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New Interface for Bb Learn Inline Grading of Assignments
Blackboard has developed a new interface for inline grading of Bb Learn assignments that offers a more robust feature set to provide customizable feedback to students. The migration to Bb Annotate was completed on June 1, 2020. Please visit our Bb Annotate webpage for video overview, help resources, webinar offerings, and workshop offerings. If you've never used Bb Learn's Assignment tool for students to submit assignments electronically, we encourage you to sign up for the workshop, "Bb02: Assessing Your Students Using Bb Learn's Assignment Tool". Visit the Faculty/Staff Workshop Calendar for details.
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Office Hours Using Google Calendar Appointment Slots & Bb Learn
Learn how to create "Appointment Slots" in your Google Calendar for students to sign up for office hours and what is needed to make them available to students via your Blackboard Learn course. Watch this video tutorial.
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Attend BbWorld for Free!
Blackboard's annual conference is going virtual this summer and it will be FREE? BbWorld provides an opportunity to share best practices, discuss changes in education, and generate new ideas. Whatever your role, you will emerge better equipped to leverage the trends in teaching and learning, the student experience, analytics, institutional change, accessibility, employability, and community engagement. Learn more at bbworld.com.
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Sign Up Now for Summer eLearning Workshops
Summer eLearning suite workshops are now available on the Faculty/Staff Workshop Calendar and registration is open. Workshops address various Blackboard features, Zoom, Panopto, and Turnitin. Get a head start on your fall courses!
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IT-ETMS Educational Technologists Available for Consultations
Do you have questions about one or more of UNI's supported eLearning technologies and/or effective teaching and learning strategies regarding teaching remotely? Request a consultation with an Educational Technologist from Educational Technology and Media Service's Instructional Technology Team. They are prepared to assist you remotely. When possible, consultations are conducted via Zoom Video Conferencing. If not familiar with Zoom, it is helpful to watch the Zoom video tutorial.
Announcements
Tuesday, Apr 14, 2020
Here's an excellent article by Educause discussing what (some) students are saying with regards to their remote learning experiences.
Friday, Apr 10, 2020
The new version of Zoom is now available in Software Center. Changes to existing features include - Remove the meeting ID from the title bar - Move Invite button to Participants panel. New and enhanced features - Add Security button in the host’s meeting toolbar.
Thursday, Apr 9, 2020
Panopto has Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) that you can add as Closed Captions to your video! To add your automatic captions please visit this tutorial. NOTE Automatic captions from any system are not 100% correct. If you need Closed Captions for a student as a part...
Wednesday, Apr 1, 2020
As we use Zoom more for collaboration, here is a resource to learn about how to prevent unauthorized access to your zoom meeting.
How to help prevent unauthorized access to your Zoom meeting.
Tuesday, Mar 24, 2020
A recording of the "Remote Possibilities: Considering your Students' Bandwidth" provided by the CETL and ETMS is available. This session discussed options for teaching remotely for students with "low-bandwidth" capabilities....