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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...
read moreConfiguring a Blackboard course for Panopto
There have been some exciting upgrades to Blackboard using Panopto tools. In order to take advantage using Panopto video in your course there are a few steps to configure your course for Panopto. Here is a quick start quide to help get your started: Configuring your...
read moreHelpful Educational Technology Links – Spring 2019
Main overview of new functions now available in WCU's Blackboard Environment: What’s new in Blackboard for 2019 Links to additional posts (which include instructions) for each new/upgraded tool in Blackboard: The New Blackboard Attendance Tool...
read moreCFC Hosting Educause Encore Event
Hunter Library Room 156 Drop In March 5 Noon - The Role of Learning Engineering for Next-Gen Learning Technologies12:45 pm - What We Know About Online Leadership1:30 pm - A Strategic and Collaborative Approach to Online Education Compliance3:00 pm - Senior Academic...
read moreVirtual Reality Room In Hunter Library
Virtual Reality (VR) Room in the Library As part of its Scholar Studio initiative, Hunter Library’s has created and now expanded the Virtual Reality (VR) Room offerings. Its new location, HL 184, is located beside the library electronic classroom (HL 186) and was...
read moreMid-Semester Assistance with Online Courses
Mid-Semester Assistance with Online Courses Sometimes online courses don’t go as well as we’d like, and as faculty, we aren’t sure why. The CFC established a service for all Western faculty last fall in order to help faculty determine the experiences of their online...
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What’s new in Blackboard for 2019?
Panopto Updates in Blackboard include: Student assignment recording - Dramatically simplified the process of recording and submitting student assignments through Panopto in your Blackboard courses with grade center integration. Blackboard Grade Center...
read moreGetting to know the Attendance tool in Blackboard
The Attendance tool can be a great addition to your course in Blackboard. Through the Attendance tool an instructor for each class meeting, can mark whether a student is present, late, absent, or excused.Attendance data may be exported from your courses as a CSV file...
read moreUse a Panopto Quiz as a Blackboard Assessment
Pitfall Warning: The new quiz function is a fantastic way to make sure your students remain engaged throughout your Panopto video, however, please be aware of this important pitfall. If you use the Panopto video Mashup (available in the text tool) to embed...
read moreDownloading Annotated Comments in Blackboard
How to download Annotated Comments from graded assignments Step 1 – Navigate to the Full Grade Center Step 2 - Hover over the assessments drop down list and select assignment. Step 3 - Select the attempt that has been graded ...
read moreStudent Recordings as a Panopto Assignment
How to Setup a Panopto Assignment in Blackboard Step 1 – Navigate to the content area where you would like to place the assignment in your Blackboard course. Step 2 - Hover over the assessments drop down list and select assignment....
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