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As we near the start of induction week we wanted to provide you with some guidance to share with your students on how they can prepare for the use of Study Goal, so they understand what is expected of them and how they access the system. All Level 0 and Level 4 students have been made aware of the Learning… Read more » about Learning Analytics – helping you to support your students
Where announcements have been posted in Programme areas over the previous year with Release Conditions (normally for a specific level of study), unless an end date has been set on the announcement, announcements will get sent to new students when they are moved into the Programme areas Level groupings which happens at the start of… Read more » about Check your Programme area announcements
The Mahara ePortfolio system will be unavailable on 13 September 2022, 08:00 to 17:00 whilst essential maintenance is being completed. Please note that this date has been moved back from the previous planned date of 6 September. If you have any queries or concerns please contact the IT Service Desk. +44 (0)1202 965515 Freephone: 0808… Read more » about Mahara scheduled maintenance – 13 September 2022
Please note that on Friday 9th September we are making a change which may affect how you log into Mentimeter. This change will mean that all Mentimeter accounts registered to BU email addresses will be authenticated via SSO, so that you’ll sign in with your BU IT account. Most staff will already be signing in… Read more » about Changes to how you log in to Mentimeter
Following on from earlier messages and information about the BU Learning Analytics pilot we are pleased to confirm the implementation of the extended pilot. All Level 0 and Level 4 programmes are in scope in Semester 1 2022-23 academic year, with the opportunity to use the following features: Attendance capture – Checkin Unit reporting Student engagement reporting Learning Analytics is intended to give students… Read more » about JISC Learning Analytics training
The Chat tool is one of the older Brightspace tools and offers very basic chat functionality which has since been surpassed by other synchronous communication tools like Zoom and MS Teams. A specific flaw in the tool means that when you join a chat you cannot see any messages that have been raised previously so… Read more » about Retiring the Brightspace Chat tool
Panopto will be updating their cloud service on Saturday, 25 June 2022. This will result in up to 4 hours of downtime to the Panopto Cloud site – starting from 22:00. During the downtime, you will not be able to view videos on the Panopto site (or via Brightspace). You will also not be able to… Read more » about Panopto Lecture Capture cloud service downtime
The new curricular units for 22/23 will be available on Brightspace to staff from Tuesday 19th July. This will be accompanied by guidance and support on unit preparation for the next academic year. If you need to start preparing your unit materials in Brightspace prior to 19th July then we recommend that this is done… Read more » about New curricular units on Brightspace for 2022/23
The Turnitin Feedback Studio and Originality Report service will be unavailable due to emergency maintenance on Wednesday 6 April from 11:00am to 12:00pm (1 hour). During this time you will not be able to view and mark student papers in the Turnitin Feedback Studio or view Originality Reports. Submitted papers will still be available to… Read more » about Turnitin service temporarily unavailable today – 11:00am to 12:00pm (1 hour)
What is MUSE? The Mid-Unit Student Evaluation (MUSE) is a survey designed to encourage students to reflect on their progress to date and feed back on their learning experience, including views on any summative or formative feedback received during their current unit. This information enables tutors to incorporate any necessary enhancements moving forward, therefore adding… Read more » about MUSE is on the way
