Following consultation with staff and students earlier this year, we are working to improve Blackboard’s look, feel and ease of use. We currently plan to launch this more user-friendly Blackboard in early September. What’s changing? Alongside Blackboard’s annual summer upgrade, this year we are making changes to its design and appearance to help make it a […]
Technology as a Springboard to Inclusive Practice Technology, Accessibility and the University of Reading The effective use of technology can play a key role in reducing the barriers to student participation and success. Knowing how and in what ways current technologies can make learning accessible can act as a springboard to inclusive practice that can […]
Annual Course Rollover takes place on Saturday 30th June. Blackboard downtime will be required, approximately 08:00 – 17:00 BST. All the relevant forms have been updated, and can be accessed from http://www.reading.ac.uk/internal/vle-support/ No action is required… if you are responsible for a RISIS module or programme which was used in Blackboard in the current academic […]
Update: 15/06/2018: Turnitin have now released an update for the Feedback Studio iOS App which resolves this issue. Please make sure to sync all your grades and feedback before updating! More Information: Feedback Studio for iOS Release Notes Original Post: Currently when using the Turnitin App on an Apple device, users might have […]
Users grading Assignments using Turnitin, where an Assignment’s rubric will allow for a non-integer (not a whole number) final grade, should be aware that Turnitin does not support non-integer final grades. Non-integer scores produced in a rubric or grading form are rounded to the nearest integer when “Apply to Grade” is pressed. Turnitin only passes […]
Turnitin are now publishing papers in a higher resolution in the Feedback Studio. At the bottom of the document viewer, you’ll now find a High Resolution toggle which can be switched On and Off at your own convenience. It will save this preference for any future visits you make to Feedback Studio, too. If you do experience slowness loading papers, switch this feature […]
Creating and populating Blackboard courses for the 2019-19 Academic Year: advance notice of schedule and actions required. The essentials Course rollover is the annual process whereby Blackboard courses from the current academic year are copied for use in the next academic year. Course rollover for 2018-19 will take place on Saturday 30th June 2018. Blackboard […]
17 May 2018 will see the sixth Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD). “The purpose of GAAD is to get everyone talking, thinking and learning about digital (web, software, mobile, etc.) access/inclusion and people with different disabilities.” A number of events (f2f and online) are being scheduled for the day, including Free webinars by Blackboard. These […]
There is currently an issue with the latest version of Safari on Mac and all iOS browsers. You cannot upload files to a Blackboard Assignment using the above as it will result in an error: If you are on a Mac, please use a different browser like Firefox or Chrome. If you’re on an iOS […]
The Turnitin developers have been busy recently, with a number of enhancements now available to users – here’s a summary. (Incidentally, you will see notifications of all new features if you follow @TurnitinProduct on Twitter). Improved document resolution Documents submitted to Turnitin are now displayed in the Feedback Studio as PDFs, rather than PNG image […]
