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Academic Technology, Blackboard, Faculty/Staff, Software, Tips

Enhancements to Blackboard Blog, Wiki and Podcast tools

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The suite of popular Bb web authoring tools has been upgraded in several small, but useful, ways. Blogs, Wikis and Podcasts are all flexible tools for communication and group collaborations. You may notice the following new features: * Embedded Flash MP3 Player–Play podcast episodes in your browser * Permalinks–Create permanent URL links to blogs, wikis, and individual entries or pages * Enhanced Set-up Options for Blogs and Wikis–Allows instructors to grant more permissions, comply with privacy laws, and export blog and wiki sites from their courses If you have questions about using Blogs, Wikis or Podcasts, please contact Academic Computing … Continue reading Enhancements to Blackboard Blog, Wiki and Podcast tools

Academic Technology, Blackboard, Workshops and Training

Blackboard Training in January

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The Blackboard support team is offering Introductory and Advanced Blackboard workshops for faculty and staff over Winter Break. Click the links below to register for each workshop. I. Introduction to Blackboard If you haven’t used Blackboard before and want to learn to manage a basic site, this workshop is for you. We will cover Blackboard’s collection of on-line tools for courses or organization (committee, club, etc.) web sites, including: • Document sharing (syllabi, electronic reserves, digital drop box) • Communication (mailing lists, discussion boards, chat, groups) • Tools (online gradebook, announcements, calendar) • Links to other on-line resources (web pages, … Continue reading Blackboard Training in January

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Blackboard Housekeeping over Fall Break

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Faculty, please note that courses and enrollments for all regular SPRING 2008 academic courses in Banner will begin to appear on your Blackboard course lists after break. As usual, these sites will be available to you as instructor but unavailable to students until you activate them (Control Panel > Settings > Course Availability.) Meanwhile, regular academic courses from SPRING 2006, and Honors courses from FALL 2005 will be archived and removed from Blackboard. SPRING 2006 Honors courses will remain an additional semester to ensure their availability to seniors studying for Honors exams. An archive of each course will be formed … Continue reading Blackboard Housekeeping over Fall Break