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We are pleased to announce some exciting news … Learning Edge (Blackboard 9.1) has an app!<\/p>\n

The Blackboard Mobile Learn app can be accessed by anyone with a smartphone or tablet device (iPhone, iPod, iPad, Blackberry, Android) for easy and convenient access to courses and collaboration and communication tools whilst on the go.\u00a0 The app gives you mobile ‘friendly’ access to your course dashboard, announcements, assignments, grades, discussions and handouts.\u00a0 You’ll also be able to contribute to and comment on discussion and blog posts, and staff will be able to update announcements and journals and create new discussion threads.<\/p>\n

This is a timely development for EHU as our 3rd annual Students eLearning Survey (January 2011) revealed that many of our students currently use their mobile phones to access and share information about their courses. They told us that they wanted to access Blackboard in this way too.\u00a0 We anticipate student use of Blackboard Mobile via the app will really take off. There are a couple of reasons for this – firstly, national data from Ofcom suggests that smartphone ownership in the UK is growing at a rate of 70% a year, with about 45% of 16-24 year olds now having internet-enabled phones. Secondly, thanks to Google Analytics, we know that people are already accessing Blackboard 9.1 from their mobile devices.<\/p>\n

August is traditionally our quietest month and yet we we had 598 visits to the Blackboard 9.1 site from mobile devices. This is amazing as 9.1 is not optimised for mobile use. The graph below shows the breakdown of the devices used:<\/p>\n

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As you can see, the operating systems most used were iPod\/iPhone\/iPad, Android and Blackberry.\u00a0 Our Mobile Learn app is available for all of these devices.<\/p>\n

You can download the app and start using it now by following these four simple steps:<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0 Search for “Blackboard Mobile Learn” in your app store.
\n2.\u00a0 Once the app is installed, search for Edge Hill University using the search bar that automatically appears when you open the app.
\n3.\u00a0 Select Edge Hill University.
\n4.\u00a0 Log in using the same username and password you normally use to access Learning Edge.<\/p>\n

You can find installation guides and helpful FAQs about Mobile Learn here –<\/p>\n

Apple users click here<\/a>
\nAndroid users click here<\/a>
\nBlackberry users click here<\/a>
\nSetting your Mobile Learn course notifications<\/a><\/p>\n

The Learning Technology Development team will be offering some awareness-raising sessions throughout the coming semester for staff wanting to know more about developing mobile ‘friendly’ courses in Learning Edge, but if you would like to start sooner, contact us to find out more by emailing ltdsupport@edgehill.ac.uk<\/a><\/p>\n

Katherine Richardson
\nLTD Operations Co-ordinator<\/p>\n

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