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Learning Edge Upgrade: System Unavailable – 19th-21st December
Learning Edge (Blackboard 9.1) will be unavailable from 21:30 pm on Monday 19th December to 12:00 pm (midday) on Wednesday 21st December whilst the system is upgraded.
This work will introduce several fixes to minor bugs and glitches and provide you with a more stable, reliable and feature rich system.
For more information about the improvements this upgrade will bring please read our briefing note: IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR STAFF
Please use this advance notice to ensure you and your students are prepared for this service disruption – we advise you to download any information required during this period, before the 19th December.
If you have any queries regarding this upgrade please don’t hesitate to contact the Learning Technology Development team on 01695 650754 or via [email protected]
Meg Juss, Learning Technology Development Divisional Coordinator.
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Join the Slim-Down Revolution….Image Optimisation for Everyone
Part of the “55 Minute Learning Bites” series.
Looking at the basics of producing images which are small in file size and without compromising on quality can also be more accessible to your audience.
This session is aimed at anyone who wants to make their image files less demanding on documents and storage space – a useful skill for anyone using Learning Edge, Blackboard and eShare.
Images which are smaller in file size are much easier to share, your documents become more accessible and quicker to upload by those you are teaching.
To find out more the session will run on Monday 12 December 2011, 11:30 – 12:25 and you can book on the staff development pages.
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Students – win £50 Amazon vouchers!
Believe it or not the time has come again for us to launch our annual students’ e-Learning survey! This is the fourth year we’ve ran this survey and it’s great that we’re able to build up a picture of our students’ experiences and expectations of technology and see trends emerging over the years.
The survey informs change and developments and we really do take on board all of your comments and suggestions. As an example, last year you told us you wanted a mobile App for Learning Edge (Blackboard 9.1)…..Mobile Learn was launched in September 2011 and as you can see from previous blog posts we have a lot of students now using the app and feedback so far has been extremely positive which we consider to be a resounding success! Keep an eye out for blog posts over the coming weeks telling you more about what changes we’ve made based on the results of last year’s survey.
Learning Edge (Blackboard 9.1) was introduced this academic year and so it’s the perfect time to have your say and tell us your experiences of using it. We know how precious your time is, especially during the assessment period, so as a thank you for completing the survey we are offering a grand prize of £50 Amazon vouchers and two runner up prizes of £25 Amazon vouchers. We are also giving away one of our very exclusive Learning Services USB wristbands for every 20th response!
Current EHU students can access the survey from Learning Edge, the GO portal, your email or from http://surveys.edgehill.ac.uk/elearning_survey_2011/. We plan to close the survey on Friday 27th January 2012.
We look forward to reading your responses!
Katherine Richardson
LTD Operations Co-ordinator
