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Event – 6 March 2009

Posted on February 10, 2009 by Simon

The second meeting of Scot-BUG is scheduled for Friday 6th March at Glasgow Caledonian University. The theme of the meeting is Blackboard 9. There will be sessions on: upgrading with solutions engineer Stephen Clarke and technical support manager Garry Harper; … Continue reading →

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Inaugural meeting – Update

Posted on November 19, 2008 by Simon

Richard Parsons has passed along some information regarding the inaugural meeting on the 28 November 2008 1. Registrations for the Dundee meeting will close at 5 pm on Monday 24 November to allow planning to occur. 2. A light lunch of vegetarian … Continue reading →

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Inaugural meeting of Scot-BUG

Posted on November 13, 2008 by Simon

The inaugural meeting of Scot-BUG (the new name for the former Celtic WebCT Users Group – the new name reflects the addition of the Scottish Blackboard Classic users) is scheduled for Friday, 28th November 2008 in Dundee. The main theme … Continue reading →

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Stephen wins Innovators Award

Posted on October 22, 2008 by Simon

Stephen is too modest to shout out about his recent “Innovators Award” from BlackBoard. So I’ll do it for him! Well done Stephen. The Innovators Award Honoring those who enable educational innovations with tools that directly impact teaching and learning. … Continue reading →

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10 June meeting

Posted on June 16, 2008 by Simon

Thanks to everyone who attended the event last week. From the feedback received I think everyone found it valuable. Linked below are copies of the slides from the two main presentations: Selecting the next generation virtual learning platform for the … Continue reading →

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Next meeting – 10 June 2008

Posted on May 16, 2008 by Simon

Theme: Evaluating VLEs (or what are the must-haves for VLE services) Location: The University of Edinburgh (further details provided after registration) The main purpose of this event is to provide an opportunity for YOU to reflect on what the important … Continue reading →

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Next Meeting – 16th May, 2008

Posted on May 2, 2008 by Simon

The location for the next meeting of the Celtic WebCT User Group will be: P515, Graham Hills Building, 50 George Street entrance: http://www.strath.ac.uk/maps/grahamhillsbuilding

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Next Meeting – 16th May, 2008

Posted on April 11, 2008 by Simon

Location: University of Strathclyde, Glasgow At the last meeting of the Celtic WebCT User Group, we started to discuss how we might bring together colleagues from across the Campus Edition/Vista and Blackboard ‘Classic’ communities with a view to widening the … Continue reading →

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29th February 2008 – meeting

Posted on February 4, 2008 by Simon

Location: Queen Margaret University Schedule 09:00 – 11:00 bookable one-to-one sessions with Blackboard TSM, Andy Hume. Please contact speacock@qmu.ac.uk for further details. 10:30 – 11:00 coffee 11:00 – 12:00 During this time, members of the BlackBoard team will provide an … Continue reading →

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Next meeting – postponed

Posted on January 15, 2008 by Simon

The next Celtic WebCT Meeting was scheduled to take place on the 25 January 2008 at Queen Margaret University. This has now been postponed. Look out for a new date in February.

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