Assignment Manager will handle CBA, won't it? I'm interested in
dissertations and other page-based assignments in, for example, Word files,
being submitted electronically. Or at least, the lecturers are.......
The problem with System Availability set to off sounds exactly like the one
associated with Batch Create Courses. We, too, batch create - and are just
about to start testing with a Test Licence on a backroom server for V6.0
LSBasic.....
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Regards
Mark
Mark Gamble - Head, AV-Media Services, Learning Resources
Tel ext 2260 Fax 2259 Mobile 077 200 686 05
http://lrweb.luton.ac.uk/av-media/
> From: Catherine Durkin <[log in to unmask]>
> Organization: CDNTL
> Reply-To: Catherine Durkin <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2002 15:04:39 -0000
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Electronic Submission of Assignments + Batch upload in v6
>
> In the Blackboard 6.0 Release Notes is states that there is a new Assignment
> Manager, which "enables instructors to better manage a large number of
> assignments and students". This is managed through the Gradebook
> apparently...
>
> Of concern to us on reading the release notes, is the "known issue" that
> System Availability for users and enrolments created through a batch process
> is incorrectly set to 'no' by default. We are using Basic Edition and
> create/enrol almost all our students through batch text files. Are there any
> Basic Edition users out there who are planning to move to v6 in the near
> future?
>
> Catherine
> ---------------------------
> Catherine Durkin
> Learning Technology Officer
> Centre for the Development of
> New Technologies in Learning
> University of Bath
> Claverton Down
> Bath
> BA2 7AY
>
> Tel. +44(0)1225 384392
>
> http://www.bath.ac.uk/e-learning
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Andy Ramsden" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2002 2:30 PM
> Subject: Re: Electronic Submission of Assignments
>
>
>> Oh, I thought at the Swansea meeting they had mentioned that the
>> digital drop box would allow us to direct files to different folders. I
>> assumed this was the case, I've not looked into it any further.
>>
>> Andy
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, 10 Dec 2002 14:08:51 +0000 Mark Gamble
>> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>>> Sorry to disappoint, but I had a poke about in the demo portal of V6.0,
>>> submitted a file in the DDbox and guess what? It looked exactly the
>>> same as
>>> in v5.5...... Now there may be something under the covers that I
>>> couldn't
>>> spot, but.........
>>> --
>>> Regards
>>> Mark
>>>
>>> Mark Gamble - Head, AV-Media Services, Learning Resources
>>> Tel ext 2260 Fax 2259 Mobile 077 200 686 05
>>>
>>> http://lrweb.luton.ac.uk/av-media/
>>>
>>>> From: Andy Ramsden <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> Reply-To: [log in to unmask]
>>>> Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2002 12:28:08 +0000
>>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>>> Subject: Re: Electronic Submission of Assignments
>>>>
>>>> Dear All,
>>>>
>>>> There are many issues with the use of the digital dropbox, some will
>>>> disappear (I beleive) with version 6.
>>>>
>>>> concerns include;
>>>>
>>>> Management - the files all seem to be currently deposited in one
>>>> folder. This will create considerable problems for courses with more
>>>> than one grader. Need a naming convention that all stick by ...
>>>> - must be in the desired format with all information
>>>>
>>>> students - need cover sheets etc., therefore, need to zip
>>> files.
>>>> Hence training
>>>> - in the intial period need convincing it's worked,
>>>> i.e., need an email reply that recieved it.
>>>>
>>>> Generally, for it to work with a large group we need to be certain
>>> that
>>>> the student has done everything correctly, and it needs to be managed
>>>> very well.
>>>>
>>>> We' are in the process of drawing up a draft e-submission guide
>>>> using Blackboard for a course at UoB. This has not been cleared by the
>>>> relevant committees, so it's very draft ;-). Might be useful as a
>>>> discussion point.
>>>>
>>>> Andy
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, 10 Dec 2002 11:21:19 +0000 Mark Gamble
>>>> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> It's that time of the year and we're beginning to vex ourselves with
>>> the
>>>>> question of electronic submission of assignments. Very scary. Anybody
>>>>> feel
>>>>> they've cracked it? I'd be much happier if, for a start, the file
>>>>> dropped in
>>>>> the DDbox revealed its byte-size, as files uploaded in other areas do
>>>>> (to
>>>>> discourage students posting empty files to have a "record" of
>>>>> submission to
>>>>> print out). Basically, we don't do it - but we think we might quite
>>> like
>>>>> to........ Perhaps an issue for discussion (revelations?) at Durham?
>>>>> --
>>>>> Regards
>>>>> Mark
>>>>>
>>>>> Mark Gamble - Head, AV-Media Services, Learning Resources
>>>>> Tel ext 2260 Fax 2259 Mobile 077 200 686 05
>>>>>
>>>>> http://lrweb.luton.ac.uk/av-media/
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ----------------------
>>>> Andy Ramsden
>>>> Learning Technologies Adviser - LTSS
>>>>
>>>> Institute of Learning and Research Technology
>>>> Bristol University
>>>> 8-10 Berkeley Square
>>>> Bristol
>>>> BS8 1HH
>>>>
>>>> [log in to unmask]
>>>> telephone: +44 (0) 117 928 7152
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>> ----------------------
>> Andy Ramsden
>> Learning Technologies Adviser - LTSS
>>
>> Institute of Learning and Research Technology
>> Bristol University
>> 8-10 Berkeley Square
>> Bristol
>> BS8 1HH
>>
>> [log in to unmask]
>> telephone: +44 (0) 117 928 7152
>>
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