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Old Course Deletions

Cranky thought of the day that does not involve the LT department: if you book time with our LT colleagues, and especially if you requested a custom session for a specific group, and then, you don't show up, it's rude. Please don't do that. These guys have a lot of...

COD Membership Benefits for the Online Learning Consortium 

College of DuPage is an Online Learning Consortium (OLC) member! You can take advantage of many institutional membership benefits with your cod.edu email address: Free Webinars on online higher education topics Access to the interactive OLC Quality Scorecard for...

Clean Up Your Mess!

Christine's cranky thought that does not involve the LT department: ever heard of Betteridge's Law of Headlines? Here it is: "Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered by the word no." Case in point: Anyhoo, back to Blackboard stuff. One of the...
What’s New for Fall 2023

What’s New for Fall 2023

Some of you may have been teaching over the summer and have already seen the improvements made to Blackboard and YuJa, but if you're just coming back after a relaxing summer away from the classroom here are some of the updates you'll see in these tech tools as you get...

Fall 2023 Back to School Support and Updates

Fall 2023 Back to School Support and Updates

Welcome back! We know the first few weeks of classes are always a stressful time, so if you need any help and support we're here! In this post, we're sharing our hours, some support resources, and an important reminder about backing up course content from past terms....

Fall 2023 In-Service: Full Schedule

Fall 2023 In-Service: Full Schedule

It's In-Service time again! Whether you're attending all the events in-person or plan to do some online sessions, here's the full schedule of events for the next few days: Wednesday, August 16th 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. President’s Welcome Address: Dr. Brian Caputo,...

Back-to-School Blackboard FAQs

Back-to-School Blackboard FAQs

Trying to get your courses ready for Fall Term? You're not alone! We get a lot of similar questions as faculty and staff ready everything for the first day of classes. Here are some of our most frequently asked questions (and their answers) at this time of year! How...

Blackboard FAQs: Messages

Blackboard FAQs: Messages

The update to Blackboard Ultra Base Navigation came with a great new way to communicate with your students: Messages! Messages allow you to easily keep in touch with students without having to take conversations outside of Blackboard as everything happens right on the...