Neil CocklinTo make it easier to prepare new Blackboard Courses, this year we will be creating them in 1 of 2 ways. 1. If a module ran during the 2020-21 academic year (and keeps the same module code) the course will be created completely empty. This will reduce tutor workload by greatly simplifying the course copying Continue Reading…
Category: Help & Support
Changes to help.blackboard.com
Adam MasseyBlackboard are redesigning their help site. Any links to it will need to be checked and updated before 25 May 2021 to continue working. What is changing? On help.blackboard.com, pages in the section for Blackboard Learn contain information for both the Original and Ultra Experiences. After 25 May 2021, the instructions for each experience will Continue Reading…
Quick Tips – Customising “My Courses”
Welcome to the first in a number of quick tip posts, that highlight a specific tool or feature that might be useful to you. The following video shows you how to customise the “My Course” panel on the Welcome page to make it more usable. Subtitles/Closed captions are available in the video player and a Continue Reading…
Kaltura Screen Recorder has been Retired
Tai LuongPlease note that the Kaltura Screen Recorder will no longer be supported. If you are looking for a substitute for this tool, please see Panopto recorder client, which can be downloaded to your PC/Mac, by clicking here.
Browsing Blackboard on a mobile
Some students are having a problem with using Blackboard on mobile devices. The theme uses a responsive layout that looks at the size of your screen and shows you a version of the site that fits your screen best. In the case of mobile devices this means that the side menu is collapsed when you Continue Reading…
New 2017/18 Blackboard modules
All taught modules have been “created empty” for 2017/18 on Aston’s Blackboard VLE. In addition, instructors are now enrolled onto their respective modules by SITS. If you are missing modules on Blackboard, please contact your school SITS administrator in the first instance, in order for them to add you as an instructor via SITS. New Continue Reading…
Blackboard help system update
Some of you maybe aware that tutorials section of this web site heavily relies on linking to content within help.blackboard.com. We do this so that we don’t have to re-invent the wheel every time there is Blackboard update. Blackboard have just revised this system, freshening up the interface and proving a far greater level of Continue Reading…
Get viewing statistics & create clips from your Kaltura videos
We’ve switched on the ability for you to create clips from your existing Kaltura videos, and have added tutorials on how to get statistics on the videos in a Blackboard course
Blackboard tutorials now updated
Over the last couple of weeks we have been working on up dating all of the Blackboard tutorials. This was a substantial amount of work that I’m pleased to announce has now been completed. All the tutorials are now correct for Blackboard’s April 2014 release that we are currently running. There has been some necessary Continue Reading…
Inline Grading tutorial
We have now added a tutorial that covers the new inline grading feature. This feature allows you to mark text based files in the web browser and give contextulised feedback to students. Check the Inline Grading For Assignments tutorial for more information.