Help & Support

Help for students

• Getting started
  • Getting started with Learn video
  • Managing your course list within Learn video
  • Finding and participating in self-enrol courses video
  • Accessibility options within Learn (Blackboard website)    
• Communication
  • Changing the notification Learn sends you video
  • Discussion boards (Blackboard website)
  • Blogs (Blackboard website)  
  • Email in Learn (Blackboard website)  
• Assessments
  • Guidance for assignment hand-ins (PDF)
  • Supported file types for Learn Assignments (Blackboard website)
  • Assignments Overview - video
  • Assignment Submission - video
  • Check assignment grades and feedback - video
  • Where are my grades (Blackboard website)
  • How to take a test online - video

Help for instructors

Please see our Learning Technology Training page for information on face-to-face training, videos and workbooks.

• Getting started
  • Getting started video
  • Managing your course list within Learn video
  • Finding and participating in self-enrol courses video
  • Accessibility options within Learn (Blackboard website)
  • Guest and observer access (Blackboard website)    
  • Learn Basics Guide
• Creating and managing course sites
  • Creating courses
  • Creating a course in Learn (guide)
  • Making courses available/unavailable to students (Blackboard website)
  • Adaptive release of content (Blackboard website)
  • Setting up shared course arrangements
  • Adding a resource list to your course site
  • Managing files and folders in the content collection (Blackboard website)
  • Creating an adhoc recording in Media Hopper Replay video
  • Hide or unhide the lecture recordings tool in your course site video
  • Adding images to Learn (Blackboard website)
  • Adding contact details and a photo to your course site
  • Managing users (Blackboard website)
  • Roles available in Learn
  • Creating mashups (Blackboard website)  
  • Help and guidance on creating accessible materials  
• Communicating
  • Announcements (Blackboard website)
  • Changing the notification Learn sends you video
  • Notifications (Blackboard website)  
  • Create discussion boards (video)
  • Setting up and using discussion boards (Blackboard website)
  • Using blogs.ed.ac.uk with Learn  
  • Communication tools in Learn (guide)
• Working with groups
  • Guidance on group management (PDF)
  • Create and manage groups (Blackboard website)  
  • Using Groups in Learn (guide)
• Assessment
  • Using the Learn assignment tool (Blackboard website)
  • Inline grading in Learn (Blackboard website)
  • Inline grading video
  • Group assignments (Blackboard website)
  • Assessed blogs (Blackboard website)
  • Using the Grade Centre in Learn (Blackboard website)
  • Self and peer assessment in Learn (Blackboard website)
  • Peer assessment with WebPA (integrated with Learn)
  • Video assignments
  • Test, surveys and pools (Blackboard website)
  • Learn tests, surveys and pools (guide)
  • Assignments in Learn (guide)
  • Marking Learn Assignments using BbAnnotate
  • Learn Grade Centre - Introduction (guide)
  • Learn Grade Centre - Advanced (guide)
• Accessibility
  • Blackboard's Accessibility Checklist (PDF)