There are a few but wanted to highlight one of the neatest “Auto Regrading”! Instructors can now fix problematic questions by simply editing the invalid question directly and having all necessary updates flow automatically to the Grade Center. Check out the Blackboard Blog for more information on all the new features which include Course to … Read more
There is a neat tool in Blackboard for adding YouTube videos, SlideShare Presentations or Flickr Photos – the MASHUP TOOL! When adding the aforementioned content just click on the build content button and select your Mashup! When select YouTube you can search quickly on a topic and embed directly into your Blackboard site. Try it … Read more
Update on lockdown browser is “That pesky second popup box that students would see with a jumbled password is gone.” Having problems with LDB? Here are some troubleshooting tips, additional info can be found by clicking on this link Usually, if something occurs (screen goes blank or connection is lost) after the student has started … Read more
Blackboard administrators will be purging Summer 2009 and Spring 2010. The deadline to save your past courses is June 22nd, 2012.” http://blog.ecu.edu/sites/blackboard/blog/2012/05/08/notice-purging-old-courses-how-to-archive-your-courses/
Not the Easter Bunny but joining my Blackboard Support colleagues in support of the new “Section Merge Tool” available to you. Now you can copy content to a specific course and then merge your sections to that same course. You will also receive an email once the copy has taken place. So no more wondering … Read more
*First, the much-anticipated and popular notifications setting where announcements are sent to email will be enabled. * Secondly, you will have the option to have students’ exams auto-submitted once the time limit has been reached. * Thirdly, the rubrics tool has been enhanced so you will be able to grade from the rubric and your … Read more
Check out the opening page in the Allied Health Blackboard Course. I have added RSS feeds, click on the RSS menu item to find out how to add this neat feature to your course. Or contact our office for assistance.
If you are a current user of #respondus you will need to add the new licensing key ZR221371196-745639734 once you launch the application. The link to this page can be found here.http://www.ecu.edu/cs-itcs/Software/respondus.cfm
Did you know there is a Turning Point (clicker software) plug in for Blackboard 9 which lets students automatically register their clickers directly into Blackboard. Students register once and registration is imported into all classed there are currently taking. Faculty can then export the student list from Turning Point and incorporate “clicker sesssions” directly into … Read more
Mid-July, so hot, so humid so . . . . Why not take your mind off the heat and look at your Fall Courses in Blackboard 9! Things will look a bit different, terms have changed, lots more arrows and two submits! Our office has weekly trainings as does ITCS. We have also created a … Read more
Blackboard 9 is available on your mobile device via Blackboard Mobile Learn all you need do is download it from the app store you use. Blackboard Mobile Learn allows students and instructors to interact with Blackboard on their Android, Blackberry, iPod Touch, iPhone, and iPad device so make sure you download the correct version. Click … Read more
Here is a Mediasite presentation on Blackboard 9. Start, pause, rewind, to review the different sections!
OK we all know that Blackboard 9 will be deployed for Summer Session 1. So the question is do I work on my Summer course now or do I have to wait until May 9 when Blackboard 9 is deployed? The answer is to just go ahead and work on your summer course on your … Read more