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An issue has been identified that can affect assessments taken in Questionmark Perception using Internet Explorer 9. If the “Use graphic” option is selected when creating a Matching or Ranking question, images in the assessment may not be displayed. This issue has been reported to Questionmark and they are investigating.

Currently, we are recommending that, if a QMP assessment might be taken using the Internet Explorer 9 browser, you do not use the “Use graphic” option in Matching and Ranking questions. Please contact us if you have any questions about this, or for further advice.

The latest version of Blackboard has a new feature that allows staff to set “Goals” for their Courses, and then add “Alignments” between items in the Courses and these Goals. Unfortunately, references to Alignments appear in various places even when Goals have not been set – notably, on students’ My Grades pages, and at the top of any Content page created as a “Blank Page”. We have requested that Blackboard issue a patch that will enable us to remove these; until this time, please just ignore them – they have no effect when not associated with Goals.

 

If your courses contain materials created in Campus Pack (wikis, blogs and podcasts) the first time the link is clicked following the upgrade on the 17th August it will automatically update from the old version of the tool to the new.

To do this the following steps are requried –

Click View

 The upgrade process will start – this may take some time but it will not stop you using  another browser tab.

• Click on the Personal Learning Space
• Click Add Content
• Click Podcast
• Give the Podcast a name and add a description (if you want to)
• Click  Add New Episode
• Add a title for your podcast and Continue
• Select Record Media
• Click Record when you are ready to start
• Click Finish when you are ready
• Use the onscreen buttons to review
• Click Save & Exit

Campus Pack 4 – Personal Learning Space –

• Select the Personal Learning Space tab in Blackboard
• Select your name
• Select Settings

You can now manage your profile by adding an image and set your visibility in the public directory.

• Go to your Messages tab and
• click Compose Message.
• Click in the To field
• find the person’s name in the Directory; then click OK.
• Type your subject and message and click Send.

• Go to the Groups tab
• Click Create New Group.
• Enter the name and a description of the group
• Select Member, or Select Manager to invite people
• Search for the relevant names in the directory
• Repeat the two steps above until invites complete and Submit