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Learning Edge Upgrade Webinar: “Play it again, Sam”
We wanted to say a big THANK YOU to everyone who attended the Blackboard VLE Summer Upgrade webinar yesterday. We hope it met your expectations and that you came away with a better understanding of the new Blackboard tools at your disposal, as well as the benefits you can gain from the feature improvements. As…
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Beyond the Baseline: How soon is now?
Over the past few weeks I’ve shared our Blackboard Exemplary Course Program (ECP) experience with you all, both internally and externally. I hope I’ve inspired many of you to start thinking about how you can build an exemplary course within Learning Edge (Blackboard Learn 9.1) and what it can do for your students. The goal…
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Blackboard Exemplary Course Program 2013 Update: No sour grapes…really!
Blackboard Exemplary Course Program 2013 Update: This year I’ve had the pleasure of collaborating closely with my colleagues to support and oversee our institutions’ debut submission of courses to the 2013 Blackboard Exemplary Course Program (ECP). As mentioned in my first ECP post back in January, the aim of the program is to support the use of…
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Introducing Service Pack 12: A look at what’s next for Learning Edge – July 2013 upgrade
Over the years, there have been significant system upgrades implemented to Learning Edge (Blackboard 9.1) which have added many new features as well as an improved overall user experience. The next upgrade to Learning Edge is scheduled for July 21st-22nd, 2013, this is when the system will be unavailable for a short time – However…
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A bit of Blackboard TLC
Blackboard European Teaching and Learning Conference at Aston University, Birmingham Last week I was in Birmingham for the Blackboard Teaching and Learning Conference. This conference allows those interested or involved in Learning Technology to get together to discuss, demonstrate and network with colleagues from institutions all over Europe. The main themes involved: Engagement & Retention…
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Shifting portfolios online
How a ‘spark’ during a staff development session led to a fully ‘on-line’ portfolio for all PCET trainees. Lindsey Marsh (Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Education) attended an early Campus Pack training session. During that session she realised that the wiki technology offered the potential to significantly improve trainees’ portfolios. This post is based on an…
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A collaborative experience that engages everyone, every time, everywhere
It is now possible to engage with your students wherever they are. Keep them engaged offering them collaborative and interactive activities and a learning experience. This can be done all through the new platform Blackboard Collaborate. It allows you to create virtual classrooms to deliver presentations, show videos, show websites, communicate synchronously in real time,…
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Viva Las Vegas…The 2013 Blackboard Exemplary Course Program is now open!
Have you got a well-designed Blackboard module area that you’d like to gain recognition for? Since its launch in 2000, Blackboard opens its Exemplary Course Program (ECP) each year. The aim is to support the use of e-Learning technology more effectively by identifying and disseminating best practices for designing engaging online courses. Using Blackboard’s rubric,…
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Where’s the subscribe button gone?
Blackboard 9.1 Discussion Board Forum – Subscription Button You may or may not have noticed that the Subscribe button has recently taken a break from its duties. Well you’ll be happy to know you can fix this! In Control Panel open customisation and click on Tool Availability. Within…
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Accessible and Inclusive Design: Session Notes
For those who couldn’t make it to this week’s session on creating accessible content I thought it would be worth making the session notes available. In the session we looked at how content uploaded to Edge Hill’s Learning Edge online learning environment can be created in ways that make it more accessible to a wide…
