very little notice, Blackboard cancelled the upgrade which had been due to take place yesterday. This is because they had discovered a new bug, which was deemed sufficiently serious to put the success of the upgrade in jeopardy. No doubt determining the cause of this bug, and resolving the issue, […]
Colleagues will be aware that we had previously scheduled this summer’s Blackboard upgrade for 25th June, but this had to be postponed when Blackboard’s quality checks identified a software defect. This bug was quickly resolved, and we are currently testing the revised software version on our Staging system. We are keen to take advantage of new features […]
