A post-exam activity used in the face-to-face classroom is to return students’ tests and then lead a discussion on the most missed questions or demonstrate solving problems so students can improve their scores on the next exam. Does the Show Test Results and Feedback feature in Blackboard accomplish the same thing? A student’s test will be “returned” allowing them to see the … [Read more...] about Helping students to learn with exam feedback
The announcements tool on the home page of your Blackboard course is a convenient way to communicate with the students in your class. Students will see course announcements on the home page when they log in and you can also choose to send a copy of the announcement message as an email to students MSU’s Live account. Two communication channels for the same … [Read more...] about Good to know: Communicating with students through your Blackboard course
Upload your course syllabus to Blackboard Are you looking to get your feet wet using Blackboard in your courses? Want to learn how to upload your course syllabus? Follow along with us in this hands-on session where we will show you how to upload your course syllabus to your Blackboard courses. We will also discuss the advantages of converting your syllabus from a Word document … [Read more...] about FCTL events and announcements
The Office of the Provost, the FCTL, and Information Services would like to share some information with faculty about uploading video to Blackboard. We are recommending video be shared via Microsoft Stream or YouTube. Please see How to Share a Video to Blackboard. As storage space is at a premium, you are encouraged to remove video files. Here is an article on how to do … [Read more...] about Course video sharing for faculty
The Office of the Provost, the FCTL, and Information Services would like to share some information with faculty about uploading video to Blackboard. We are recommending video be shared via Microsoft Stream or YouTube. Please see How to Share a Video to Blackboard. As storage space is at a premium, you are encouraged to remove video files. Here is an article on how to do … [Read more...] about Course video sharing for faculty
A new component of Blackboard was announced in Faculty Senate last month called Blackboard Ally. Blackboard Ally automatically scans content loaded to Blackboard and provides an assessment of the content’s accessibility and assistance in increasing the accessibility of course content. Ally uses visual indicators, which provide a measure of the accessibility of your course, … [Read more...] about New blackboard accessibility tool available in January