Author Archives: Brenda Burrell

Did You Know? Fun Facts about Blackboard

Posted on March 19, 2012 by Brenda Burrell

Want the inside scoop on Blackboard Inc.? Do you consider yourself an expert on Blackboard Learn? Test your knowledge here, and learn a lot more along the way. (Activities are compatible with computers, smartphones and tablets.) Try the activities at …

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Blackboard Learn 9.1 – Brief Maintenance Outage Scheduled

Posted on March 5, 2012 by Brenda Burrell

There will be a brief interruption of Blackboard Learn 9.1 at 12:01 AM Tuesday morning, March 6th. The interruption is expected to last less than 10 minutes.

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Blackboard Training Sessions for Students Now Available!

Posted on February 14, 2012 by Brenda Burrell

Taking a class that uses Blackboard? Want to get help submitting assignments, using discussion boards, taking tests, or anything else? Stop by during any of the following times; no appointment needed! Tuesdays: 6:00 – 7:00 pm in Library 205 Wednesdays: …

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New Respondus Webinars Available

Posted on February 10, 2012 by Brenda Burrell

Respondus will be hosting several new webinars in the next couple of months. Please feel free to join in! Respondus LockDown Browser: Reduce Cheating During Online Tests Over 500 institutions use Respondus LockDown Browser to reduce student cheating during online …

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Did You Know? You can allow multiple Assignment attempts in Blackboard!

Posted on February 3, 2012 by Brenda Burrell

You can allow your students to submit assignments multiple times, and Blackboard will record each “attempt” for you. To create an assignment that your students can submit in Blackboard, follow the steps at http://experts.missouristate.edu/display/bb9/Creating+an+Assignment. In Step 7, you can set …

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Reminder: Blackboard 8.0 will be taken out of service on January 31, 2012

Posted on January 23, 2012 by Brenda Burrell

Missouri State University upgraded to Blackboard Learn 9.1 on Saturday, May 21, 2011. Faculty members can log in to Blackboard 8.0 to access previous course content until January 31, 2012. If you desire to retain content from Blackboard 8.0 courses …

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Respondus Webinars

Posted on January 12, 2012 by Brenda Burrell

Respondus will be hosting a webinar on using Respondus 4.0 next week. Please feel free to join in! Webinar: Creating Content with Respondus 4.0 (45 minutes) Wednesday, January 25th at 2 p.m. ET – Register Thursday, January 26th at 4 …

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Did You Know? Free Respondus Test Banks for Respondus 4.0 and StudyMate

Posted on January 11, 2012 by Brenda Burrell

Missouri State University has a campus-wide license of both Respondus 4.0 and StudyMate. As part of this campus-wide license, you can search the Respondus Test Bank Network and request publisher test banks for the textbooks adopted for your courses. Over 25 …

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UPDATED: Blackboard Maintenance Update

Posted on January 8, 2012 by Brenda Burrell

The scheduled maintenance for Blackboard went as planned yesterday; however, some faculty have reported that certain tools are no longer appearing in the Build Content menus of their Blackboard courses. Computer Services is aware of the problem and is working …

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Blackboard will be impacted by scheduled systems outage on Jan 7, 2012

Posted on January 5, 2012 by Brenda Burrell

In order to provide the highest level of service to the campus community, the computing and networking systems maintained by Computer Services require occasional downtime. On Saturday, January 7, from 7:00AM until 7:00PM, several of the University computer systems will …