Optimize video for online delivery using Handbrake
If you’ve used your phone, tablet, or digital camera to record video for your students to watch, you may find the resulting files large and take forever to upload. This means they’ll also take a long...
View ArticleMotivating students through course gamification and blackboard tools
Presentation Resources Presentation slides (PDF) Sample Syllabus / Schedule (PDF) References Gameful Pedaogy by GradeCraft Boskic, N., & Hu, S. (2015). Gamification in Higher Education: How we...
View ArticleJournals, Blogs, Discussion, Wikis … What’s the difference? (And which to use...
Blackboard’s suite of asynchronous social tools — Journals, Blogs, Discussion, and Wikis — provide students with different methods of sharing and recording their thoughts. Each tool functions very...
View ArticleTesting with Respondus LockDown Browser
What is it? Respondus LockDown Browser provides a more secure environment for online testing. LockDown Browser itself is a separate web browser (like Internet Explorer, Firefox, or Chrome) specifically...
View ArticleDownload Respondus Lockdown Browser
If you plan to use Respondus Lockdown Browser for testing in your Blackboard course site, students will need to download the Lockdown Browser prior to taking the test. Respondus LockDown Browser uses a...
View ArticleAllowing additional submissions
From time to time a student will have an issue turning in a test or assignment and you’ll want to give them another opportunity to submit their work. If you’ve set up the test or assignment for single...
View ArticleCreate a Survey From a Pool of Questions
If you’re using the IDS provided template, you’re probably considering providing the students with an opportunity to give you feedback on their experience of the course while the course is in progress....
View ArticleDownload (and Print?) a Graded Assignment
At some point you may want to keep a copy of the feedback your professor gave you on a written assignment submitted through Blackboard, either for your own records or for a portfolio-type project....
View ArticleSubscribe to a Discussion Board Forum
Want to be notified whenever someone posts to a discussion board forum? If the option has been enabled by the instructor, you can subscribe to a forum. When you’ve subscribed to a forum you’ll get an...
View ArticleLink to an interactive tool from a content area
Are you having your students engage in online discussion, write blog or journal posts, collaborate using a wiki, or work in groups? If you’re organizing your course by topic rather than content type...
View ArticleLinking to Articles in UDM Subscription Databases
To fix a link so it works both on and off campus, you’ll need to start with the article’s on-campus address. Then, add the following text to the beginning of the database link:...
View ArticleDownloaded Zip Files Showing Up as Folders on Mac?
If you’re on a Mac, trying to download a zip file from Blackboard (an exported test, say), and it’s showing up as a folder instead of a zip file, a setting in Safari is likely to blame. To solve this...
View ArticlePowerPoint Slides with a Semitransparent Background Image
I’ve had a few questions about how I do PowerPoint slides with these faded / semitransparent background images. It’s actually pretty easy, so I thought I’d put together a walkthrough. I’m not saying...
View ArticleRecord audio with Audacity
Audacity is free, open source software that makes it simple to record and edit audio on your computer. This tutorial will walk you though the basics of recording and editing with Audacity. If you need...
View ArticleInstall Audacity on a PC
Audacity is free, open source software that makes it simple to record and edit audio on your computer. Installing Audacity on a PC isn’t difficult, there’s an extra step that’s often overlooked if you...
View ArticleHide a Grade Center column from Instructor view
Hiding a column from Instructor View can make your Grade Center page easier to manage. Some faculty hide columns they’ve finished grading (such as old attendance columns), or columns they’re not ready...
View ArticleHide a Grade Center column from student view
Hiding a column from student view allows you to work with a column — record grades, etc — without students seeing the column or your changes on their My Grades page. Some faculty keep “scratch” columns...
View ArticleDelete a Grade Center Column
Deleting a Grade Center Column removes it completely from both the student and instructor view. Grade data is also removed when a column is deleted, ensuring that none of the information from the...
View ArticlePost Grades to TitanConnect
This video, created by Information Technology Services and the Registrar's Office, walks you through the process of posting grades to TitanConnect. IDS is sharing this video here, as we often are...
View ArticleAdd an Image
If you’d like to add an image into an item, discussion board post, announcement, or any other space where the toolbar is available, click the INSERT / EDIT IMAGE button on the bottom row of the...
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