blackboard otago

Does the University of Otago use blackboard?

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How do I add Otago capture to a blackboard paper?

Blackboard is an online academic space you use while studying at Otago Papers you take in each semester will have their own section in your Blackboard. The system contains many features and tools although not all will be used in every paper. University lecturers use it to provide information that is specific to your papers.

How do I log in to Blackboard?

Blackboard is a learning management system that allows you to: access paper information and lecture notes communicate with your tutor and class members submit assignments. Many (but not all) University of Otago papers use Blackboard as part of their teaching resources.

How do I add a tool link to a Blackboard course?

Blackboard is your academic space. It is used by most University papers to convey information that is specific to your course such as; lecture slides, notices, assignment submission, lab material and grades. You can access blackboard by going to blackboard.otago.ac.nz. It’s important to know that not every lecturer uses Blackboard, and it is up to ...

How to request a new Blackboard paper

Lecturers can request a new Blackboard paper by using the Blackboard Paper Administration application. You can access the Blackboard Paper Adminstration in two ways:

Adding and removing staff

If you are a Blackboard paper coordinator, you can update staff access details:

Help with Blackboard

The Blackboard Helpsite for Staff is a comprehensive source for all things Blackboard.

What is a blackboard?

Blackboard is your academic space. It is used by most University papers to convey information that is specific to your course such as; lecture slides, notices, assignment submission, lab material and grades.

What is the homepage of a course?

It is presented in an overview form, with the ability to have a glance at all of the recent and relevant information your paper has.

What is a blackboard?

Blackboard is the University’s most commonly used online learning environment. Access is usually available from the first day of the Semester, once the enrolment process is complete and fees paid.

What is online learning?

Online learning environments provide access to course materials, discussion forums, workshops, quizzes, blogs and wikis and online assessment via the internet. Other features include the ability to upload assignments, engage in real-time chat and link directly from course material to other web-based information.

Blackboard wikis and student group assessments

Wikis are a terrific – and underutilised – tool for enabling students to work collaboratively on projects.

Inline grading with Blackboard

Online submission of assignments through Blackboard is now very common at Otago. Many lecturers choose to download their students’ submitted essays to their computer and edit the documents to provide marginalia, comments, and other alterations, before re-uploading.

Course Files and the Mystery of the Missing Space

It’s a classic tale of whodunit – you clear out all your superfluous files in your Blackboard paper and yet still you’re out of space. Let me introduce the culprit – Course Files.

Summary

Blackboard gives you the ability to set up study groups within your paper. A group consists of one or more users and can have access to:

Creating a Group

Groups are easy to create – find the Users and Groups section in the Control Panel and select Groups. Here you will see a list of all the existing and two buttons which will allow you to create more. You have the choice of Create Single Group or Create Group Set; the difference being the number of groups created.

Bulk assigning students to groups

You will need to create all the groups you want to add students to first, even if the groups are created empty, and make sure all of those students are enrolled in the Blackboard paper.