All Winter 2025 courses have been created in Blackboard and can now be accessed by instructors and staff that have been assigned to courses in Banner. Winter 2025 courses can be found by navigating to the courses page in Blackboard. At this time, please consider exporting your course from the Fall 2024 term for safe keeping, and if you […]
Here are the highlights of faculty questions from November. These are not necessarily the most frequently asked questions, but helpful for all faculty members to know! Question: How do I create a Test in Blackboard? Answer: Follow these step-by-step instructions: On the Course Content page, select the plus sign > Create. The Create Item panel will open […]
The deadline to complete the SFQs is Sunday, December 8th for a 14-week course! If you have already enabled the SFQs for your course, then you are all set! If not, there are visual instructions for adding your SFQ into Blackboard here! Please note: Set 20 minutes of in-class time for students to complete the […]
These are the highlights of this month’s new and improved features in Blackboard Ultra that will be live Thursday, December 5th. The most relevant updates are related to 4 key areas: Instructional design; Communication and collaboration; Flexible grading; and the Gradebook. Instructional Design Navigation Added for LTI and SCORM Items within Learning Modules Instructors use learning […]
November 16th – December 8th is SFQ Season for 14-week courses! Student Feedback Questionnaires (SFQs) invite students to provide anonymous feedback on their learning experience in each course each semester to support our shared commitment to ensuring the quality of our academic programs at Humber. Student feedback is anonymous and confidential, and is not used to […]
In September, Respondus was disabled from Blackboard due to required updates from the vendor. We are pleased to share that the Respondus Lockdown Browser will be enabled in Blackboard on Monday, November 25th. Humber ITS and Innovative Learning have been closely monitoring this situation with Respondus since the tool was temporarily disabled in September 2024. […]
These are the highlights of this month’s new and improved features in Blackboard Ultra that will be live Thursday, November 7th. The most relevant updates are related to 4 key areas: Instructional Design Tests and Assignments Communication and Collaboration Learner progression and personalized experience Review the full details of this month’s updates here! Instructional Design Improvement […]
Here are the highlights of faculty questions from October. These are not necessarily the most frequently asked questions, but helpful for all faculty members to know! Question: How do I enable SafeAssign for my Assessment? Answer: Remember to enable SafeAssign before students have access to your assessment! Locate the test or assignment you want […]
SafeAssign, which compares student submissions against a set of academic papers to identify plagiarism and/or academic misconduct in Blackboard, will be undergoing a scheduled maintenance on November 19th at 6 am to ensure its continued reliability and performance. It is approximated that the updates will take about 2 hours, during which SafeAssign will be completely […]
Respondus Lockdown Browser was recently removed from Blackboard Ultra. In light of this change, Innovative Learning wants to share some recommendations and alternatives to the Respondus Lockdown Browser to protect your tests and quizzes. There are 3 potential alternatives: If you have a low-stakes online assessment, secure your assessment using features available to you in […]