Find Your Course on Blackboard

By Susan Gallanis in Blackboard Learn 0 Comment

With the revised My Institution page on Blackboard (July 2022), how instructors find/see their courses on Blackboard has changed. Follow the tips below:

  • If the course has a start date that’s set in the future, it shows up under Upcoming Courses as Private (you have access as instructor, students do not). Once the start date passes, the course will open and automatically move to Current Courses. You can access Upcoming Courses by clicking either the term drop down or the Upcoming Courses link.

Upcoming Courses is located on the upper right corner; Current Courses is located in the middle, with a drop down menu option.

Note: Courses that are manually opened by instructors (no start date set) show up in Current Courses as Private.

Mequon Traditional Adjunct Orientation

By swcelt in 2022-2023 CUW Programs 0 Comment

Are you ready for teaching the fall semester beginning August 29? This session for Mequon traditional adjuncts teaching in-person points you to vital information, including effective first session strategies, finding policies and resources, Academic Resource Center (ARC) services, taking attendance, Faith and Learning, classroom AV resources, and what is required in Blackboard/how to find Blackboard Resources.

Here are the resources for this workshop that was held on Wednesday, August 17, 5:00 – 6:45 pm Eastern via Zoom.

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Other resources:

Grace, Faith, Scripture Portrait of a Lutheran, Facutly orientation, August, 2022

Begin with Intrigue The Teaching Professor

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Final Fall-2022-Mequon-Adjunct Orientation 8-17-2022

Preparing for the First Day of Class

 

Blackboard Online Discussions

By swcelt in 2022-2023 CUAA Programs, 2022-2023 CUW Programs 0 Comment

Faculty learns how to create, engage in, and grade Blackboard online discussion boards.

Here are the resources for this workshop that was held on Wednesday, August 17, 1:00 – 2:00 pm Central/2:00 – 3:00 pm Eastern via Zoom.

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Other resources:

How to create a discussion forum

How to view, subscribe, read and respond to discussion forums

How to grade discussion forums

Practices and Processes: Building An Effective Curriculum

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This interactive session for faculty leaders, department chairs, and program directors suggests strategies for the development of effective curricula for academic programs. These strategies could be applied to new programs or to improve and refresh existing programs.

Here are the resources for this workshop that was held on Friday, August 12, Noon – 1:00 pm Central/1:00 – 2:00 pm Eastern via Zoom.

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Other resources:

Practices and Processes – Building an Effective Curriculum

 

Voicethread for Newbies

By swcelt in 2022-2023 CUAA Programs, 2022-2023 CUW Programs 0 Comment

Voicethread is a tool in Blackboard that takes the idea of an online discussion board to a new level of engagement. Participants learn how to access and navigate the Voicethread options, create a basic instructor introduction, comment on a Voicethread using audio, video, or text, and set up a graded Voicethread assignment.

Here are the resources for this workshop that was held on Friday, August 12, 10:00 – 11:00 am Central/11:00 am – Noon Eastern via Zoom.

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Other resources:

Voicethread resources

 

Learn Ally and Tips for Improve Your Course Documents

By swcelt in 2022-2023 CUAA Programs, 2022-2023 CUW Programs 0 Comment

Ally is a tool in Blackboard to help instructors make their content more accessible. Your class is full of diverse students with unique learning abilities, needs and devices. Course content created with this in mind can benefit not only your students with disclosed disabilities such as visual impairments and dyslexia, but improve the learning experience for all of your students.

During this information session, we show the Ally accessibility indicators and Ally instructor feedback report. We also demonstrate common fixes in Microsoft Word that can help make your content more accessible for all students.

Here are the resources for this workshop that was held on Thursday August 11, 9:30 – 11:00 am Central/10:30 am – Noon Eastern via Zoom.

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Other resources:

Document Improvement Guide 2022

Other Ally Resources

New and Returning Faculty Development Day: Faculty Resources

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This session is primarily for full-time faculty.

Learn what resources are available to you as faculty, including research/scholarship support, where to find them, and who to contact if you need more help.

Here are the resources for this workshop that was held on Wednesday, August 10, 3:00 – 4:00 pm Central/4:00 – 5:00 pm Eastern via Zoom.

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Other resources:

2022 Aug 10 Faculty Resources Handout

New syllabus template e-mail July 1, 2022

New and Returning Faculty Development Day: Blackboard Tests and Respondus LockDown Browser with Monitor

By swcelt in 2022-2023 CUAA Programs, 2022-2023 CUW Programs 0 Comment

The first half of this session shows how faculty can create Blackboard Tests using three commonly used question types. The second half of the session covers Respondus LockDown Browser and Monitor. Faculty learns the difference between LockDown Browser and Monitor, and how to enable the appropriate settings based on where students take the test.

Here are the resources for this workshop that was held on Wednesday, August 10, 1:00 – 2:30 pm Central/2:00 – 3:30 pm Eastern via Zoom.

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Other resources:

Blackboard Test Feedback Options Summer 2020

Blackboard Tests Summer 2020

Respondus LockDown Browser and Monitor Summer 2020