Students! Best Practices for Taking Online Tests

I wrote some documentation that outlines best practices for students taking online tests. As I was writing this I felt there was a lot of advice I could give, but I tried to keep this general enough so that it applies to most readers. I have a feeling I’ll be adding more to this eventually.… Continue reading Students! Best Practices for Taking Online Tests

Improve Session Connectivity in an Online Session

How do  you make sure that your online class runs smoothly for everyone? You really can’t! But you can encourage best practices to free up bandwidth so that those who don’t have the best connection to the internet don’t struggle with staying connected. I based this documentation off of best practices from Blackboard, and customized… Continue reading Improve Session Connectivity in an Online Session

I want to share a file, but I don’t want my students to download it

It’s a very common use case that an instructor will have some scholarly work that they want to share. This document may very well not be a final draft, so they don’t want their students to download it. This functionality is not native to Blackboard Learn, but it’s certainly possible to achieve this by using… Continue reading I want to share a file, but I don’t want my students to download it