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Using the Panopto Recorder at WCU
It is best practice to access Panopto from a web browser to authenticate or through your course in Blackboard. *NOTE: By default students are not given creator access to Panopto to create videos, only viewer access. Download Instructions Do the following: Open a...
read moreAudio Video Feedback in The Grade Center
Are you tired of pounding on a keyboard to give your students feedback on their assignments? Are you looking for a more natural way of telling your students how great or how poorly they are doing? Look no more because Blackboard has (finally) integrated voice (with...
read morePanopto 7 Release Notes
(Source: https://support.panopto.com/s/topic/0TO39000000EowCGAS/release-notes) Headline features New mobile and embedded video player — A rich video consumption experience on mobile devices and embedded videos, enabling users to access the table of contents, search...
read moreCollaborate for Tutors
As tutors have student rights when added to a course, they will need to have at least Presenter rights in the Collaborate session. If they will need to be able to record sessions, they will need Moderator rights. The Default Attendee Role is set as follows. If you...
read moreBlackboard Theme Upgrade
There is a New Theme With the 2019 Update, WCU's Blackboard environment was upgraded in many ways, but the main upgrades were: We moved from a non-device-responsive user experience "theme" to a theme that has been updated to work more effectively with mobile devices...
read moreNew User to Blackboard – Guide
The information provided in this post is to help new users to Blackboard get familiar with the Blackboard at WCU. Click here for Blackboard Help for Instructors Click here to register and try out Coursesites, the Blackboard experience. Coursesites is free, once...
read moreBest Practice: Interactive Tools in Blackboard
Available tools in Blackboard To build a successful online community, students need the tools to interact and have conversations. Through conversation, we learn about each other, ourselves, the topic, how to get along, and make group decisions. Though time and...
read moreSharing a folder or video in Panopto
Find the folder you would like to share and hover over it, then click the option that says Share. Now you will see the share dialogue. If this is a sub-folder, you will see "Inherit permissions from parent folder: Parent Folder Name". If this is a top level folder,...
read moreBlackboard Moving to the Cloud
Special Warning: Systems/Tools that will not be available during this migration period: May 28 - May 31, 2019 Blackboard Learn Panopto - Users cannot view existing sessions or upload new recordings, but users can still record offline. Respondus - Users cannot...
read moreBlackboard Guidelines at WCU
Semester Exam Strategies to Promote Academic Integrity
Western Carolina University strives to achieve the highest standards of scholarship and integrity and endeavors continuously to improve the quality of its students’ education. Academic integrity is the moral code of academia that requires a commitment to and...
read moreList of Panopto’s TOP Burning Questions & Solutions
Instructors & StudentsWe know there are times when we are not available to answer your burning questions about Panopto. Whether your questions are for students using Panopto or for yourself as Panopto relates to your course.Here are the most common questions and...
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