Jennifer Reyes of YuJa will be offering two trainings on our enterprise media platform, YuJa: YuJa Lumina Basic Training November 4 at 11:30 a.m. on Zoom This session will cover: browser capture, media management, video editor, embedding content in the course. YuJa...
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Alternative Text, Part 1: What Is It and When Do You Need It?
Images can do a lot of work in a course. They can explain a concept, show a process, provide evidence, set context, or simply make a page more inviting. Alternative text, often called alt text, helps make sure the meaning of an image is available not only to students...
Tech Tips with Tim: Video Tools, Exam Lockdown, and Taming the Activity Stream
Welcome back! This week I have put together three quick guides to help streamline your Blackboard environment, protect assessment integrity, and make video assignments far easier to manage. Here is what we are covering in this edition: GoReact vs. YuJa: Choosing...
Instructional Design Update: Blackboard Tools That Build on the C.A.R.E Framework
The Online Learning Consortium recently published an article called “Emotional Safety in Online Learning: A C. A. R. E. Framework for Human-Centered Digital Teaching” by Pierre Einar Wright, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology Counseling and...
Kicking Off Fall Course Accessibility and New Features in Blackboard Ally
COD faculty are already doing meaningful work to make course materials more accessible this fall! During Kickoff Week and the first week of classes, faculty opened Ally’s Instructor Feedback 2,341 times and made 1,441 accessibility fixes. Faculty also opened the...
Tech Tips with Tim: 4 Quick Tech Wins for Fall
Whether you are settling into the new semester or tweaking course shells on the fly, our team has a few quick Blackboard updates to save you time and smooth out the student experience. Here is what is live, what is coming this week, and a quick checklist item for your...






