by Christina Sabo | Apr 6, 2021 | Blackboard, Featured
Did you know your Blackboard course section has a file storage limit? When your course size reaches 2GB, you will start receiving error messages that will prohibit you from uploading any additional content to your course section. What are...
by Christina Sabo | Apr 6, 2021 | Accessibility, Ally, Blackboard, Featured
One of the cool things that Ally offers students is the ability to download alternative formats of a wide range of types of course content. What’s even cooler is that now there are even MORE types of course content that students can access in alternative formats....
by Christina Sabo | Mar 23, 2021 | Featured, Online
Whether you’ve always taught online or are getting your first taste of online instruction this past year, you’re likely well aware of the challenges that come along with not being present with students face to face. It can be easy for students to fall behind or to...
by Christina Sabo | Mar 16, 2021 | Blackboard, Featured
Blackboard has some really great built-in communication tools that allow you to easily send out information to all of your students at once or just a select few. We’re going to showcase a couple of these tools here including: announcements and email. We’ll explain...
by Christina Sabo | Mar 9, 2021 | Featured, Online, Webconferencing
When courses are online it’s not just the course content and meetings that are virtual– office hours are, too. If you’re new to hosting online office hours, it can be useful to get some tips on making personal connections with students in the online setting and...
by Christina Sabo | Mar 2, 2021 | Featured, Tech to Try
One of the newer Blackboard integrations here at College of DuPage is Perusall. Perusall is a tool that helps students more efficiently and effectively complete their reading assignments for your course. It allows them to ask questions, motivates them to complete...
