by monnier | Mar 11, 2020 | Blackboard, Christine Monnier, Faculty Focus, Featured, Features, Guest Blogger, Productivity, Video, Yuja
But there is this pandemic thing. What do we do if the college has to close because of the COVID-19? We know quite a few campuses have already closed and others are taking measures in case they have to. In this post, I do not want to discuss what our institutional...
by monnier | Feb 10, 2020 | Blackboard, Christine Monnier, Featured, Features, Guest Blogger, Showcase, Tech to Try, 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 Christina Sabo | Jun 19, 2018 | Featured, Features
Infographics are everywhere these days, from Twitter feeds to cereal boxes. And with good reason: they make it easy to share data and important information in an easily digestible and engaging format. Infographics might look complicated to make but in reality, anyone,...
by Christina Sabo | Mar 1, 2018 | Featured, Features
Even if you don’t know the term, if you’ve used a computer in the past couple of decades you’ve seen an avatar. Avatars are digital graphical representations of the user, either as themselves or an alter ego, in both 2-D (like a BitMoji) and 3-D...
by Christina Sabo | Feb 16, 2018 | Accessibility, Blackboard, Featured, Features
By and large, technology has been an incredible tool for learners with a disability, improving their independence and allowing them to utilize resources that they wouldn’t have had access to in years past. However, it hasn’t been a perfect solution. Many types...
by Christina Sabo | Mar 21, 2017 | Featured, Features, Guides
Not every course can or should be an online or hybrid course. However, that doesn’t mean that instructors can’t take advantage of the variety of teaching and learning opportunities afforded by the Web, and by extension, Blackboard. Here, you’ll learn...
