Blackboard's new Grade Center
Blackboard’s gradebook has become a Grade Center, when Blackboard was upgraded to version 8.0 in early May. What’s new about the grade center? Instructors can: enter grades directly into grade …
Blackboard’s gradebook has become a Grade Center, when Blackboard was upgraded to version 8.0 in early May. What’s new about the grade center? Instructors can: enter grades directly into grade …
At our recent Instructional Technology Showcase, we created a presentation to celebrate CIT’s ten year anniversary using a new web-based presentation tool called Prezi. Prezi allows users to create a …
Duke University will upgrade Blackboard from version 6.3 to version 8.0. During the conversion, from Thursday, May 7 at 6 pm through Sunday, May 10 at 6 pm, Blackboard will …
Digital Paper Cuts features an interview with Duke faculty member Negar Mottahedeh discussing how she uses social media in her classes. An assistant professor in the Program in Literature, Motthedeh …
At 4:05, when ENV 186S/PubPol 187 is scheduled to end, students enthusiastically continue their discussion, not noticing the time. Students all contribute, and learn from each other’s experience. Dr. Rafe …
GMU Center for History and New Media‘s Jeremy Boggs has written an excellent blog post describing his approach to assigning Wikipedia in a US History course he’s teaching. Boggs provides …
Amaryllis Rodriguez Lecturing Fellow, Romance Studies Blackboard wikis (websites which allow collaborative editing) are a convenient means for students to create websites as course projects. Amaryllis Rodriguez had students in …
Robert Kilpatrick Senior Lecturing Fellow, Romance Languages French instructor Robert Kilpatrick uses blogs in Blackboard to provide students with opportunities to practice writing French in an unstructured manner, different from …
Sandra Valnes Quammen Senior Lecturing Fellow, Romance Studies Sandra Valnes Quammen has students in her French classes watch video clips relevant to the course topic and then respond orally to …
Angela Porcarelli Lecturing Fellow, Romance Studies In language learning, opportunities to practice in the target language are of primary importance. In Angela Porcarelli’s Italian courses, Wimba Voice Tools (audio recording …