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mybeckett | Step by step guides for staff
MyBeckett is our University Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) and Portal powered by Blackboard. It allows staff and students to access a range of systems, services, module teaching materials, online assessments and feedback tools.Â
MyBeckett is customised by the Digital Learning Service, based on student and staff feedback. Students and staff see relevant, personalised content when they log in. Please note that Distance Learning and Franchise Partner students have their own personalised portal view.
Support, training and guides
Our team offer staff support and advice using the systems, our contact details are available on each guide and on our About us page. Our staff customised guides show you easy, recommended ways to harness MyBeckett functionality for the benefit of your students.
Keep up to date - visit our What's new, what's changed page - it contains past newsletters, updates, workarounds and troubleshooting tips.
Staff training sessions and self-directed learning modules:
Staff guides for the digital tools managed by our team and integrated in MyBeckett:
Signpost your students with issues in using MyBeckett and anything IT related to the Library and Student IT Advice team, available 24/7
Basics, navigation and content creation
Improving accessibility with Ally and other tools
Previous guidelines for ‘accessible design’ are now enshrined in law, with the provider organisation responsible for meeting them. JISC's practical guide to the legislation and the standards behind them. The link will open in a new window.
Communication and collaboration
Module management and student engagement
- Customise style and theme (including adding a banner and changing the module home page)
- Blackboard app (information on what a student will be able to view using the app)
- Content Collection (manage module files)
- Manage HTML content permissions
- Date Management
- Adaptive Release (allow specific students to view content)
- Instructor-only content
- Retention Centre (check students' engagement)
- Review the status of content items (Student Tracker Tool)
- Module Reports
- Performance Dashboard
Online assessment and feedback
Choose your Assessment tool, if you need help please check our guide to supported assessment tools and feedback mapping diagram
- Online exam / test guidance
- Create a test
- Create a test pool (bank of questions)
- Create a question set
- Edit and reuse a test
- Copy a test to another module
- Create a survey
- Test / survey question types
- Calculated formula questions
- Run question analysis on a test
- Negative marking in tests
- Respondus: Edit test / survey questions offline (and upload them to modules)
- Add a Panopto video quiz to a module
- Enterprise survey tool
- Find your way around Grade Centre
- Change the order of Grade Centre columns
- Filter Grade Centre
- Smart views
- Review marks and feedback in Grade Centre
- Show / hide Grade Centre columns
- Upload marks from a spreadsheet
- Download student marks in bulk
- Weighted total column in Grade Centre
- Achievements tool