Additional Workshops announced

In addition to the existing workshops, the following additional dates have now been scheduled:

7 August          9.15 - 12.30pm Workshop 3
4 September    9.15 - 12.30pm Workshop 1
6th September 1.15 - 4.30pm  Workshop 2

All workshops can be booked using the online form:
CAP Workshop Booking form

Drop-in sessions are currently being scheduled throughout August and the start of September and will be advertised shortly.

My Courses - Customising your Course List

When you first log-in to the Hub you will be taken to the My Hub page, where you will see a list of the modules where you are Instructor or Teaching Assistant. By default this list just shows the name of the module and if it is a teaching module, the date that the module will be available to students).

The list does not by default show the module code and arranges the list alphabetically by module title. It is possible, however, to customise the My Courses panel to display:
1. The module code and occurence
2. The instructors who have access
3. The term associated with that module (For QMU modules, the term will generally be either Semester 1,2,3 or Y. Other terms may apply for collaborative partner modules.)
It is also possible to group modules by term.


If you hover your mouse over the My Courses panel a cogwheel icon will appear in the top right-hand corner of the panel. Click this icon to open the customisation settings:

1. Terms
Select this option to display and/or group by term
2. Edit Course List
Select the Course ID checkbox for a module to display the module code. This will be prefixed to the module title (Module code-Occurence-Semester, e.g. B1073-A-SEM2). Please note that modules are still displayed in alphabetical order by module name not by module code.
Choose the Instructors checkbox for a module to display the all the instructors on your Course List.

Click Submit to save your changes.

Adding a dynamic link from Blackboard to the timetable

It is now possible to add a live link from within a Blackboard module to the module’s specific timetable in CelCat. This link will be dynamic and will update daily to show any potential changes to the module timetable. When clicking on the link, the learner can either view the timetable for the module for the academic year or can view the timetable for the current week. Students only need to be logged into the Hub to access this link; they do not need to be logged into Citrix/remote desktop.

Academic staff are strongly recommended to add this link to Blackboard rather than uploading static copies of timetables such as word documents with timetable times and rooms to Blackboard. By adding this link, it will ensure that students receive the most up-to-date information about their timetable and room allocations.

Please note:

• this tool is only available for modules (not programmes and combined areas) within Blackboard and does not apply to programmes delivered outwith the Musselburgh Campus.

·         approved changes to recurring module timetables that have been co-ordinated with the Space Management team will appear on the timetables the day after they are made. Ad-hoc room bookings for one-off events related to teaching can be requested to appear on student timetables by informing the Space Management team (timetable@qmu.ac.uk). These will be checked for clashes and will also appear  the day after they are approved. It should be noted that this is intended for occasional unplanned events only, and is not an alternative to the annual timetabling process

 

To add a live link to the timetable, go to your module in the Hub:

1.    Make the tool available:

·         click on customisation/tool availability

·         scroll down the list until you find module timetable

·         click in the box next to module timetable to make the tool available

·         click submit.

2.    Add a link to the tool – there are two ways to add a link to the module timetable

a)    Adding a link to the left-hand menu – make sure you are in edit mode on

·         click on the plus at the top left-hand side of the menu

·         select add a tool link

·         select module timetable

·         add a title and make available to users.

b)    Adding a link in a content area – make sure you are in edit mode on

·         click on a content area where you wish the link to be

·         click on tools/more tools and select module timetable

·         in the text box add further information explaining to your students that this is a dynamic up-to-date link to the timetable that they should check on a regular basis

·         submit and move to the appropriate place on your content area.

For further information, contact hub@qmu.ac.uk

Pasting content into the textbox editor

Using the keyboard shortcut (crtl+v) to paste content into the textbox editor will result in the content being duplicated.

There are a few different workarounds to prevent this from happening. These are:

· Right-click your mouse and select paste from the menu which appears

Right-click and select paste

 

· Click on the paste icon in the text editor

Click on paste icon

 

• Use the paste from word mashup tool

Click on paste from word mashup tool