Blackboard 9.1 is coming!
As you most likely have heard already, WPI’s course management system is getting a fresh new look in the Fall of 2012 with the upgrade to Blackboard 9.1 (Bb9.1)! We are very excited about the update...
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Blackboard 9.1 Feature Spotlight: Paste from Word
So you’ve toiled on a lengthy piece of text, and now you’d like to make this available to your students as a new announcement, content item, or threaded discussion in your Blackboard 9.1 site. And...
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Blackboard 9.1 Feature Spotlight: Add Test Student
Late last week we added a new tool to the Blackboard 9.1 server called “Add Test Student.” This tool allows instructors to easily create a student account on the server “YOURUSERNAME_s” that you can...
View ArticleBlackboard 9.1 Trainings
Jes’ fantastic sessions will get WPI faculty prepared for the “New Blackboard” – hope you can make it! For a list of dates and times and to register, see: http://www.wpi.edu/webapps/regi/atc.html If...
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The online quiz feedback conundrum
Giving feedback to students taking online quizes can be tricky. While it is very easy to provide feedback to students immediately this is not always desirable; sometimes you want to wait until after...
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Why is Blackboard trying to talk to Facebook (or Twitter)????
On Friday, January 4th, WPI upgraded our Blackboard 9.1 server to the latest release (Release 9.1, Service Pack 10 for those that prefer specifics). We’ll be highlighting some of the new features...
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Blackboard 9.1 Feature Spotlight: Spaces
You’ve set up your profile in the brand-new release of Blackboard. Great! Now, what are you going to do with it? One option is to set up a “Space”, which is essentially a tiny social organization...
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Self and Peer Assessment: Feedback on Group Work
I’m not kidding when I say that three faculty members have approached us very recently with a similar teaching challenge: How can I use technology to help with team assessment? And here in the TTL...
View ArticleNew Resource! Blackboard Innovative Teaching Series
Blackboard, the software behind myWPI, has hosted a series of webinars over the past few months focused on how to best use the tool for teaching. The series is now available on YouTube: Click HERE!...
View ArticleThat’s What We Are Here For!
Yesterday I had one of what we call our “great meetings”. I met with two faculty (don’t worry, they shall not be named here) who identified some of their teaching challenges. We spent our time...
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Blackboard 9.1 Feature Spotlight: Discussion Board Enhancements
About Discussions The latest version of blackboard 9.1 brought with it several enhancements including a facelift in the Discussion Board. The Discussion Board has all of the old features we know and...
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Introducing the new myWPI BB Grader App for iPad
Image courtesy of our artist in residence and Instructional Technology Specialist Jess Baer Blackboard released a new mobile app for iPad to allow grading on the go for myWPI! Download the new BB...
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Spotlight on Student Engagement: Blackboard’s Retention Center
Have you wanted a simple way to track student performance in your course and identify students at risk? Then Retention Center in myWPI might be a useful tool for you. The Retention Center can monitor...
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Spotlight on Student Engagement: Piazza
Piazza is a free, easy to use Q&A platform integrated within myWPI. If you’ve been looking for more ways to get your students contributing in class, Piazza might be the tool for you. The Piazza...
View ArticlemyWPI Accessibility Series: Color and Contrast
How often do you think about the use of color in your myWPI course site content? Selecting colors with accessibility in mind will not only improve the experience for users with vision deficiencies like...
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The online quiz feedback conundrum
Giving feedback to students taking online quizes can be tricky. While it is very easy to provide feedback to students immediately this is not always desirable; sometimes you want to wait until after...
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Why is Blackboard trying to talk to Facebook (or Twitter)????
On Friday, January 4th, WPI upgraded our Blackboard 9.1 server to the latest release (Release 9.1, Service Pack 10 for those that prefer specifics). We’ll be highlighting some of the new features...
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Blackboard 9.1 Feature Spotlight: Spaces
You’ve set up your profile in the brand-new release of Blackboard. Great! Now, what are you going to do with it? One option is to set up a “Space”, which is essentially a tiny social organization...
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Self and Peer Assessment: Feedback on Group Work
I’m not kidding when I say that three faculty members have approached us very recently with a similar teaching challenge: How can I use technology to help with team assessment? And here in the TTL...
View ArticleNew Resource! Blackboard Innovative Teaching Series
Blackboard, the software behind myWPI, has hosted a series of webinars over the past few months focused on how to best use the tool for teaching. The series is now available on YouTube: Click HERE!...
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