Author Archives: Simon

Apologies for such a long gap since the last meeting but we now have a date for your diary: Friday 25th Match at the University of Dundee.

The next meeting of Scot-BUG will take place on 23rd June 2010 at the University of Stirling. The day will based around Learn 9.1 with planned presentations looking at the software from both a WebCT and Blackboard classic viewpoint. Adrian … Continue reading →

The next Scot-BUG event is scheduled for Thursday 11 February 2010 at Edinburgh Napier University, Craighouse Campus.  It will include sessions on: Blackboard’s Assignment Handler Lecture capture Using mobile devices In a first for Scot-BUG, the meeting will be available … Continue reading →

The fourth meeting of Scot-BUG is scheduled for Friday 6th November at the University of Abertay. There will be sessions on: Google Wave from Martin Hawksey, JISC Regional Support Centre, Scotland North & East Atlantic Link’s (http://www.atlantic-link.co.uk/) collaborative rapid e-learning … Continue reading →

One of the liveliest groups at the St Andrews event addressed key functionality required for BB9.1 when it is released in late 2009. Our debate focussed on the functionality that was absolutely necessary for institutions to consider upgrading from WebCT … Continue reading →

 A healthy discussion took place about training and the development of new training materials. The following points were raised: Develop different types of training materials “beyond pdf” – screencasts, a series of on-line lessons material to support migrated courses and … Continue reading →

The general feeling from people who participated in the discussions at the Other Choices corner was that since Learn 9 will represent a big change, it is timely for institutions to review their needs and eLearning strategies and to consider … Continue reading →

As outlined in the previous post, one of the themes which formed part of the discussion about the process of upgrading to Learn 9 was Infrastructure.  This did not receive a lot of interest on the day.  This may have … Continue reading →

The third meeting of Scot-BUG is scheduled for Friday 12th June at St Andrews University.  There will be sessions on: BoB (Box of Broadcasts) with Luís Carrasqueiro, Deputy Chief Executive, British Universities Film & Video Council txttools an SMS solution … Continue reading →