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LinkedIn Learning
A development journey beyond the classroom
As a mature student at Edge Hill University, I am among the few who are currently in education when the original and rather clunky version of LinkedIn launched. The nature of my work at that time required little engagement and no requirement for me to interact with the platform, so I knew very little of the more recent benefits the modern-day platform provides. Fast-forward twenty years and I am now frequently checking content, interacting with businesses, connecting with like-minded professionals, and developing insights into industry developments.
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Five Updates that Improve Blackboard Collaborate for You
Blackboard Collaborate has seen a lot of updates over the past year. Here are five improvements you might be interested in.
1. Breakout Rooms can be populated using Blackboard groups
Many of us have wanted to set up groups before a session starts and now you can. Create group sets in Blackboard at any time then choose to use the groups in a Collaborate session using the ‘Course group set’ option.
2. Breakout Groups can be paused
There may be situations where you want to bring the students out of Breakout Groups temporarily, before you select ‘Resume’ and they can carry on with what they were doing.
3. Attendees can download the files and contents of the whiteboard
I’ve been asked a few times about exporting the contents of the whiteboard, and now there is a button that allows you to export the contents of the Whiteboard or files opened through ‘Share Files’, as a PDF.
4. Attendees are informed if their browser is not supported
Up-to-date versions of the main web browsers are recommended for the best experience in Blackboard Collaborate. Now students will be advised of this when they enter, although specific browsers will be blocked from entering.
5. Attendees can change their preferred language
Some students may find it easier to work with the Collaborate user interface in a different language to the default one on the computer they are using. This is easy to do from My Settings, then Session Settings, then Default Language.
Peter Beaumont
Learning Technology Development Officer
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Are you ready for Blackboard Ultra Course View!
Following the 2019 upgrade to ‘Ultra Base Navigation’ within our Blackboard environment, the institution has decided to move forwards with the transition of courses to Blackboard Ultra Course View. It has been decided that there will be a phased approach and a number of modules, that have been identified as ‘Early Adopters’, will move to Ultra ready for September 2022. All remaining modules will move to Ultra in Sept 2023.
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