• Blackboard World Conference – Part 1

    Washington DC – National Harbour Conference Centre, 20th-23rd July John Langford and myself were invited to present at the Bb World Conference this year, demonstrating all the good work that Learning Services have been doing to customise and target content for our students by Faculty and Department. We thought it would be a good idea to…

  • LTD on Location – English and History

    Recently, I popped into the Department of English and History to discuss the upcoming academic year (Yes! we really do start that early!) and as a result of a brief conversation about what the department needs from Learning Technology, we came up with a great idea for me to be based in the department for…

  • Turnitin Grades – What Has Been Seen Cannot Be Unseen!

    It’s that time again… marking. Very few would actually admit to enjoying marking reams of students’ work right after the Christmas break but it is a necessary (evil) task. And to make things worse, students seem to be finding their grades out early! How on Earth did that happen? You’ve done everything you thought you…

  • Tab-tastic! Learning Edge now has faculty specific resources!

    For new and returning students, there is something different in Learning Edge for this year! For those returning, you may remember the Learning Services tab within Learning Edge, but now there is something even more special for each Faculty and Department for you to use. The old tab has been replaced by Your FoHSC Resources,…

  • Summer 2014 – Blackboard Upgrade Awareness Webinar

    Summer each year allows a window of opportunity for Learning Technology to update Blackboard to the latest version, containing new features and fixing a number of niggles. This year, the upgrade will occur on the evening of Sunday 20th July into the morning of Monday 21st July.  During this time, there will be no access…

  • Yeti Pro Blue Microphone – a beast of a microphone!

    LTD recently purchased a mammoth of a microphone to help with recordings of screen casts and other materials and also to offer it to staff who are developing their own content for teaching and learning. The Yeti Pro microphone, manufactured by the legendary Blue Microphones, is a stunning microphone to record with giving clear crisp recordings straight…

  • Are you sitting comfortably? Start your dissertation the easy way!

    Are you getting ready to start your dissertation? Here is an opportunity to learn some new skills in a place that suits you! Not finding the results you require when searching online, on the library catalogue or journal databases? Then you need to attend the live webinar to gain some new skills which will improve…

  • Don’t be the last to know! Sneak peek of Community 9th January 1pm

    We’re doing a session tomorrow to give you the very first look of how our new Blackboard add-on ‘Community Edition‘ is going to look like. Don’t be the last to know! Join us online for a very short session showing you the highlights of the new features. Follow the link below on our new dedicated…

  • Keep Calm and Submit this Christmas

    The smell of spices, alcohol and pine, warm log fires, spending time with family and friends, crackers, pudding and brandy cream… Yes! It must be that time of year… end of semester one before Christmas and time for submissions! We’ve drawn together some good practice to ensure that your submissions over the next week go…

  • Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards…Journals for reflection

    Reflection in UG and PG programmes has become a very important element of assessment and one that is often regared as a key skill in teaching and learning by leading educational theorists (Schon, Kolb, Brookfield etc.) With this in mind, I thought that a short blog on one of the commonly overlooked tools in Blackboard was…