Author: Sophie Shippen

Reminder re: Reassessments video tutorials and a new FAQ

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School / faculty administrators or Student Administration Managers (SAMs) are busy setting up reassessments. This is a reminder that videos covering the process are available from BEAM:

https://uob.sharepoint.com/sites/beam/SitePages/reassessment-training.aspx

User Guides and Reference Guides:

https://uob.sharepoint.com/sites/beam/SitePages/manage-reassessment.aspx

We have a new FAQ:

How do I make my reassessment available on a specific date?

Go to the submission point, select Edit and then add the dates and times in the in the ‘Availability’ section under ‘Display After’ and ‘Display Until’ .

Please ensure you have also watched Video 6 on how to allocate reassessment groups and make your assessment visible to students.

Blackboard Mobile App Planned Maintenance/Outage 17th December 3:30 AM

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Blackboard will be performing essential maintenance on the mobile app from 3:30AM on 17th December. The Blackboard app will be unavailable for around 5 hours during the maintenance; please access Blackboard using a web browser during this time.

We apologise for any inconvenience caused.  If you have any questions or concerns please contact the Digital Education Office.

Winter workshops and webinars from the Digital Education Office

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Places are available on Digital Education workshops and webinars before and after Christmas, including introductions to Blackboard, creating and managing online tests, and advanced use of the Grade Centre, as well as talks from AbilityNet on digital accessibility. We are also running a series of EMA drop-in clinics around the University.

Find out more and book online

Introduction to creating and managing tests in Blackboard Webinar, 11th December 14:00-14:45

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If you are interested in using Blackboard for online tests come and join our webinar on 11th December 14:00-14:45. We will look at how to create question pools, different types of questions and how to deploy tests in your course. Sign up here https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/introduction-to-creating-and-managing-tests-in-blackboard-tickets-80828358797

Digital Education Office Blackboard Basics Webinar 24th October, 15:00-15:30

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Places are available on the Blackboard Basics Webinar on 24th October, 15:00-15:30.

The aim of this webinar is to provide a concise overview of the tools and features of Blackboard, enable participants to be in a position to create their own courses and share ideas on how Blackboard can be used to support learning and teaching based on examples from the University of Bristol.

For more information and to register, please visit the Blackboard Basics event page.