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Author: Richard

Badges to Accredit Learning

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With a growth of over 1400% in 2013, the concept of “badging” looks set to gain further popularity within the next few years, particularly with education providers. The whole concept of Open Badges can be likened to Scouting badges, whereby

Richard January 27, 2014January 26, 2017 LTE Blog Read more

Updates to My Grades

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We’ve recently rolled out an update to the My Grades tool in Blackboard, introducing several enhancements for both staff and students. Here’s an overview of the new features:   **UPDATE 16 December : Students can now receive emailed receipts for

Richard December 11, 2013January 26, 2017 LTE Blog Read more

Content Curation Services

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The mass amount of information available online today makes it increasingly difficult and time-consuming to find the exact content that we want. Filtering through the content to find valuable resources is not an easy task. This is where content curation

Richard October 30, 2013January 26, 2017 LTE Blog Read more

Vimeo Mashups Now Available!

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We’re very pleased to announce that you can now add videos from Vimeo via the Mashup tool into your module! The mashup tool greatly streamlines performance and lets you get videos directly into your module with very little effort. Blackboard

Richard October 17, 2013January 26, 2017 LTE Blog Read more

How Do I Check For Students Not In A Group?

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Using groups in Blackboard is a great idea to get students working together on projects. Groups in Blackboard come with a host of features like blogs, the ability to share files amongst group members, the ability to email other group

Richard October 17, 2013January 26, 2017 LTE Blog Read more
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