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Record and Share TV and Radio Programmes Online with Box of Broadcasts
Box of Broadcasts (BoB) is an online service which makes it easy for you to legally record programmes from the TV and Radio, and to make them available to your students online. Not only that, but you can access the recordings others have made, and students have access to record and share programmes themselves. You…
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Upgrade to our web conferencing tool
Blackboard Collaborate Ultra Next month LTD will be upgrading our web conferencing system Collaborate Ultra, a faster, easier, and more intuitive system that has been well received during stakeholder testing. Here’s a great introductory video from Blackboard that covers most of the features effectively: Our testers found the system to be very easy to get…
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ALT-C Conference 2015: Some things to consider
ALT-C is the main annual conference for the Association for Learning Technology. It is a great environment in which to see what others are doing, and to think about some of the big ideas that affect education. In this post I’ll share some of the messages from the conference that I personally would like to…
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Blackboard Collaborate Video Case Study 3 of 3
Third and final case study in the series (part 1 and part 2) Caroline Galon, Graduate Teaching Assistant, in Performing Arts, explains the importance of mastering any new technology and how Blackboard Collaborate provides her with the most stable and reliable platform from which to conduct her research interviews. Caroline tell us how crucial it…
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Summer’s over… Let’s welcome the new term!
We wave goodbye to the long days, sunshine(?!) and quiet campus but instead we greet our new students and all the fun – and challenges – that the new term brings! So what’s been happening lately in the world of learning technology? Well, possibly not much that you can actually see but plenty has been…
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Blackboard Collaborate Case Study 2 of 3
Lesley Briscoe, Senior Lecturer on the International Midwifery Programme. Lesley explains in this the second in a series of three video case studies (click to view the first in the series), the challenges of delivering a programme aimed at both conventional students and those accessing the programme online and from overseas. She goes on to mention the…
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Blackboard Collaborate – Video Case Study 1 of 3
David Callaghan is a Learning Technologist and an Associate Tutor for the Faculty of Education on the Undergraduate Professional Development Programme, a blended course – delivered mostly online – via our Blackboard VLE and the Collaborate web conferencing system, with some face to face conference days. So, he can also practice what he preaches. Collaborate is…
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How to add your Rebus List to your Blackboard course menu
As staff get ready for a new term we have produced some helpful information about how to add your online reading list to module. 1. With Edit Mode on click the add menu item button on the top left of the course menu and select Web Link. 2. Enter the link Name: ‘Reading List’…
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Get your own ‘Quick Hit’ video case study
Celebrate your success with Collaborate We are creating a series of brief video case studies showcasing the success colleagues have been having with the Collaborate web conferencing system this year. David Callaghan (also a member of the LTD team) is the first of a number of contributors to get involved from each Faculty (in his…
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Blackboard World Conference – Part 3
Washington DC – National Harbour Conference Centre, 20th-23rd July Final day! The conference has been interesting but in particular our colleagues from across the globe have been wonderful. We’re still getting people coming up to us saying “your session was great” and “so cool what you guys are doing”. This is fantastic feedback to receive.…
