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sharing web bookmarks about using blackboard in your teaching

Thursday, 3 May 2007 10:27 P GMT
An observation is that many people are finding web based resources that describe innovative uses of Blackboard in teaching in Higher Education. A problem that we all encounter is sharing these peer reviewed resources amongst ourselves. Therefore, I w

How do I bookmark a web resource using scholar?

Wednesday, 25 April 2007 1:26 P GMT
There are two ways in which you can bookmark a web resourse using scholar...1. You can bookmark a resourse from within scholar    * click 'add a bookmark'    * you will now need to enter some information into the

Installing the scholar bookmarklet on your browser

Wednesday, 25 April 2007 1:24 P GMT
 * log into scholar and select 'settings' (top right hand corner)    * select 'install bookmarklet'    * In option two there should be a highlighted link called 'scholar it!'   

What is the scholar bookmarklet?

Wednesday, 25 April 2007 1:23 P GMT
The scholar bookmarklet will allow you to to add web sites to your Scholar bookmarks directly from your browser, as you find them on the internet, rather than cut and pasting them into the scholar home page.Other faq's are available from the Blac

Can I export my scholar bookmarks?

Wednesday, 25 April 2007 1:21 P GMT
At present - No.

How do I import my existing browser bookmarks into scholar?

Wednesday, 25 April 2007 1:20 P GMT
You can import your bookmarks from either your browser or another social bookmarking site i.e. delicious.    * first you need to save your current bookmarks as .csv file, internet explorer, firefox and other bookmarking accounts such a

What is the scholar course page on my Blackboard course?

Wednesday, 25 April 2007 1:18 P GMT
The scholar course page is a resource that allows you have a scholar home page for each of you courses, you can collate relevant bookmarks or ask your students to contribute to finding course relevant resources, only students registered on the releva

What is a scholar stream?

Wednesday, 25 April 2007 1:17 P GMT
A "scholar" stream is a saved search which is continually updated. Each time you access your Scholar account you will see the most recent resources that meet your saved search criteria - helping you get to the most relevant and valuable inf

how do I create a stream in scholar?

Wednesday, 25 April 2007 1:15 P GMT
    * In scholar click on ‘add a stream’    * click on ’start new search’    * complete the ‘advanced search’ form with the desired criteria and a name for the search.&n

What are tags, how do they work?

Wednesday, 25 April 2007 1:14 P GMT
"Tags are one-word descriptors that you can assign to your bookmarks on to help you organize and remember them. Tags are a little bit like keywords, but they're chosen by you, and they do not form a hierarchy. You can assign as many tags to

What do the different scholar tags do?

Wednesday, 25 April 2007 1:12 P GMT
There are three different tag types within scholar.  You can tag by keyword(s) of your choice, and also by discipline (selected from a dropdown list) and course code (which is also selected built from your Blackboard by course list).This allows

Why use scholar? what can I do with it?

Wednesday, 25 April 2007 1:08 P GMT
    * find relevant, reliable resources more easily    * update your course automatically with dynamic content feeds    * enable student contributions to course collections    * share resour

Briefing Paper 2 on Scholar Tool and Blackboard

Friday, 16 March 2007 9:36 P GMT
Briefing Paper 2 on Scholar Tool and Blackboard    * 16th March, 2007     * Version 1.0IntroductionThe aim of this briefing paper is to introduce the Scholar tool that is available through Blackboard. The briefing paper


 

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