{"id":9490,"date":"2021-09-17T13:23:51","date_gmt":"2021-09-17T13:23:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel\/?p=9490"},"modified":"2021-09-17T13:23:51","modified_gmt":"2021-09-17T13:23:51","slug":"blackboard-news-round-up-september-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel\/2021\/09\/17\/blackboard-news-round-up-september-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Blackboard news round-up September 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Help finding your way around Blackboard \u2013 for staff and students<\/h2>\n<p>A reminder that our staff help pages at <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support\/\">https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support\/<\/a> contain a wealth of information about how to use Blackboard, Turnitin, Stream and other technologies used in teaching and learning.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re still getting used to the new Blackboard navigation, please check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/ubnforstaff\">Ultra Base Navigation introductory guide and video<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Ultra Base Navigation top tips:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>On the\u00a0<strong>Courses <\/strong>page you can filter by the courses you teach, filter by academic year, search for a particular course, and <strong>mark courses as favourites so they stay at the top of the list<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Customise the images on your \u2018grid view\u2019 course cards with a banner.<\/li>\n<li>Choose which\u00a0<strong>Activity Stream <\/strong>notifications you receive by choosing the settings icon in the top right hand corner.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Please direct your new students to our help site at <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support-for-students\/\">https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support-for-students\/<\/a><br \/>\nHere they will find plenty of guidance on getting started with Blackboard and the other online tools they\u2019ll need to use. A good place to start would be our 5 minute <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/bbvideo21\">Welcome to Blackboard video<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Bookmarking Blackboard<\/h2>\n<p>Many of you will have added Blackboard as a Favourite \/ Bookmark in your browser. If so, please make sure the address you have bookmarked is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bb.reading.ac.uk\/\">https:\/\/www.bb.reading.ac.uk\/<\/a> \u2013 some colleagues may have saved a different URL in the past which will no longer work correctly.<\/p>\n<h2>Inserting images and other media files in Tests<\/h2>\n<p>It is now possible to insert images and other types of media into more types of questions in Blackboard Tests \u2013 for instance in the answers for Multiple Choice and Multiple Answer questions, or within the text of an Essay question.<br \/>\nIt is also now possible for students to insert media and other files into their response to for Short Answer questions.<br \/>\nFor more details see our guide to <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support\/2018\/08\/15\/blackboard-tests-creating-online-assessment-activities-for-your-students\/#insert\">Creating and deploying Tests<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Changes to My Content<\/h2>\n<p>This is a little-used area of the Blackboard Content Collection where users can store personal files. With the vast amounts of storage available through OneDrive, it is now largely redundant, and we have agreed with DTS to wind down use of this area. 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