"upgrade" blog posts

Transition from New Box View to Bb Annotate for marking of assignments using Bb Assignments in VITAL

Transition from New Box View to Bb Annotate for marking of assignments using Bb Assignments in VITAL

Earlier this year Blackboard Inc (the developers of VITAL) announced the move away from New Box View and the change to Bb Annotate for assignment viewing, marking and grading when using the Blackboard Assignment tool. Testing has now been completed to our satisfaction on this tool on our test server, and the change is due to be implemented, by our suppliers, on VITAL in the week commencing August 10th.

Posted on: 6 August 2020

VITAL Upgrade - Summer 2018

VITAL Upgrade - Summer 2018

The 2018 summer upgrade to VITAL is complete and is now available for all staff at the university. Although it appears not much has changed, there have been a number of software tweaks, security improvements and bug fixes. Below we’ve highlighted some of the key changes that staff and students will find useful over the next academic year.

Posted on: 13 August 2018