Faculty Planning Tools – Making the Shift to Online
The Coulter Faculty Commons has developed a planning organizer for faculty use for the remaining spring 2020 term. The simple Word document contains weekly dates and boxes for each week remaining in the term. Faculty can use the...
The PLEA for using just-in-time over in-real-time teaching modes!
It is easy to just assume that you will be able to have live class sessions online using Zoom or Collaborate at the same time and day they have been scheduled, but that will not produce a good learning experience for the students, nor will it be pleasant for you as...
Assistance to all Faculty – Including Adjuncts – This Week
Virtual Open Sessions The CFC is hosting multiple open sessions for all instructors to learn how to access Blackboard and its general suite of tools. Due to new social distancing guidelines set forth by Human Resources established on March 16, we will be...
CFC Open Sessions for Online Design and Blackboard
Open Help Sessions for All Instructors The CFC is hosting multiple open sessions for all instructors to learn how to access Blackboard and its general suite of tools. Due to new social distancing guidelines set forth by Human Resources established on March 16, we will...
First Steps to Going Online with Blackboard
Introduction: If teaching in face to face classrooms is cancelled for two to three weeks, it behooves faculty members to take a few simple steps now to make the transition to online instruction less stressful. Getting Started: Inform your students that you will be...
2020 landing page changes in Blackboard courses
All courses in Spring 2020 will have an abbreviated framework. If there is no content or no content has been copied from a previous course instructors will notice less items listed in the left menu and the course landing page will default to the "Announcements" The...
National Distance Learning Week
National Distance Learning Week! NDLW Webinars The series targets a broad scope of hot topics in distance learning – everything from accessibility to enrollment, assessment to professional development, and practices that support quality course offerings.Webinar...
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...
Audio 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...
Collaborate 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...