Blackboard has released a free e-book titled “Create Mobile Friendly Courses: Simple Steps to Ensure Success” to help faculty explore how to adopt mobile learning in their teaching practice. It is available for download at the Blackboard Community Site – no login is required. Resources for using Blackboard mobile apps and designing content for mobile are […]
All semester classes are given a course shell in Blackboard through an automated process that starts with Course Scheduling and INFOnline. At minimum, all faculty are required to upload a syllabus to each course section in Blackboard and make courses available to students. However, we strongly recommend that all faculty use the following instructional strategies […]
Welcome back to a new semester and a new issue of Blackboard News You Can Use, your brief monthly newsletter to help you promote student success through instruction with Blackboard Learn. In this edition, we review resources to support and enhance your teaching practice. A Gentle Reminder: Make Past Courses Unavailable, Make New Courses Available […]
Faculty who are looking for training in the use of Blackboard in their teaching are encouraged to enroll in our 1 credit, free professional development courses this fall at the Milwaukee Campus. See the full schedule for more information. Enroll in INFOnline today to claim your seat. Please Note Per MATC’s Faculty Appendix (p. 129) faculty who intend to teach […]
Blackboard released a new course tool that faculty can use to record student attendance for face-to-face sessions and aggregate attendance grades into Grade Center calculations through one (1) easy to track column. To learn more, see our Guide to Using the Attendance Tool and the embedded videos. How Instructors Use the Attendance Tool How Students […]
