Category Archives: Scot-BUG

Learn 9 discussion: Other Choices

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

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Learn 9 discussion: Infrastructure

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

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Discussion on upgrading to Learn 9

A “roundtable” session at our event held last week in St Andrews discussed issues relating to the upgrade to Learn 9.  The discussion was organised around four main themes: infrastructure functionality training other choices A summary of the discussion from … Continue reading

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Event – 12 June 2009

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

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Event – 6 March 2009

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

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

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

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

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

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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