Now that all modules that start in Semester 1 and 2 of 2024 have been created (this includes all modules coded SEM01, SEM02, SEM12,SEM00), it’s time to return to the process of archiving modules older than seven years. As part of our annual process, we archive modules older than seven…
What is it ? Question Banks are collections of questions that can be reused across multiple assessments. Utilising the AI Design Assistant, you can generate question banks from a Ultra Document to evaluate students’ understanding efficiently. Steps to Generate a Question Bank Step 1: Select “Generate question bank” Within your…
What is it ? Blackboard Design Assistant gives you an option to choose royalty free image using ‘Unsplash’ for your Learning module. What does it do ? This feature provides the option to search for royalty free images in ‘Unsplash’ within your module. There is the further option to edit…
What is it? Staff can now generate the discussions using Blackboard AI Design Assistant , it will create the discussion using the course title and description. How does it work? This AI design feature gives you suggestions for creating new discussions in your course modules. These suggestions are based on…
What is it ? Staff can now generate Journal topics using Blackboards AI Design Assistant. It provides suggestions for topics based on the course context you select using its AI capabilities. What does it do ? The AI Design Assistant provides suggestions for Journal topics, you can choose the suggestions…
What is it? Staff can now generate test questions using Blackboards AI Design Assistant. It provides suggestions for formative and summative assessments based on the course context you select using its AI capabilities. What does it do? The AI Design Assistant provides test question suggestions, you can add description to…
What is it? Users, whether students or staff, now have the option to include text guidance and an audio recording of their name in their user profile. This will also appear in Assessments, Communication tools, Grade Centre, Groups and User profile. What does it do? The text guidance allows them…
Removal of recordings in Collaborate prior to the 22/23 AY As last year, we will be removing older recordings from collaborate . This is for two main reasons – the first and most timely is that we need to reduce our overall storage footprint. The second is to set up…
Turnitin has reported an incident on 22 April 2024. Turnitin, Turnitin UK, iThenticate, Crossref, and users accessing Turnitin via an integration are currently experiencing an unexpected service incident. We appreciate your patience with any technical issues; the similarity report generation may be slow at the moment. We recommend checking Turnitin’s…
Turnitin has maintenance scheduled for 20 April, 2024 that prevent any use of Similarity and originality check . The disruptions are also expected in feedback studio and other services of Turnitin from 15:00 – 20:00 BST. We anticipate that there may be service issues following this planned downtime as well,…