Educational applications UT

This website is about the educational applications of the UT. In the section ‘About the applications’ you will find everything about Blackboard, OSIRIS, Studielink en SMS (Student Mobility System). In the section ‘Programma Integratie Onderwijssystemen’ more about the latest developments in the educational applications of the UT (in Dutch).

Latest news

Update Ephorus problems (28-3)

In the meantime we have tested the latest version of the Ephorus software to find out if it solves the problem of the hidden Ephorus assignments. The test revealed that this problem is solved indeed, but that this version introduces too many other bugs. ... read more

Upgrade service pack 11 successful (read the description of the new functionalities)

Friday 15 and Saturday 16 March Blackboard is successfully upgraded to service pack 11. Information about new functionalities ... read more

State of affairs Blackboard security

At the end of 2010, a report published by the Dutch company Online24 made clear that there were a number of security leaks in Blackboard. Since then the Blackboard company has paid a lot more attention to security and the detected security problems have been resolved faster in the past two years than in previous years.
To test the quality of the security of the most recent Blackboard version, security experts at some Dutch universities (including the UT) started an investigation at the end of December 2012. ... read more

Problems with giving feedback in Grade Centre.

It should not be possible to give feedback for assignments without giving a grade. ... read more