{"id":1294,"date":"2019-04-03T07:35:56","date_gmt":"2019-04-03T07:35:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel\/?page_id=1294"},"modified":"2025-06-26T16:17:26","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T16:17:26","slug":"about-blackboard","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel\/blackboard-learn-ultra\/about-blackboard\/","title":{"rendered":"Using Blackboard at the University of Reading"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This 5 minute student-facing video students provides an overview of Blackboard and how it used by students for learning at Reading:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"730\" height=\"411\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MY3ABmsHgd4?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px\">Students find Blackboard an incredibly useful tool, giving them flexible access to their learning resources, activities and assessments as former Reading Student Union Education Officer, Fifi Bangham, explains:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"730\" height=\"411\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yl53Eamoms4?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Learn how Dr David Nutt (Chemistry) and Adrian Aronsson-Storrier (Law) use Blackboard in their teaching and delivery of their modules:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"730\" height=\"411\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9mH5NmSdDOg?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>*Please note that the Sign-up feature Adrian refers to is no longer available in Blackboard.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This 5 minute student-facing video students provides an overview of Blackboard and how it used by students for learning at Reading: Students find Blackboard an incredibly useful tool, giving them flexible access to their learning resources, activities and assessments as former Reading Student Union Education Officer, Fifi Bangham, explains: Learn how Dr David Nutt (Chemistry) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":80,"featured_media":0,"parent":209,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[7,71,31,72,74,57],"tags":[19,42],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8.1 - 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