Author: sbrenton
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| September 29, 2010 | Blackboard Offline Blackboard is currently offline. We spotted that there was an issue with logging in at 7.30 am British Time. I apologise for the inconvenience caused. Technical services are investigating the problem and we will publish information here as soon as we know more. Sam Brenton, Head of E-Learning |
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| September 20, 2010 | A Note on Acronyms: DELU to ELU, ESD to LI This year, among the significant changes to our services (of which more very soon), we need to let you know two bits of information about our name and status. 1. We’ve dropped the ‘Distance’ from our name, and are to be simply and pithily known as the E-Learning Unit. We’ve done this for a couple [...] |
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| July 26, 2010 | Notes from VLE Selection Event Last term we had the first event for the VLE Selection Project, phase 1, in which we gather requirements from around QM. It was called “What I Wish I Could do in Blackboard, but Can’t”. Thanks to all who attended – it was a really useful session and a good snapshot of some of the [...] |
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| July 17, 2010 | Blackboard offline 8-9am UK time, 20th July 2010 There will be a short period of down time between 8-9am on the 20th July for essentail technical work. Apologies for any inconvenience caused. |
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| July 7, 2010 | Blackboard offline 7-9am (UK time), 14th July 2010 Blackboard will be offline during this period for scheduled work on the live database server. This is essential work to prepare the application for the introduction of server clustering, which will further improve the performance and stability of the platform. Apologies for any inconvenience this short interruption may cause. |
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| May 14, 2010 | Announcing: VLE Selection Project This is a project to select a new Virtual Learning Environment for QM. We currently use Blackboard (Campus Edition 8), which now hosts some 1300 online course areas across the College and is well used by a majority of students. We’re now launching a project to evaluate the needs of all users and recommend a [...] |
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| April 27, 2010 | “What I wish I could do in Blackboard (but can’t)” You are invited to an open session for staff users of the VLE to give feedback about what kinds of e-learning you would like to be able to do in the VLE, but currently can’t. Wednesday 19th May 2010, Fogg Lecture Theatre, School of Biological and Chemical Sciences |
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| March 2, 2010 | Accessing Alt-J (E-Learning Journal) As part of our membership of the Association for Learning Technology (ALT), we have access to the Journal ALT-J, about research in learning technology. We’ll get hard copies at the E-Learning Unit which you can browse in the E-Learning Studio, but you can also access it online. You can access the journal from www.informaworld.com. Click [...] |
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| February 11, 2010 | We’ve joined ALT… We’ve joined the Association for Learning Technology as an organisational member, so everyone at QM gets some benefits. ALT is the primary professional and scholarly association for learning technology in the UK (see their website here). They also run the biggest annual conference about all matters e-learning, ALT-C, which is running this September in Nottingham. [...] |
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| January 14, 2010 | Blackboard offline 15th to 16th Feb 2010 Blackboard will be offline from 5pm on 15th February to 12 noon on 16th February (UK time), so the new database servers can be put in. This is part of the VLE upgrade project which will improve the responsiveness and capacity of the system. That is, performance should be faster, and it will be better [...] |
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