Grades Transfer: New ‘select all’ option (available now)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
In order to avoid slow page loading times for courses containing high numbers of student enrolments, the ‘Send Grades to SITS’ tool now only lists 10 students per page on the final screen. However, it is still possible to select all students from all pages when sending grades from NILE to SITS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Details about how to select all grades, not just the first ten, when sending grades from NILE to SITS is available at: How do I select all grades when using the ‘Send Grades to SITS’ tool?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n An updated video demonstrating the process of sending grades from NILE to SITS is available at: Sending your mapped grades from NILE to SITS<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Full details of the grades transfer process, including updated guidance, videos and screenshots, is available at: Transferring grades from NILE to SITS<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Back to top \u2191<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n Following April’s upgrade, staff and students will have the option to print Ultra documents to PDF or directly to a printer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Where knowledge check questions are used in an Ultra document the print option works differently for staff and students. When staff print the document both the questions and the answers to knowledge check questions will be given in the printed version, but when students print the document only the questions will be printed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Back to top \u2191<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n While Turnitin assignments have for many years included an indicator to show whether students have accessed their feedback or not, Blackboard assignments have not had this feature. However, following this month’s upgrade staff will be able to see whether feedback has been accessed when using Blackboard assignments. Additionally, staff will also be able to see in the student overview page in Ultra courses whether students have accessed their feedback for Turnitin assignments too, making it easier for staff to get a quick overview about whether individual students have accessed the feedback for their assignments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To access the student overview page in an Ultra document select the student either from their entry in the class register or the gradebook. As well as showing the time and date on which they last accessed the NILE course, the student overview page also displays an overview of their marks, a summary of their progress through the course (via the ‘Progress’ tab) showing which course materials they have accessed, and a more detailed log of their course interactions (via the ‘Activity Log’ tab). The ‘Student Activity’ report is also available from this page which details time spent in the course. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Back to top \u2191<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n This month’s upgrade will see Ally’s alternative format conversion process upgraded to include the first version of support for OfficeMath<\/a> found in Microsoft Word documents. Students downloading material in the HTML and BeeLine Reader alternative formats will now see equations rendered as MathML via MathJax in their browser, meaning that students will no longer be missing important equations when using Ally to download material in their preferred HTML option. This is the first of multiple releases to better support the rendering of equations within Ally’s alternative format options.<\/p>\n\n\n\n More information about what Ally is and how it works in NILE is available from: Blackboard Help – Ally<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Back to top \u2191<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n Have you put together a great NILE Ultra course for 2024\/25? Or do you know someone who did? We\u2019re really keen to highlight and celebrate examples of good practice with Ultra, so if you or someone you know has designed a good Ultra course we\u2019d really like to hear from you. You can nominate yourself, or someone else, or multiple members of staff if the Ultra course has been created by more than one person. In your nomination we just need to know who it is that you\u2019re nominating, which module the nomination is for, and what it is that you think has been done well. And you don\u2019t have to tell us who is making the nomination if you don\u2019t want to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Nominated courses will be reviewed and Ultra Course Awards will be given according to the following criteria:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Winners of 2025 Ultra Course Awards will be announced at the University\u2019s summer Learning and Teaching Conference, and you can find out more about last year\u2019s winners here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Ultra Course Awards 2025 Nomination Form<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Please note that nominations for 2025 Ultra Course Awards close at 23:59 on the 30th of April, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Back to top \u2191<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n As ever, please get in touch with your learning technologist if you would like any more information about the new features available in this month\u2019s upgrade: Who is my learning technologist?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The new features in this month\u2019s Blackboard\u2019s upgrade will be available from Friday 4th April. This month\u2019s upgrade includes the following new\/improved features to Ultra courses:<\/p>\n Grades Transfer – New ‘select all’ option (available now)<\/a> Option to print Ultra documents<\/a> Blackboard assignments indicate if students have reviewed feedback<\/a> Maths support for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[12,261,290],"tags":[39,40,305,304,253,212],"class_list":["post-8783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-learntech-news","category-nile-update","category-uon-ultra-project","tag-blackboard","tag-blackboard-learn","tag-blackboard-upgrade","tag-ultra-upgrade","tag-update","tag-updates"],"yoast_head":"\nOption to print Ultra documents<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Blackboard assignments indicate if students have accessed feedback<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Maths support for Microsoft Word documents available for alternative formats<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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NILE Ultra Course Awards 2025 \u2013 Nominations open until 30th April<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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