A to Z of Minerva Staff Guides
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A
Academic Skills, embedding
Access, can students access previous years' module
Access, who can access Minerva?
Accessibility in Minerva
Accessibility, keyboard shortcuts and screen readers
Activity, monitoring
Adaptive Release, see Conditional Availability
AI Design Assistant in Minerva
Annotate, Blackboard inline marking tool
Announcements, module
Assignments, Blackboard Assignment guides
Assignments, checklist for creating a Blackboard Assignments
Assignments, getting started with Blackboard Assignments
Assignments, Gradescope - create online assignments
Assignments, Gradescope - create homework assignments
Assignments, Turnitin
Availability, Modules/Organisations
B
Batch edit, multiple items availability
Browser, recommended browsers
C
Can't find/see my module, troubleshooting
Collaborate, guides
Communications, Minerva Policy
Communications, request for University-wide
Communications, School and Faculty
Communicate with students, module level
Complete, mark module as
Complete, undo module marked as
Conditional Availability, creating rules
Conditional Availability, removing rules
Copy content - From Original to Ultra Course View
Copy content - From Ultra Course View to Ultra Course View
Copying Tests - Original tests to Ultra Course View
Copying Tests - Ultra tests to Ultra Course View
Copyright and Minerva
Conditional Availability, using rules to release content
Conditional Availability, remove rules to release content
Content unavailable, error message
Conversations
D
Discussions and Conversations, what are the differences?
Discussions, analyse
Discussions, create
Discussions, grade
Discussions, post and reply
Documents, create
Documents, edit placeholders
E
Enrolment, assigned on Banner in staff role but have a student role
Enrolment, have builder role, want instructor
Enrolments, roles
Enrolment, user not appearing
Etiquette, Netiquette in Minerva
F
Files, add
Files, add from cloud storage
Files, add from your Content Collection
Files, add Package (Zip)
Files, reduce file size
Folders, add
Forms, Getting Started with Blackboard Forms
G
Getting started with your Modules
Gradebook, access
Gradebook, attach files as feedback
Gradebook, create and hide the Overall Grade
Gradebook, download options
Gradebook, enter grades and feedback
Gradebook, hide grades, assessments and Overall Grades
Gradebook, identify and email students who have not submitted assessments
Gradebook, new grading interface for Blackboard Assignment and Test
Gradebook, post grades (return grades/feedback to students)
Gradebook, set exceptions and accommodations
Gradebook reminder, sending reminders from the Gradebook (Blackboard Assignment/Tests/Discussions)
Gradebook reminder, sending reminders from the Gradebook (Turnitin)
Gradebook, settings
Gradebook, upload options
Gradebook, what are the differences between Original Grade Centre and Ultra Gradebook?
Gradescope, added to your Minerva module
Gradescope, guides
Groups, create and manage
Groups, import group sets and members using CSV upload
I
Images, add
Images, create a module card thumbnail and banner image
Images, find images for your module from Creative Commons
J
Journals, create
Journals, viewing your students' Journals
L
Labster, guides
Learning module or Folder, which should I use?
Learning modules, create
Lecture Capture in Minerva (Mediasite module recordings)
LinkedIn Learning
Log in, How to log in to Minerva
Log in, How to log in to Minerva outside of the university
M
Merged Modules, how to request
Messages
Modules and Organisations, find from previous years
Modules and Organisations, find your module or organisation
Modules, how students see staff listed
Module Link, Add
Module staff list
N
Navigate inside a module
Navigate outside a module
Name pronunciation, add
O
Organisations, what is an organisation and how to request
P
Padlet, embed in Minerva
PebblePad, integration with your Minerva module
Progress Tracking
Profile Picture, add
Pronunciation, add name
R
Recording Tool, using
Reminder, sending reminders from the Gradebook (Blackboard Assignment/Tests/Discussions)
Reminder, sending reminders from the Gradebook (Turnitin)
Rubrics, Blackboard
S
Student Preview, review your content
Sway, resize embed
T
Template and Module building
Tests, advanced question creation with Blackboard Tests
Tests, comparison between Ultra and Original
Tests, copying Original tests to Ultra Course View
Tests, copying Ultra tests to Ultra Course View
Tests, getting started with Blackboard Tests
Tests, checklist for creating a Blackboard TestÂ
Tests, reviewing attempts and grading Blackboard Tests
Tests, settings in Blackboard Tests including Exceptions and Accommodations
Top Hat, sync to your Minerva module
Turnitin, guides
U
Ultra Course View, what are the differences between Ultra and Original?
Unavailable, module is unavailable
V
Video, add from Mediasite
Video, embed YouTube
Virtual Classrooms