Best Practice… Blackboard Quick Start and Time Saving Tips 7 Feb 202014 Feb 2020 Welcome back to the blog! Photo by Nicolas Hoizey on Unsplash Our welcome gift to you is the gift of time. Consider these resources to make the best use of your time as…
Best Practice… Increase Instructor Presence – Give Audio/Video Feedback in Blackboard Grade Center 11 Apr 2019 Quickly Provide Audio and/or Video Feedback in the Blackboard Grade Center Instructor presence in online courses is crucial for student success. The instructor plays an important role in student satisfaction…
Best Practice… Mark Attendance in Blackboard Learn 14 Feb 2019 Much like the ever-elusive Bigfoot or the Loch Ness monster, the ability to keep track of attendance in Blackboard was a quarry that had been long hunted. For years, Blackboard…
Best Practice… Capitalize on eLearning this Summer with #BbWorld19 in Austin, Texas 30 Jan 2019 This summer, Blackboard's annual eLearning mecca, Blackboard World, can be found in Austin, Texas from July 23 to July 25. For those that have not had the benefit of attending…
Best Practice… Blackboard Tip: Connect with the Larger Blackboard “Community” 30 Jan 201930 Jan 2019 Have you heard about Blackboard Community? Blackboard Community is a community of instructors, instructional designers, admins, Blackboard staff, and educational leaders who interact in one place so that everyone involved can benefit. Becoming…
Best Practice… Adding due dates to assignment descriptions? Use the #DayNotDate in conjunction with Blackboard’s Due Date option. 7 Nov 2018 Are you working on your course for next semester? Save yourself an annual headache by rethinking how you post when items are due in your Blackboard course(s). In order to…
Best Practice… Peer Rating of Discussion Posts 3 Jul 2018 Did you know that instructors can allow students to rate each other's posts in Blackboard discussion forums? It works the same way that one would rate movies, books, apps, and…
Best Practice… SHSU Online Faculty Development Sessions – April 2018 28 Mar 201829 Mar 2018 SHSU Online is pleased to offer a number of faculty development opportunities for April Online Cohort and Self-Paced Webinar By Appointment Blackboard Collaborate Ultra Multimedia in Blackboard Courses Engaging Students Grade Center…
Blackboard… Extra Credit in the Blackboard Grade Center 13 Mar 2018 At SHSU Online, “How can I add extra credit to my Grade Center?” is a question that is asked often by instructors who use the Blackboard grade book to present…
Best Practice… Blackboard Inline Grading View – Changes 30 Jan 2018 When you returned for the spring semester, you may have noticed that the way Blackboard does inline grading has changed. Blackboard's tool for implementing inline grading was called Crocodoc. The…
