Similar to Skype or Google Hangouts, but designed specifically for education, Collaborate Ultra is a communication tool integrated within courses in Blackboard that faculty can use to conduct online office hours and synchronous web-based meetings with students.This mobile-friendly tool supports up to 250 participants in a session with live webcam streaming and call-in options in […]
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 briefly review resources and opportunities to enhance your teaching practice. Meeting Online with Collaborate Ultra Similar to Skype or Google […]
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 […]
