Learning Technologies Blog

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...
Setting Up Your Activity Stream in UBN

Setting Up Your Activity Stream in UBN

One of new features in Ultra Base Navigation is the Activity Stream. The Activity Stream, as the name implies, lets you see all of the most recent activity going on in your courses, including upcoming due dates, student submissions, items that need grading, and more....

Blackboard Integration Guide: ALEKS

Blackboard Integration Guide: ALEKS

Here at COD, we have a wide variety of tools that have been integrated into Blackboard to make them easier and more seamless to use in courses. However, while we have a lot of tools available, many faculty and staff might not know what they are, how to use them, or...

Exploring the Content Creation Menu In Blackboard

Exploring the Content Creation Menu In Blackboard

While most faculty have used the Blackboard Content Creation Menu (the menu that comes up when you select Build Content) to some degree, not knowing what every part of the menu does is pretty common. Some things you just might not have needed to use and others have a...