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Using Communication Tools in Blackboard Need to communicate better with someone in your life? This tutorial will teach you how to use the three main communication tools available to you in Blackboard: Announcements, Email and the Discussion Board. Used correctly, they can create a collaborative environment for educators and students alike. |
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Login in to Blackboard Having trouble logging in to Blackboard? This tutorial will help you figure out the problem so you can access your Blackboard course. We recommend instructors tell their students about this video tutorial to help them get connected. |
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Office 2007: Backward Compatibility Having trouble sharing Office documents with your classmates and professors? Documents saved in Office 2007 cant be opened by older versions of Office. This tutorial can help if youre having compatibility problems between Office 2007 and Office 2003. |
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Using Blackboard Self Service Use Self Service to create, edit or import courses or temporary courses. Among many other things, you can also use Self Service to add users (students or faculty) to your course who are not on the roster. |
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Creating a Temporary Course Need to develop a Blackboard site for a course that is not yet listed in SIS? Create a temporary Blackboard course using Self Service, upload your course materials to the temporary course and then copy the materials into your actual course once it is listed in SIS. |
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Setting Up Your Course Take advantage of Blackboard options to design your course the way that makes the most sense for you and your students. Learn how to add, modify, or remove the menu buttons in your course plus customize the visual appearance of your course pages. |
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Managing Users and Groups Do your students work on group projects? Use Blackboard to track a groups progress and work, as well as participate in a groups discussion. You can supervise the work done by all the groups of your class project right from you computer. |
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Using Library Resources in Blackboard Leverage the resources offered by University Libraries via your Blackboard course. Librarians Lorraine Wochna and Sherri Saines describe how to add a library database to your course, link to a library article, and include your reference librarian as a consultant in your course. |
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Using Blackboard Gradebook Learn how to use the Blackboard Gradebook to manage your course grades. You can set up your grades based on points or percentages using a Mac or a PC. |
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Creating a Test in Blackboard Creating a Blackboard test is easy and flexible. Learn how to control the amount, type and point value for your questions. You can also control the specific start and stop time your test is available to students as well as the amount of time students have to complete the test. |
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Exporting and Archiving a Course Save content from a Blackboard course so you can access it and re-use it later. You can export portions of your course using the export function, or you can archive the entire course, including all of the content as well as all user interactions such as the student roster, discussion board posts, drop box files. |
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Copying Courses in Blackboard Learn how to copy your course or specific material from your course from one class to another. This is useful at the end of the quarter or when setting of multiple courses that may use some of the same material. |
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Adding Resources to Blackboard Learn how to add a Syllabus, Text Book, Course Documents, Assignments and External Links to your Blackboard course. |
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Using a Classroom Presentation Station Are you scheduled to teach in a shared/centrally scheduled classroom? Learn how to use the presentation stations installed in all centrally scheduled classrooms that seat fewer than 60 students. Some departmentally scheduled rooms also have this presentation station. For a complete list visit http://technology.ohiou.edu/classtech/ |
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Creating Adobe PDF Files Need to share Word documents with other people who may not own Microsoft Office? Learn how to create PDF files on PC and Mac. |
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Using Network Storage (Web-Dav) Free yourself from floppies and Zip disks! Learn how to use Oak's network storage to access your files from virtually anywhere. Learn how to use the Ohio University server to store and backup files. |
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Understanding Computer Security Is your Windows PC or Mac secure? Learn how to ensure that your Windows PC or Macintosh is up-to-date security wise. |
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Using Clickers in the Classroom @ OU How can you keep students engaged during lectures? Some OU professors have discovered a way to interact with students during lectures using student response systems. These hand-held transmitters, often called “clickers” help students gauge their own learning in class as they actively participate and respond to lectures. Instructors also gain a better understanding of when and what their students are learning and what misconceptions are preventing students from properly understanding a concept. This video includes interviews from six professors who teach using clicker technology at Ohio University. Their advice may surprise you! |