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Blackboard Ultra is the University’s Virtual Learning Environment (VLE). It is a modern, responsive platform, designed to function on all devices (including mobile), and is used for all our campus taught courses. A series of monthly institution-wide sessions aimed at colleagues in Schools understand the basics of Blackboard Ultra and get to grips with the features they will be expected to use when setting up and delivering modules and assessing learning.

In the final session of the series for this semester focus will be on Promoting mobility amongst all students

Excellence in Apprenticeship Delivery

This 30 minute workshop to give module leaders a brief overview of the key features of Blackboard Ally including accessibility guidance and automated alternative formats.  Ally is a tool integrated within Blackboard modules intended to enable accessible content to all users.

Demystifying the Ofsted process and answering any questions you may have about what, when where and when.

This workshop is an opportunity for colleagues to engage with and reflect on different models for effective feedback practices and to gain valuable insights and practical guidance into ways they might optimise their own assessment feedback processes for themselves and their students.

This session will introduce academic staff to the Academic Workload Management Framework (AWMF) along with the process of workload planning, publication and acceptance of workload allocations.

Demystifying the Ofsted process and answering any questions you may have about what, when where and when.

Workshops for academic and professional staff involved in the progression and award of students through the Assessment Board process with a specific focus on the Assessment Regulations.

A series of monthly institution-wide sessions aimed at colleagues in Schools to introduce the basics of Blackboard Ultra and get to grips with the features they will be expected to use when setting up and delivering modules and assessing learning. A key feature of these sessions will be to help colleagues design impactful learning experiences on the VLE, ensuring that the VLE becomes an expansion of the learning ecosystem.