Blackboard Upgrade – January 2024
15 Dec 2023
In September 2025 the University will be switching our online Learning Environment from Blackboard to Canvas
You can find out more about this change at the link below:
In the meantime we will continue to support and develop Blackboard to provide the best possible online experience for staff and students. As part of this commitment we will be launching an upgrade to the Blackboard interface for the beginning of Semester two.
This upgrade will apply to the main Blackboard interface/home screen. There will be no changes to learning materials, assessments or the Blackboard tools and no action is required by staff or students. The improved home screen will provide several new features, including:
- An improved course selection screen, with an option to display courses as thumbnails rather than as a list,
- New fields in the user profile to allow you to specify pronouns and record your name pronunciation,
- A new Activity Stream feature that shows all significant dates/deadlines across all of your courses.
You can learn more about these new features and see a preview of the new interface at the link below:
The new interface will come into effect on Monday, 29 January 2024. There is likely to be some disruption to Blackboard over the weekend of January 27/28 and further details about this will be provided closer to the time.
If you have any questions about this change, please contact your local eLearning team.