Rollover staff update
The end-of-year Rollover process is complete and you can now access your 2011-12 course areas.
IMPORTANT
What you need to do:
- Please log into Blackboard and check that you have access to your course areas. If there are any missing courses or content, please get in touch ASAP via our online helpdesk so that we can rectify this before term starts. (Login at https://helpdesk.its.qmul.ac.uk and select ‘Blackboard – VLE’).
- Rebuild any Turnitin assignments (details below)
- Update any dates carried across from Blackboard assignments or assessments
- Also update any calendar entries or selectively released content
- Update content as approprate
The following is information about what has happened with your courses.
New Course Areas (2011-12)
Unless otherwise requested, content has been copied across from 2010-11 into the 2011-12 course AND all student data and activity has been removed (assignment submissions, quizzes, grades, feedback, discussion postings etc.)
Student Enrolment: In general, student access is being controlled by SIS integration. This means, where a record exists on the central student records database (SIS), the relevant Blackboard course will be automatically populated. Students will be enrolled onto Blackboard courses when they are correctly registered in SIS – based on the module or programme codes that have been set for your Blackboard course.
Visit the Course Listing Page to see which module or programme code is being enrolled onto your course, and whether your course is being automatically enrolled or not.
Old Course Areas (2010-11 and before)
If you requested for your course area to remain as it was in 2010-11, then you should still have access to your old course area as before. Otherwise, 2010-11 courses have been archived and your access to them has been removed.
If you requested for an old course from 2009 or before to be restored, where we were able to locate it, we have done so, otherwise we have assigned either a template or content from the last copy of the course that we have.
Turnitin Assignments:
If you had Turnitin assignments in your old course area, these would have been copied across automatically to the new course area – however, they will not work as that link to Turnitin will remain with the old course area. You will need to rebuild your Turnitin Coursework in your new course area. If you wish to refer to your old course area, please let us know and we can arrange temporary access. If you need training, please get in touch via our online helpdesk – (login at https://helpdesk.its.qmul.ac.uk and select ‘Turnitin – Plagiarism Detection’).
Q-Review content
Any recordings made using the automatic lecture recording service, and automatically linked to your Blackboard course area, have been removed for the new year. This follows QM policy to refresh recorded content. If you would like to reinstate any of this content, please let us know.
Finally,
The E-Learning Unit, in The Learning Institute, run a programme of workshops on using the VLE at QMUL. Details of this programme will shortly be available, under the category “Learning and Teaching: E-Learning”, here: www.esdcourses.org.uk. We can also arrange bespoke sessions tailored to the needs of your team or department. Just get in touch.
Best Wishes,
E-Learning Support Team
For our FAQ’s and to submit a query to our support team about the VLE please access the IT Services Web Help Desk at https://helpdesk.its.qmul.ac.uk/helpdesk/. See also our support pages with online guides at http://www.learninginstitute.qmul.ac.uk/elearning/support/vle/