May 7-9, 2018 – BTAA Technical Trainers Conference at Purdue Many technology trainers hope their workshops will be well attended, but most agree that getting customers to show up is their number one issue. At Illinois we have seen great success getting large turnouts by adapting a traditional face-to-face LMS workshop into a presentation and… Continue reading Leveraging the UIUC Graduate Academy as a Training Platform
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Taking Live Classes Online with Blackboard Collaborate Ultra
Fall 2017 IT Professionals Forum @ UIUC Learn about the new version of Blackboard Collaborate called “Ultra”, which is now available and free to use in Illinois Compass 2g. Blackboard Collaborate Ultra is a “Google Hangouts” for education. It is traditionally used for synchronous online courses and conferences, but it can also be used for… Continue reading Taking Live Classes Online with Blackboard Collaborate Ultra
Bridging the Gap with E-Portfolios
Faculty Summer Institute Summer 2017 Recent studies confirm the important contribution that e-portfolios can offer to courses intended as professional training in a variety of areas; yet, the adoption of this tool in higher education is not widespread. A collaboration between an instructor and an eLearning professional on the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign campus… Continue reading Bridging the Gap with E-Portfolios
The Illinois Compass 2g Advisory Group
Spring 2014 IT Professionals Forum In October 2012 during the migration to Blackboard Learn, Technology Services reached out to departments and individuals across campus to establish the Illinois Compass 2g Advisory Group. This poster covers strategies used to promote the involvement of faculty, students, and staff to increase alignment between their needs, campus services and… Continue reading The Illinois Compass 2g Advisory Group