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FeedbackFruits, a digital tool designed for formative assessment, is now available for use throughout the University.

As previously shared in February 2024, following a review of our current online assessment systems, Top Hat is no longer available for staff or students to use.

The September update introduces changes to the layout of module pages and some new Gradebook functionality.

New PebblePad release for August 2024 brings updates to Submission Viewer 2, embedding and accessibility.

The China Connect information service will be discontinued from 30 August 2024.

The SimVenture Validate pilot has concluded and the tool is no longer available.

The August update introduces improvements to Blackboard Assignments, Forms, conditional availability and options to follow Discussions.

Following a recent upgrade, the way Mediasite content can be added to a Minerva module has been refreshed.

New PebblePad release for July 2024 brings updates to exporting permissions, feedback template reports and rich content editing.

We're planning to upgrade Mediasite, the University’s video platform, this will make it easier for colleagues to embed videos directly into Minerva Documents.

The July update introduces improvements to Announcements, Blackboard Assignments and Tests. An issue which prevented IDs displaying in the Gradebook has also been resolved.

A new Turnitin Similarity Report integration is now available for Blackboard Assignments. Our guide on using Blackboard Assignment with the Turnitin similarity report integration will provide you with more information.

The June update introduces improvements to Announcements, Blackboard Tests, Gradebook, Group settings, and updated filtering options when accessing modules. The AI Design Assistant now also has the option to create content in different languages.

Module areas in Minerva for 2024/25 are expected to be available by w/c 10th of June.

New PebblePad release for May 2024 focuses on accessibility improvements.

PebblePad identified the cause behind the issue that resulted in users not being able to log in and timeouts when saving. This has now been resolved.

PebblePad is experiencing an issue that could affect users logging in and saving work.

Sign up to attend the Digital Education Network on Global Accessibility Awareness Day to hear about developments around accessibility within the University.

The May update introduces improvements to Blackboard Tests, Gradebook navigation and conditional availability.

We expect normal service to resume on Monday. Scheduled lecture capture recordings will continue to be monitored carefully throughout the day.

We have been notified that some scheduled lecture capture recordings are not automatically starting as expected. Record Now functionality remains unaffected.

The issue has now been resolved.

Turnitin has experienced a service degradation which may have affected some users accessing Turnitin.

Find out how you can use the blogging tool CampusPress as part of your learning and teaching practices.

The April update introduces improvements to Blackboard Tests and Assignments, Discussions, Learning Modules, Gradebook Calculations, Conditional Availability, Forms and Batch Edit functionality.

New PebblePad releases for March 2024 includes improvements to SV2 and exporting, opening evidence in new tab and a favourites indicator.

Staff who wish to request a change to the owner of a Mediasite lecture capture or recording are advised to refer to guidance on the IT website for who to contact.

The March update introduces updates to the AI (Artificial Intelligence) Design Assistant, Gradebook, Blackboard Assignments/Tests and Announcements.

Interested in business simulation tools? Join Nicola Smith, Associate Professor at Leeds University Business School, for an online demonstration of SimVenture Evolution in Practice.

Our supplier has identified the issue and a fix has been applied to resolve the issue.

New PebblePad releases for February 2024 include a favourite function, and an improvement to comments and iconography.

A decision has been made to discontinue our use of Top Hat, which means that you won’t be able to host assessments, active learning, or polls on this platform from September 2024.

For anonymous Tests with questions that need to be graded e.g. Essay questions, it is possible for feedback to disappear from the Gradebook during the grading process if a specific workflow is used.

Find out how you can get involved in our CampusPress blogging pilot.

Discover how you can use Minerva's AI Design Assistant to help with the creation of content within your module areas.

The February update introduces a new tool for gathering information/surveying students (Forms) and improvements to the flexible grading interface and recording tool.

Are you curious to learn more about student perspectives of academic personal tutoring (APT)? This session will explore academic personal tutoring through the student lens and is available to all colleagues.

New PebblePad releases for January 2024 include submission versioning and navigation improvements.

There is a known issue with the Turnitin copy assignment feature which is causing users to see an error when attempting to copy multiple assignments.

Find out how the SimVenture business simulation tool can help you with your learning and teaching at our session taking place on Thursday 18 January.

The January update brings some improvements to assessment tools (including the introduction of a Test attempt log), changes to conditional release functionality, and Gradebook.

The current method used to access Turnitin assignments in Minerva modules from 2021/22 and earlier is no longer available. Turnitin is working on a solution...

The December update brings some improvements to the Gradebook and assessment tools. Support for adding images via the content editor is also expanded.

User experience improvements released.

From the end of 2023 MathJax content added to Minerva will no longer render. This will typically affect modules from 21/22 and earlier.

Some Academic Personal Tutors may be unable to login to StREAM@Leeds. They may notice the screen flashing when they attempt to do so.

Turnitin will undergo a 30-minute scheduled maintenance period on Saturday 18 November 2023.

The November update brings some improvements to the content editor (for adding images), the Gradebook and Assessment tools, and a new feature in Turnitin allowing assignment settings to be copied. A known issue relating to progress tracking is also resolved.

Labster, our 3D laboratory training software, now has a custom quiz editor added to its simulation platform.

New release includes rich content editor going live.

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