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Hi Alison We have used a self enrol option this year for students who wish to access the Study Skills Toolkit. We decided to go for a self enrol option as we weren't sure about how an organisation with over 10,000 people registered onto it would work in practise. In terms of reminding students about the facilities available we have found the use of system announcements on the home page to be very successful (i.e. I put an announcement there about my research into the First Year Experience and within the space of 10 hours over 60 people had completed the questionnaire!). I've also been running induction sessions with students highlighting the support materials available and asking them to self enrol as part of a session which has been successful. We now have over 500 people registered which is pretty good going. Our academic Schools have also provided links from their webpages to the resources (e.g. http://www.brad.ac.uk/acad/envsci/currentstudents/studyskills.php) and we're working closely with academic colleagues to promote the materials that are available. Let me know if you want any more information! Becka Becka Currant Senior Adviser Learner Development Unit University of Bradford Tel: 01274 235137 Fax: 01274 235390 www.brad.ac.uk/lss/learnerdevelopment E-mail: [log in to unmask] _____ From: learning development in higher education network [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Alison Green Sent: 10 October 2006 13:39 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Blackboard & study support Can anyone with experience of Blackboard let me know how they have used it with students seeking study support please? It has been suggested that we have an 'organisation' on which all students are enrolled. Alternatively, they could self-enrol but then we would only get those who are actively looking for support rather than reminding everyone of the facilities available. Any advice please? Thanks, Alison