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Journals are an excellent way for your students to work privately or communicate directly with you. Journals can be used by students for: Self-reflection Responding to tutor prompts and comments...

Turnitin have reported an issue with their service. This may impact students who are trying to submit their assessments. Staff will find the service very slow and papers may fail...

Users may have found that a server error message appeared when trying to submit or access Turnitin papers today between 10:22 and 14:05. Turnitin have reported that this issue has...

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Blackboard Tests can be used for both formative and summative testing. Student attempts are accessed via the Gradebook or by returning to the Test. Many question types are automatically graded...

Tests from Original modules (used for 21/22 modules and earlier) can be copied into Ultra Course View. Copy a Test Blackboard Tests can be copied in the same way as...

The Test tool in Ultra Course View has been rebuilt. The tool has a more modern user experience compared to the Test tool in Original modules (used for 21/22 modules...

Thursday 19 May 2022 marks the annual Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD), and as part of our commitment to inclusive and accessible education, we are participating in the Blackboard Ally...

An overview of the key tools and functions available in Original (modules 2021/22 and earlier) versus Ultra Course View. This guide is aimed at staff who have experience of creating...

Minerva will be unavailable for up to 30 minutes on Friday 13th May at 3am (BST) for essential maintenance. We have been in discussion with the vendor who recommended this...

PebblePad is compatible with speech-to-text and screen reader software, such as JAWS and NVDA, or the free tools which come built into Android smartphones or iPhones. PebblePad can also be...

Minerva will be unavailable for up to 30 minutes on Saturday 14th May at 3am (BST) for essential maintenance. This was originally planned for Friday 13th May at 3am, but...

Minerva is currently experiencing performance issues. The Activity Stream is not loading and staff may experience issues copying content between or within modules and organisations. We have escalated this with...

As reported on 17 May, Minerva is currently experiencing performance issues. The Activity Stream is not loading and staff may experience issues copying content between or within modules and organisations....

All taught students should complete the Academic Integrity tutorial and pass the associated test to show them how to avoid plagiarism and instil good practice. The University has provided a...

Progress Tracking is enabled in modules by default (historically staff had to enable it on a per module basis). With Progress Tracking enabled, students can easily mark and track their...

Minerva is currently experiencing performance issues. The Activity Stream is not loading and staff may experience issues copying content between or within modules and organisations. Emails from announcements are also...

Minerva is continuing to experience performance issues. The Activity Stream is not loading and emails from announcements are also not being sent/received. Staff may also experience issues copying content between...

Instructors can now improve the accessibility of content within Collaborate sessions by creating captions for recorded modules. Collaborate now has the functionality to use speech-to-text recognition to both create a...

On Monday 30th May 2022, there will be 30 minutes of potential downtime from 7 am whilst PebblePad implement their latest release (2022.5). Combined student and assessor-initiated submissions Previous assignment...

Staff can organise students into Groups within a module or an organisation. The workflow is that you create one or more Group Sets and then create individual Groups within those...

The Grade Centre in Ultra Course View has been rebuilt and is now called Gradebook. The tool has a more modern user experience compared to the Grade Centre in Original...

Top Hat is currently investigating an issue with the Top Hat Grade Book. It is currently not possible to disable/enable the Top Hat Gradebook from the Top Hat course settings,...

Our vendor has been working on Minerva to improve performance issues relating to the Activity Stream, copying of modules and emails from announcements. At present, these elements of Minerva are...

View Minerva Student Guides home page View Minerva Staff Guides home page Minerva has been designed and developed in accordance with the internationally recognised Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1...

You can use the Batch Edit function to change the availability of multiple pieces of content/items more quickly (particularly useful if you copy content from last year’s module). Click on...

Moving out of one academic year and into the next, it is good practice to archive workspaces and recreate new ones so that you can capture the new student cohort...

The issues we had been experiencing recently with Minerva have now been resolved. Our vendor applied a fix overnight and we have confirmed that this has worked. The Activity Stream,...

There are several staff roles in Minerva with different permissions to control what members of staff can access in each module and organisation. You can have different roles in each...

Some circumstances may call for staff and students to be manually enrolled as students on modules directly in Minerva, where a Banner enrolment isn’t possible or appropriate (such as students...

All University of Leeds staff and students with a University username and password can access Minerva. A University username is required as staff/students must have signed up to the University's...

Go to minerva.leeds.ac.uk and log on with your University username and password. View Minerva Student Guides home page View Minerva Staff Guides home page...

In this guide: What appears on the Activity Stream Managing your Activity Stream settings and notifications What students see What appears on the Activity Stream The Activity Stream features system...

In this guide: Choosing a picture Uploading your picture Watch a video guide Choosing a profile picture This guide will show you how to upload a profile picture in Minerva...

View Minerva Student Guides home page View Minerva Staff Guides home page Large files can cause problems. For example, students need to keep files under 100MB for Turnitin submissions. For...

You can improve the accessibility of content within Collaborate sessions by creating captions for recorded modules. Collaborate can use speech-to-text recognition to create a transcript and generate automatic captions of...

Banners can be a great way to personalise your module, they are displayed within your module, at the top of the Content page. They can help you and your students...

You may wish to add images to your Minerva module to add visual interest. For example, you can add an image to each Learning Module in your module or you...

Staff will be aware that it is necessary to take the opportunity to refresh and rebuild teaching areas within Minerva Ultra Course View before the start of the 2022/23 academic...

Merged modules group two or more modules in Minerva to create a new instance that includes all of the original modules' enrolments. What are the advantages of using merged modules?...

Organisations are almost identical to modules in Minerva and are often referred to as Orgs. You can use the same tools and content types that are available in modules. The...

Before trying the steps below, please keep in mind: If you have recently been enrolled on a module in a staff role, remember that module enrolments from Banner will take...

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