Adam MasseyBlackboard courses for the 2023 academic year are now available to instructors named on the module on SITS. We have more information on how to perform a course copy. Note that for the 2023 academic year onwards, we are using a different tool to link to the module specification PDF. Important You will need to Continue Reading…
Learn Ultra Sandboxes
tlc_adminAs part of the move to Blackboard Learn Ultra we have made Learn Ultra sandboxes available for all academic staff. A wider roll out of Learn Ultra is planned for the start of the September 2024/25 academic year and more information will follow on that once the details have been finalised. In the meantime, please Continue Reading…
Blackboard Instructor app: Support ending in September 2022
Blackboard’s two mobile apps have been consolidated. Previously, Blackboard offered two apps – one for staff, and one for students. If you currently use the Blackboard Instructor app, you need to download the Blackboard app (iOS/iPadOS, Android). The most recent release of the Blackboard app now contains all the instructor functionality found in the Instructor Continue Reading…
SafeAssign: Scheduled maintenance
SafeAssign will be unavailable between 0600-0900 BST on 19 July 2022 (see details for other time zones). During the maintenance, Students will be able to submit as normal. Assignments will be affected as follows: Submitted files will be queued and sent to SafeAssign after the maintenance is complete. Instructors accessing the SafeAssign course tool will Continue Reading…
Kaltura retirement
The university is to retire Kaltura, one of two video streaming solutions currently integrated into Blackboard. Panopto/Aston Replay will be the only supported video streaming platform on Blackboard Learn from the end of the 2021/22 academic year. Why? Aston has subscribed to Panopto (aka Aston Replay) since 2009, and Kaltura since 2013. Historically, Panopto concentrated Continue Reading…
Video Feedback: Scheduled Maintenance on 5 May
The video feedback tools for Blackboard assignments will be unavailable from midnight, for up to four hours. See details for other time zones. This will not affect other areas of Blackboard Learn assignments, nor does it affect Turnitin assignments. During the maintenance, if you attempt to view or record video feedback using the tool, you Continue Reading…
Blackboard Ally 2.0: Live feedback in the Content Editor
As you create content using the Editor, the indicator will update in real time to reflect the Ally accessibility score. Click the indicator to open the item in Ally where you can then follow the prompts to improve the score. You can find out more about this feature on the release notes on Blackboard’s support Continue Reading…
Mobile Apps: Scheduled Maintenance 24 December 2021
A database upgrade will be performed early in the morning, between 0200 and 0215. For those using the Blackboard Student and Blackboard Instructor apps between those times, you will: Be unable to log in Not recieve push notifications from Blackbard on your device(s) This only affects the mobile apps. It will not affect access to Continue Reading…
Scheduled Maintenance: 20 December 2021
Access to Blackboard may be briefly interrupted early in the morning. A rolling restart will be performed which may affect your access. This will begin at 0300 and last for up to five minutes. See details for other timezones.
Timer and Force Complete options are now linked
To prevent issues arising when a student tries to complete a test through multiple tabs/windows, the Timer and Force Complete options are now linked Colleagues are advised to avoid selection of the Force completion option. Enabling this option may create problems for students completing a test should they experience any connectivity issues during an assessment. Continue Reading…