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Over the years this has been a popular request in the Brightspace user community and now ‘pinning announcements to the top’ is finally available on the platform. So whether it is an important message that you want to prioritise permanently, or just have a prominent welcome message for the first few weeks, you can now… Read more » about Pin announcements ‘to top’ in Brightspace
The new curricular units for 2023/24 will be available on Brightspace to staff from Thursday 6th July. Moving to a new content layout with ‘Lessons’ For the coming academic year we are moving to the Lessons (v1) content layout for all new units so this means that all 23/24 curricular units will have this content… Read more » about New units and Brightspace guidance
We’re making a few changes to simplify the navigation bar links on the Brightspace homepage for students to make it easier for them to find what they need and improve usability for mobile devices. These changes will be applied 29/06/23. The additional links for Staff Development and Analytics which are available for staff only will… Read more » about Changes to Brightspace Homepage
The new curricular units for 2023/24 will be available on Brightspace to staff from Thursday 6th July. This will be accompanied by guidance and support on unit preparation for the next academic year. New unit content layout with ‘Lessons’ For the coming academic year we are moving to the Lessons (v1) content layout for all… Read more » about New curricular units on Brightspace for 2023/24
We have had an ongoing issue where Turnitin assignment marks are not being displayed on the assignment pages in Brightspace that list student submissions and instead it just shows ‘refreshing…’ This makes it difficult to keep track of what has been marked and what marks have been awarded prior to mark release. This has been raised… Read more » about Viewing ‘Draft’ assignment marks on Brightspace
A series of improvements to modernise the Panopto user interface are being released in the coming months. The first update will reposition video thumbnail action buttons and will be released this month. Integrated video action buttons Video action buttons will be moved within video thumbnails for a cleaner, decluttered list page. Hovering over a video… Read more » about Improved video thumbnail features in Panopto
Have you thought about using online awards in Brightspace? Are digital badges something you would like to trial with your students this academic year? Why use online badges or certificates in Brightspace? Online awards don’t contribute to formal grades but can be used to reward student achievements that encourage the work ethic you want to… Read more » about Using Awards in Brightspace – Drop-in Session
Update: 23/01/23 3:00PM This issue has now been resolved and normal service is resumed allowing Zoom meetings to be scheduled, launched and joined from Brightspace units. If you have any further queries or issues, please raise a ticket with the IT Service Desk: Call: (01202) 965515 Or freephone 0808 196 2332 Online:https://itservices.bournemouth.ac.uk Update 23/01/23… Read more » about Now resolved: Launching Zoom from a Brightspace unit via ‘Communication’ menu bar
Following on from the recent training sessions, FLIE will be offering a lunchtime drop-in session dedicated to the Jisc Learning Analytics system. The Learning Analytics pilot is in place for Level 0 and Level 4 programmes. So whether you want help with Attendance checkin, unit and student reporting, or just have a general question, come… Read more » about Jisc Learning Analytics lunchtime drop-in
16/01/23: 4:00PM The Turnitin service issues that have been experienced today are now resolved. Normal service was resumed at 3:30PM. If any staff are continuing to have issues or have any further queries, please raise a ticket with the IT Service Desk: Call: (01202) 965515 Or freephone 0808 196 2332 Online:https://itservices.bournemouth.ac.uk 16/01/23: 11:21am We aware… Read more » about NOW RESOLVED: Turnitin running slow for staff this morning (16/01/23)
