{"id":8379,"date":"2021-03-22T16:20:30","date_gmt":"2021-03-22T16:20:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel\/?page_id=8379"},"modified":"2021-04-23T14:11:25","modified_gmt":"2021-04-23T14:11:25","slug":"mobile-friendly-blackboard-modules","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel\/mobile-friendly-blackboard-modules\/","title":{"rendered":"Mobile-friendly Blackboard modules"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>This article gives a quick summary of best practices when designing a mobile-friendly Blackboard module, and provides links to &#8216;deep dive&#8217; articles if designing for mobile access only<\/strong>.\u00a0<span data-contrast=\"none\"><strong>Note<\/strong>, most students will a<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">ccess Blackboard<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">content via their mobile device in addition to accessing it via a laptop or desktop computer. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">There are two distinct ways of viewing Blackboard module content on a mobile:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\">your device browser (the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reading.ac.uk\/essentials\/Student-App\/Introducing-the-student-app\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">University student app\u00a0<\/a>provides access to the browser view of Blackboard)\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support-for-students\/2018\/08\/29\/blackboard-mobile-app-how-to-download-and-use\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">download the Blackboard Student App<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Consider checking the display of content and activities by accessing Blackboard with your own mobile device, in browser view and via the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support\/2018\/08\/01\/mobile-the-blackboard-instructor-app\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Blackboard Instructor App<\/a>\u00a0(instructor version of the student app).<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span data-contrast=\"none\">Quick summary<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0mobile-friendly module design<\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\">What works best for mobile\u00a0access\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Having one or two folder levels for content (avoid going\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">beyond<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0two levels)<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Clear, short titles and descriptions<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Keeping everything in one item;<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0i<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">ncluding all task details, links to resources and guidance within one content item rather than using separate links to files or resources (<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">i<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">.e. avoiding using additional File or Web Link tools from the Build Content menu)<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Including text-based web links for any embedded content<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"1\">Using left-aligned text.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Guide:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/help.blackboard.com\/sites\/default\/files\/documents\/2018-05\/Blackboard_Instructor_Mobile_Learning_eBook.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Best Practices for Mobile-Friendly Courses<\/span><\/a><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\">What doesn\u2019t\u00a0work for mobile access\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">&#8216;Longer\u00a0activities&#8217; requiring extensive use of the Blackboard text editor (for example, discussion boards, journals, blogs and wikis). \u00a0Encourage short, succinct responses to these types of activities.<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Certain forms of embedded media and third-party tools\/services may not display correctly on mobile devices. Always include text web links to these resources in addition to any embedded content,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0or test it yourself on your phone before deploying to students.<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Images and links in folder descriptions<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\">Some <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support\/2018\/07\/30\/mobile-using-mobile-tests-and-surveys-with-the-blackboard-app\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tests and Survey question types in the Blackboard Student App<\/a>*<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">*the\u00a0<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Blackboard Student\u00a0<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">A<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">pp<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">T<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">h<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">ere is the option for students to use the <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support-for-students\/2018\/08\/30\/blackboard-learn-the-blackboard-mobile-app\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Blackboard Student App<\/a> (formerly known as \u201cBb Student\u201d) instead of access via their device browser. This app is designed for push notifications (for example, announcements and grades) and quick access to most <a href=\"https:\/\/help.blackboard.com\/Blackboard_App\/Feature_Guide\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">module features<\/a> (for example, discussion boards and most test question types). Where features are not supported, the app will open the browser view of Blackboard.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span data-contrast=\"none\">Deep\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">dive:<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">designing for mobile-only access<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">These resources are particularly useful when designing a module intended for mobile access only:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/help.blackboard.com\/Learn\/Instructor\/Course_Content\/Mobile_Friendly_Courses\/Create_Mobile_Friendly_Content\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Create mobile friendly content<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/help.blackboard.com\/Learn\/Instructor\/Course_Content\/Mobile_Friendly_Courses\/Supported_Course_Content_in_Blackboard_App\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Supported course content<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/help.blackboard.com\/Learn\/Instructor\/Course_Content\/Mobile_Friendly_Courses\/Supported_Files_in_Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Supported File types<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/help.blackboard.com\/Learn\/Instructor\/Course_Content\/Mobile_Friendly_Courses\/Supported_HTML_in_Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Supported html<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support\/2019\/08\/19\/blackboard-collaborate-mobile-app-differences-from-desktop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Blackboard Collaborate on the Blackboard App<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This article gives a quick summary of best practices when designing a mobile-friendly Blackboard module, and provides links to &#8216;deep dive&#8217; articles if designing for mobile access only.\u00a0Note, most students will access Blackboard\u00a0content via their mobile device in addition to accessing it via a laptop or desktop computer. There are two distinct ways of viewing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":63,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_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":[125],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Mobile-friendly Blackboard modules - Technology Enhanced Learning<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel\/mobile-friendly-blackboard-modules\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mobile-friendly Blackboard modules - Technology Enhanced Learning\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This article gives a quick summary of best practices when designing a mobile-friendly Blackboard module, and provides links to &#8216;deep dive&#8217; articles if designing for mobile access only.\u00a0Note, most students will access Blackboard\u00a0content via their mobile device in addition to accessing it via a laptop or desktop computer. There are two distinct ways of viewing [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel\/mobile-friendly-blackboard-modules\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Technology Enhanced Learning\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-04-23T14:11:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel\/mobile-friendly-blackboard-modules\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel\/mobile-friendly-blackboard-modules\/\",\"name\":\"Mobile-friendly Blackboard modules - Technology Enhanced Learning\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2021-03-22T16:20:30+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-04-23T14:11:25+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel\/mobile-friendly-blackboard-modules\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel\/mobile-friendly-blackboard-modules\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel\/mobile-friendly-blackboard-modules\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Mobile-friendly Blackboard modules\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel\/\",\"name\":\"Technology Enhanced Learning\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Mobile-friendly Blackboard modules - Technology Enhanced Learning","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel\/mobile-friendly-blackboard-modules\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Mobile-friendly Blackboard modules - Technology Enhanced Learning","og_description":"This article gives a quick summary of best practices when designing a mobile-friendly Blackboard module, and provides links to &#8216;deep dive&#8217; articles if designing for mobile access only.\u00a0Note, most students will access Blackboard\u00a0content via their mobile device in addition to accessing it via a laptop or desktop computer. There are two distinct ways of viewing [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel\/mobile-friendly-blackboard-modules\/","og_site_name":"Technology Enhanced Learning","article_modified_time":"2021-04-23T14:11:25+00:00","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Estimated reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel\/mobile-friendly-blackboard-modules\/","url":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel\/mobile-friendly-blackboard-modules\/","name":"Mobile-friendly Blackboard modules - Technology Enhanced Learning","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel\/#website"},"datePublished":"2021-03-22T16:20:30+00:00","dateModified":"2021-04-23T14:11:25+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel\/mobile-friendly-blackboard-modules\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel\/mobile-friendly-blackboard-modules\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel\/mobile-friendly-blackboard-modules\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Mobile-friendly Blackboard modules"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel\/#website","url":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel\/","name":"Technology Enhanced Learning","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"}]}},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P9UENj-2b9","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8379"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/63"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8379"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8379\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8562,"href":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8379\/revisions\/8562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}