by Christine Monnier | Mar 9, 2020 | Blackboard, Christine Monnier, Featured, Guest Blogger
I am one of those people who like to maker her work simpler and more streamlined, hence my elation at the discovery of the date management tool in Blackboard, which I posted about in an earlier post. The second key tool I use to streamline my workflow in Blackboard is...
by Christine Monnier | Feb 22, 2020 | Blackboard, Christine Monnier, Featured, Guest Blogger, Video
Why did no one tell me about this??? And by this, I mean H5P, the tech tool to create interactive content. H5P is available in Blackboard, with a ton of options. Because it is such a multifaceted tool though, you should create yourself an account over at h5p.org so...
by Christina Sabo | Feb 11, 2020 | Blackboard, Events, Featured
We’re bringing back Tuesdays at Two! No idea what Tuesdays at Two is (other than something held on Tuesdays at 2 p.m.)? We can’t blame you, it’s been awhile. Tuesdays at Two are short, 30 minutes or less, educational sessions about specific...
by Christine Monnier | Feb 10, 2020 | Blackboard, Christine Monnier, Featured, Guest Blogger, Video, YuJa
That was some clickbait, wasn’t it? It will be worth it, I promise. Colleagues, here is a problem I have faced for a long time: I use a lot of video materials (hello, PBS Frontline!), but my students do not know how to watch videos. That’s right. They can...
by Christine Monnier | Feb 3, 2020 | Blackboard, Christine Monnier, Featured, Guest Blogger
Many of us have asked our students, at one point or another, to compile lists of sources on a variety of topics. Depending on the field or requirements, we may also have required a specific formatting (APA, MLA), a given number and type of sources, or any other...
by Christine Monnier | Jan 30, 2020 | Blackboard, Christine Monnier, Featured, Guest Blogger
Colleagues, I have been so wrong for so many years in the way I handled some of my Blackboard components. Case in point: due dates. Every term, I have painstakingly gone through every items in my courses and updated them from previous terms. There is a much easier,...
