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This page explains some of the common terms used in online marking.

This article offers a comparison between Blackboard assignments and Turnitin assignments, and explains the common features and considerations that might influence the choice of tool.

Turnitin and the Blackboard Assignment tool can be set up to allow any file type. However, only supported file types can be checked for similarity or graded online. Read more about supported files here.

This video details the process of setting up an individual (as opposed to group) assignment in Blackboard.

This video shows the step-by-step process of creating a group assignment in Blackboard.

This short video comes from James Brooks (Faculty of Science and Engineering Academic Lead for Pedagogy) who will discuss the structure of online courses.

In the first in a series of weekly videos Associate Vice-Dean Steve Pettifer discusses the various terms and concepts associated with Blended Learning.

This video features Associate Vice-Dean Steve Pettifer and Faculty Lead for Pedagogy James Brooks discuss the different types of video format you might want to consider when moving to Blended Learning.

This pages explains how to setup an online assessment using Blackboard to create a test, add questions, and make the test available to students.

This guide is aimed at setting up a Blackboard assignment tool for use in the upcoming exam period. Some of the settings discussed here are specific for the exam context and will not be suitable for a piece of course work.