Tonya BrownProduct Team Lead, ITS Published:February 2023 TLC Media Specialist, George McNeil is excited to share a Zoom Share Screen feature that allows presenters to show presentation slides to viewers while their notes remain hidden from view. This is especially helpful when you only have one display for your computer. George said, “I believe… Read More
Published:January 2023 Course roles control access to the content and tools within a course. Each user is assigned a role for each course in which they participate. As Course Directors and Instructors, you can set course roles when you enroll users in courses. You can also edit course roles after enrollment. Review the below… Read More
Published:December 2022 ExamSoft is an all-in-one digital platform for secure exams, and essential data needed to improve learning outcomes, teaching strategies, and the accreditation process. In the creation process six types of questions can be used, including drag and drop, essay, fill-in-the-blank, hot spot, multiple choice, and true/false. Below are descriptions of each question… Read More
Published:November 2022 Poll Everywhere is a web-based technology that allows audience members to engage in interactive presentations, polls, virtual classrooms, and other learning tools. It can be used anytime, anywhere (with internet connection) and on any electronic device. Create diverse activities to maintain participants’ attention, gather powerful insight, conduct pulse checks, and hear from… Read More
Published:July 2022 Copying course materials into an existing course will add content to a course, but it won’t remove existing content. You can only copy materials into a course if you have the role of instructor, teaching assistant (TA), or course builder. Copying materials using Original View Copying materials using Ultra View
Published:July 2022 Exam data provides students with important feedback, but exam creators can also use post-exam data to improve test questions and exams as a whole. The word “psychometrics” can be daunting to some educators, but ExamSoft’s item analysis report makes psychometrics easy. We provide an explanation of how your questions are performing and… Read More
Published:June 2022 We’ve compiled some tips and basic steps for novice Blackboard Learn instructors who want to learn how to create content in a course. We want to help you with the high-level principles and processes involved when you build a course from the ground up. As you work through this topic, choose what… Read More
Published:May 2022 Blackboard Learn (Original View) allows you to download the whole Grade Center for a course, or selected columns, which can then be opened and worked on in a spreadsheet application such as Excel, and later re-uploaded into the Grade Center. The Grade Center is an interactive grading tool that allows instructors to… Read More
Published:March 2022 Welcome to March 2022! Can you believe the spring semester is halfway over (or close)? Now is an excellent time to evaluate whether students are on track to succeed in your course. Use Blackboard’s “Best Practices”, summarized below, to identify issues and provide an effective framework for success. Keep Students On TrackStudents… Read More
Published:February 2022 Give instructions up-front Before your first poll, tell your audience that you will be asking them to participate using their mobile devices or laptops. Giving clear instructions upfront sets expectations and will encourage participation. Do a practice poll Start your session with a practice poll. We recommend a fun icebreaker poll. “What… Read More
