The UNSW Blackboard Learn server will be upgraded to Release 9.1, Service Pack 2 on Thursday 18th November 2010. To find out how it will affect you please read the attached documents. Upgrade plan for Blackboard 9.1 Whats New in Bb 9.1 Bb 9.1 Course Roll-Over
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Blackboard 9.1 Upgrade Plan
November 4th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Announcements, Bb staff announcements, bbstaff, staffannouncements, TELT news
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CreateWorld 2010 – “Working on the Edge – Creativity, Technology and Innovation”
August 25th, 2010 · No Comments · Announcements, Bb staff announcements, bbstaff, Connections & collaboration, Events, staffannouncements
CreateWorld 2010 – “Working on the Edge – Creativity, Technology and Innovation” 29 November – 1 December 2010 Given the success of the last four events, the AUC will again be hosting the CreateWorld conference – a three day performance, presentation, and professional development event, specifically for academic and higher-education technical staff in the digital [...]
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Changes to Notifications in Blackboard
June 3rd, 2010 · No Comments · Bb staff announcements, bbstaff
Some changes have recently been implemented to notifications in Blackboard. Specifically, the generation of email digest notifications will now run on an hourly basis which is less frequent than previously. Additionally, due items won’t be marked overdue as frequently. These changes were implemented in order to address system performance issues as the frequent timing of [...]
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Participate in research to build a “Facebook for Health”
May 20th, 2010 · No Comments · Bb staff announcements, Bb student announcements, bbstaff, bbstudent
Are you 18 or older with easy access to the Internet? You are invited to take part in a “Facebook for Health” online research study conducted at the Centre for Health Informatics, UNSW (HREC no. 10109): Use a new website to manage your health and answer a few short questionnaires. Enter a draw to win [...]
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Public lectures on: Writing The Future: How Digital Books Will Change the World and Going Mobile: Building for the New Mobility
April 22nd, 2010 · 2 Comments · Announcements, Bb staff announcements, bbstaff, Networked learning, Tools & applications
Two public lectures being presented by Sydney Ideas, The University of Sydney’s public lecture series program. Writing The Future: How Digital Books Will Change the World and Going Mobile: Building for the New Mobility Dr Bill Rankin Associate Professor of English and Director of Educational Innovation at Abilene Christian University (ACU) in Abilene, Texas along [...]
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Social bookmarking
April 12th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Bb staff announcements, bbstaff, Research, Resources, Tools & applications, UNFED
One of the most useful technologies for academics is social bookmarking. Regardless of what tool you choose to use (determined largely by your community of practice) the service allows you to save favourite sites online (as opposed to your personal browser), and to share these with a team or network. At UNSW we’ve been trialling [...]
Learning and teaching connections
April 7th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Bb staff announcements, bbstaff, Learning & teaching, staffannouncements, UNFED
UNFED (UNSW Network of Faculty Educational Developers) meets monthly to enable educational developers, and other interested people, working in schools and faculties to meet with each other and with Learning and Teaching developers to raise issues of importance, and communicate professional development and Learning and Teaching support needs. All interested people are invited to join [...]
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UNSW Library Website URL has Changed
March 2nd, 2010 · No Comments · Bb staff announcements, bbstaff, staffannouncements
The UNSW Library website url will change in mid-February 2010 along with some of the content. If you have linked to specific website pages within your BB9 course, please contact your Faculty Outreach Librarian for advice or send a query to: http://libraryinfounsw.altarama.com/reft100.aspx?key=refshort&ref=120/ A redirection from the current url (info.library.unsw.edu.au) will be in place. Please note: [...]
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TELT platform announcements
February 11th, 2010 · No Comments · Bb staff announcements, Bb student announcements, bbstaff, bbstudent, staffannouncements
We are currently working on a process that will enable us to use this blog to post staff and student TELT application announcements (including Blackboard). By assigning each announcement to a relevant category we will be able to pull a feed from that category into other relevant locations including Blackboard modules. Stay tuned for further [...]
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