• Using Audio and Video in Teaching and Learning: Session Notes

    For those who couldn’t make it to last week’s session on using audio and video in teaching and learning, I thought it would be worth making the session notes more widely available. The notes cover the main areas that we talked about. They will be developed further over time, and as we run the session…

  • You’ve got to be in it to win it …

    Our fourth Students eLearning Survey has only been open for a week and we’ve already had 180 responses – thank you to everyone who has completed it so far! As you know we are giving away one of our Learning Services USB wristbands for every 20th response so this means we have given 9 away…

  • 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…

  • 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 –…

  • 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…

  • Top tips for Learning Edge

    In LTD we get asked a lot of questions by staff and students about various ‘hot topics’. We have tried to gather as many of these current issues in the hope of answering them here. 1. Can I forward emails from my student email address to an external address? Of course! Just like your personal…

  • Emerging Technologies Session: Using Audio and Video in Teaching and Learning

    The next session in the Emerging Technologies staff development series will be an overview of using audio and video with your students. It will run on Wednesday 7th December between 1 and 2pm and you can book on the staff development pages. We’ll look at six possible uses of audio and video: Online sessions Recording…

  • Emerging Technologies Staff Development Monday 21 November 2011 – The Right Image For Blackboard

    Want to learn how to make your images more accessible? By optimising them you are creating a resource which is both less demanding on Blackboard and eShare storage and also more usable by your intended audience. Image optimisation is using the most compressed (smallest file size) which remains visually acceptable for the specific role of…

  • Mobile Matters

    Are you using the Blackboard Mobile Learn app yet? The mobile app for Learning Edge (Blackboard 9.1) has been available for a good few weeks now, so we thought it would be a good time to look at how much it’s being used. What we found makes fascinating reading! The last month alone saw 9,343…

  • Emerging Technologies Staff Development Tuesday 11th October – BlackBoard 9.1 goes Mobile

    BlackBoard Mobile Learn and smart technology and devices This interactive session will look at devices and the introduction of BlackBoard Mobile Learn. The past 12 months have seen a real step change in the market for mobile devices. It is estimated that one iPad is currently sold every 2 seconds and Amazon has reached a…