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 Lumina
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,...
by Christina Sabo | Nov 6, 2019 | Blackboard, Events, Featured
We understand that not every instructor has time to come in for Blackboard help during our regular business hours. That’s why we started offering support on weekends and in the evenings. Here’s where you can find us this week! Thursday, November 7 from 6...
by Christina Sabo | Nov 5, 2019 | Blackboard, Featured
Most of the time, student test taking and assignment submission goes off without a hitch. However, sometimes an assignment or test needs to be reset so that a student may either retake or resubmit it. Here’s the best practices for this process: Have questions...
