Our current projects are listed below, along with selected past projects. If you are running, or thinking about running, a digital education project we'd love to hear about it. We can help with a range of things (resources permitting), such as:
The earlier you involve us the more help we can offer, so please contact us.
You can also view a list of our recently completed projects.
| Project | Details | Scale | Expected completion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Student Lifecycle Support Programme changes 2019 | The Student Lifecycle Support (SLS) Programme is implementing changes that will impact the use of Blackboard. | University-wide | September 2019 |
| Questionmark changes - summer 2019 |
Our current self-hosted Questionmark platform is being upgraded to version 6 and migrated to the cloud-based On Demand service. |
University-wide | August 2019 |
| Upgrading Blackboard to a newer version | University-wide | July 2019 | |
| Electronic management of assessment (EMA) | The DEO will offer dedicated support to schools to review current approaches to coursework submission and marking, and support implementation of standardised workflows for electronic management of assessment (EMA). This project will be phased over three years from 2017-18. | University-wide | July 2020 |
| Digital education developments 2018 | Over the summer, various services will be upgraded. This page gives an overview of the changes along with downtime dates. | University-wide | September 2018 |
| Re/Play service extension | Program of investment to enhance the service, including a renaming from Mediasite to Re/Play, increase in room coverage, innovation fund for recording outside of equipped rooms, increase in cameras for STEM teaching and pilot of software solution. | University-wide | September 2018 |
| Blackboard course consistency | Student-led research project looking into which content students find most useful on Blackboard and the most effective ways to structure it. | University-wide | In place for 18-19 academic year |
| Blackboard course review | Blackboard course reviews are being promoted. These are an opportunity both to check courses meet basic standards and to further improve the experience of both students and staff. | University-wide | Ongoing |
| Bristol Futures Open Courses | Online and blended learning designers in the TELED team are working with the lead educators on design and development of Bristol Futures open courses. | University-wide | Ongoing |
| Bristol Future Study Skills | The digital materials developer in TELED is working with the Study Skills team based in the Library to create online study skills materials. | University-wide | Ongoing |
| Digital classroom event | As part of BILT launch we will be hosting a demonstration of the latest digital classroom technology: a fully configured active learning environment with six collaborative tables and screens, thirty-six chairs, and wireless technology that enables students at each table to share their content and co-create digital information. | - | Running from 5th June for 3 weeks |
| Eesysoft Messaging and Reports | This project is to evaluate the two Eesysoft products which link into Blackboard. 1) Messaging which will allow is to provide context specific support to aid the use of tools in Blackboard. 2) Reports allow us to track use of elements of Blackboard at a granular level. | University-wide | July 2017 |
| Exhibitor Pro innovation project | TEL have purchased 4 x 1 year licences for Exhibita Pro to support 2nd year History of Art students ‘Virtual Exhibition Curation’ project. The software is also being used by other units within the History of Art dept. | History of Art | July 2017 |
| Learning analytics institutional audit | Review of our institutional capacity to engage with learning analytics, and to act on the data we collect. | University-wide | Recently completed |
| Lecture capture in Social Science and Law using the Panopto system |
Using an externally-hosted service to make audio, computer screen, and (occasionally) video recordings from lectures available to students in a semi-automated way. Final recordings being made in Teaching Block 2 and then moving to a Read-only service August 2015. |
Faculty of Social Sciences and Law only | Currently funded until August 2017 |
| Rich Media in Education | Using the Re/Play desktop recorder to examine how using rich media can change teaching and learning in face to face and other sessions. | University-wide | Ongoing |
| TurningPoint migration and extension | Synchronised with the roll-out of Office 2016 (part of the Digital Workspace project) in July | University-wide | In progress |
