Articles tagged "blackboard"

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December 4, 2009 Restart planned for 5pm today (04/12/09)

We will have to do an unplanned restart of Blackboard at 5pm today. We are very sorry for any disruption this may cause. If you are working in Blackboard at this time – please save your work and log out. The restart will take approximately 15 minutes. Apologies again

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November 30, 2009 Urgent notification to all staff regarding BB Assignments

Dear Colleagues, You may have noticed that Blackboard was effectively offline for a period of time on Friday (27/11/09) or that it was very slow to respond. This is due to a bug with the software we have recently unearthed. If an Assignment is released to Groups rather than each individual Student – the system [...]

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October 28, 2009 Roles in Blackboard

Course Instructor, Designer, Teaching Assistant, Student, Auditor…you may be aware of the terminology but how much do you know about roles in Blackboard and what they mean? This article explains what the various roles are and provides you with enough information to allow you to ensure that the right people have the right level of access to your Blackboard course area.

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September 22, 2009 Getting your Blackboard course ready – Part 1

As we are approaching the beginning of a new academic year, many of you may be in the process of preparing your course areas on Blackboard before the start of teaching. This article is the first of two detailing the key tasks that you will need to undertake to ensure that everything runs smoothly.

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July 24, 2009 Archiving Blackboard Assignment Submissions

If your students have been busy submitting their assignments in Blackboard throughout the year, you will have a large number of submissions that you’ll need to keep for a number of years to come. This post explains why you can’t leave old assignments in Blackboard and how to get them out.

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