There will be a Blackboard upgrade taking place on 17th – 18th December. This upgrade requires system downtime. Blackboard and Turnitin will be unavailable to all users from: 14:30 GMT on Sunday 17th December (22:30 MYT) to: 12:00 midday GMT on Monday 18th December (20:00 MYT) NOTE: We aim to make Blackboard available as soon […]
Last night’s upgrade completed successfully, and the system was made available to users again at around 10.30 this morning. What’s new in Blackboard? Links to Talis This update fixes the issue with broken links to Talis Aspire Reading Lists from Blackboard course menus. Reading lists for Spring term modules – information for Module Convenors The […]
The following dates have been scheduled for the 2018 Course Rollover, and for Blackboard upgrades over the next twelve months. Course rollover Saturday 30th June 2018 downtime required approximately 08:00 – 17:00 Summer Blackboard Upgrade Sunday 5th – Monday 6th August 2018 downtime required, probably from Sunday afternoon till Monday lunchtime Winter Upgrade Sunday 6th – Monday […]
The Blackboard upgrade has been carried out successfully and you can now log in to Blackboard as normal. The upgrade was prompted by security concerns identified by Blackboard, but also fixes a few bugs and annoyances. If you encounter any issues, please log them with the IT Service Desk.
As previously announced, we will be upgrading to the latest Blackboard version on Sunday 5 – Monday 6 August. Blackboard and Turnitin will be unavailable while the upgrade takes place from 19:00 BST Sunday 5 August until approximately midday BST on Monday 6 August (02:00 – 19:00 MYT) This is a fairly minor upgrade and you won’t see a […]
We will be upgrading to the latest version of Blackboard on Sunday 4th August 2019. Blackboard and Turnitin will be unavailable while the upgrade takes place: Scheduled Start Time: 16:15 BST Sunday 04 August Estimated Completion Time: 12:00 midday BST Monday 05 August Malaysia times: 23:15 MYT Sunday 04 August – 19:00 MYT Monday 05 August […]
Blackboard has been successfully upgraded, and you can now log in again. For those of you who like to know such things, we are now on Blackboard 9.1, Q2 2019 release, Cumulative Update 2. You will notice little change in the new release, but it incorporates over 200 bug fixes, and there are additional behind-the-scenes changes […]
The ALLY Technology Available in all Blackboard Courses 2018-19 from August, ALLY is an innovative technology (short video) that can help with the accessibility of your Blackboard course content: Automatically checks course materials against WCAG 2.1 accessibility standards Provides students with accessible alternative formats such as audio and electronic braille Delivers step-by-step guidance to instructors […]
We thought we’d alert you to the ALT Online Winter Conference taking place this Wednesday and Thursday (11/12 December). ALT is the Association for Learning Technology and this is their 6th online conference showcasing interesting learning technology work across the FE and HE sectors. It’s free to attend – just register here and dip in and […]
The TEL website has moved to a brand new site with reorganised and revised content. The move makes it easier for you to find everything you need about Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) in one place. The site replaces our previous TEL Blog and TEL pages on the original CQSD site. You can use the new […]
