Get on your soapbox and shout it
There’s a new application coming to Blackboard, explains business and technology editor Matthew Braga, and administrators will have no choice but to listen If you’ve got a problem, shouting it out on...
View ArticleStudents to evaluate Blackboard successors
By Tara Deschamps Ryerson may be saying goodbye to Blackboard after a week of demonstrations to find a replacement learning management system (LMS). LMS Demo Week will run between April 2 and 9. The...
View ArticleBlackboard down for Internet Explorer users
By Laura Woodward Students and administration using Internet Explorer 11 as their web browser are no longer granted access to Blackboard. When trying to access the site, an error pop up appears with...
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Ryerson’s plan to erase Blackboard
By Richa Syal Ryerson’s current Learning Management System (LMS), Blackboard, is set for retirement. After 20 months of reviewing proposals from possible LMS vendors, Ryerson narrowed down a Blackboard...
View ArticleBlackboard replacement gets piloted
By Laura Woodward Instructors and students are acting as guinea pigs for the potential new Blackboard, Ryerson’s Learning Management System (LMS), while negotiation between the school and the vendor...
View ArticleBrightspace to replace Blackboard
By Jacob Dubé After a 12-year stay at Ryerson, Brightspace is replacing Blackboard as the new Learning Management System (LMS). “We felt [Blackboard] wasn’t a modern interface, it wasn’t doing the...
View ArticleBrian Lesser takes on newly created position
By Ammi Parmar Brian Lesser, Ryerson University’s former director of computing and communications, was appointed to the newly created position of chief information officer. “There is a change in...
View ArticleBrightspace not as bright as expected
By Noella Ovid Usability and email delays remain to be the top issues concerning Ryerson faculty and students after switching to Brightspace by D2L from Blackboard this fall. The Learning &...
View ArticleRyerson instructors look to improve D2L
By Noushin Ziafati It’s been a year-and-a-half since Ryerson switched its learning management system (LMS) from Blackboard to Brightspace by D2L. Now the university is working to improve Brightspace....
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