As will all upgrades we have tested the site as much as possible and believe the system is working as expected. If you do find any issues please contact the Elevate Team at elevate@ucs.ac.uk
Below are a number of changes that you may notice when using the system:
Staff and Student - Profiles
If you have uploaded a profile photograph or connected LearnUCS to Twitter or Facebook you will need to agree to a new set of terms and conditions for Blackboard and their Cloud Profiles.
This is a very simple process and only takes a few minutes. You need to access your profile by clicking the dashboard button, top right of your screen, where you would normally see your profile picture, as seen below highlighted in red:
Once you click the profile you will see the screen below, this is where the new terms and conditions are:
When you have agreed to the terms and conditions, your profile will reconnect to the one previously setup.
Student - Assignment Submission
There have been a couple of changes in the upgrade that you may notice, the layout of the submission screen has slightly changed, with the grades 'points possible' and the due date being boxed near the top.
New functionality now means that all work is directly submitted to SafeAssign, the plagiarism checking tool used at UCS. You will notice a new tick box asking you to agree to submit your work to the 'Global Reference Database'.
Agreeing to this is in your benefit. It means that if you agree, a copy of your work is held securely in a database. That all future work from any worldwide University/College using SafeAssign is then checked against, to make sure your work hasn't been copied.
Below is an example of a new submission page, showing the new location for the points possible and due date, as well as the agreement for SafeAssign's Global Reference Database.
Staff - SafeAssign
As above, SafeAssign is now fully integrated into the Submission process. You are now able to see the plagiarism score in the GradeCentre's Inline Grading view, as shown below:
Please see links below for additional info on some new grading features:
The latest version will provide some enhanced functionality around common tasks, often requested by Staff and Students. These include:
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