Category: Multimedia
30 Second How-to Video for Adding Users
There’s something about adding other users to a Compass course that poses significant difficulties for faculty and other administrators. Is the problem caused by too many steps in the process? Perhaps there are too many places to click incorrectly? Are users who struggle just rushed? Is there truly a design flaw that makes this process… Continue reading 30 Second How-to Video for Adding Users
User Permissions Error
It feels like at the beginning of every major academic term we get reports of instructors getting permissions errors when trying to enroll other users in the course. This issue has plagued me for years! Recently we found out the steps that cause this to happen.
Create a Calculated Column
This is a video tutorial that I created to help our users understand how to set up weighted grading. I couldn’t find a good, succinct tutorial online, so I tried to make one myself. Surely, this is a difficult topic to teach in under five minutes, but I think this will be useful in getting… Continue reading Create a Calculated Column
Organizing the Grade Center with Smart Views
I made this video as part of the final project for an ION course I’m taking on creating accessible videos. It covers a common issue that arises at the start of an academic term: how do large classes organize their grade books by discussion section. I’m sure I’ll be sharing this widely.
Assignment Submission Receipts
A video overview of a new feature that tracks student Assignment submissions.
Request a course with copied content
At the University of Illinois, using our Space Request Application isn’t always the most straight forward. So when a customer was having difficulty requesting a course with copied content from a previous course taught by a colleague, I just made a video how to do it so it can be used for future reference. I’d… Continue reading Request a course with copied content
How to find my College and Department
A quick video I made using Kaltura CaptureSpace to clear up some confusion about finding the customer’s department in our Space Request App. Sometimes it’s quicker to be able to create a quick video to explain something then having to type it out.
Using a Mind Map to Visualize Grade Center Calculations
An instructor contacted me because she needed help figuring out where her grade center calculations were going awry. I have since learned that this grade center has over 200 columns! Anyway, I had the idea of using Mind Mapping software to visualize which columns feed into which calculations. I used mindmapmaker.org and I really like it! It… Continue reading Using a Mind Map to Visualize Grade Center Calculations
An Introduction to Blackboard Collaborate Ultra
In the summer of 2017 I collaborated with a colleague in our partner organization who offered to create an intro video to Blackboard Collaborate Ultra. This was an easy project from my vantage point: all I had to do was provide an outline that was to be used and my colleague did the rest. The… Continue reading An Introduction to Blackboard Collaborate Ultra