by Christina Sabo | Aug 10, 2020 | Blackboard, Featured
Learning Technologies has four full-time instructional designers on staff and here to help you. But help you do what? We realize that it might not always be clear just what instructional designers do or how they can help you design and deliver your course content....
by Christina Sabo | Jul 6, 2020 | Blackboard, Featured
Discussion boards have the potential to play a big role in online teaching and learning, but how can you ensure that students are gaining useful educational experience from them? While there’s no one-size-fits-all solution, there are some best practices you can use as...
by Christine Monnier | May 6, 2020 | Blackboard, Christine Monnier, Featured, Guest Blogger, Video, YuJa
Well, folks, this is it: my last post of the term (because next week is finals and I’m going to be swamped). I want to thank everyone who did the clicky thing 28 times… that’s right, I wrote 28 posts (including this one) for this blog over the course...
by Christina Sabo | Apr 10, 2020 | Blackboard, Featured
It seems simple enough. You assign something and students email you their work. However, as anyone who has ever gotten the alert that their inbox is reaching capacity can tell you, what seems simple on the surface can rapidly become overwhelming to manage. To save...
by Christina Sabo | Apr 7, 2020 | Blackboard, Featured
As the end of the semester looms, many faculty are wondering things like: “How can I assess what my students are learning?” and “How can I create an equivalent to my classroom test in Blackboard? These questions have become even more pertinent with...
by Christine Monnier | Apr 6, 2020 | Blackboard, Christine Monnier, Featured, Guest Blogger, Video, YuJa
And we’re back… sorta. Before we left for Spring Break, we were supposed to come back on April 12. As you all know, we’re now online until the end of the term. So, our 3-week plan turned into a full 5-week + end of the semester plan. In case you...
