The intention of the document below is to on-board new hires at the Center for Innovation in Teaching and Learning. Even though that’s not my department, we need to work together often. This document provides an overview of the topics new hires need to be aware of, and serves as an agenda for further discussion… Continue reading On-Boarding Documentation
Tag: how-to
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
Attendance Report for Blackboard Collaborate Ultra
As of this writing there is no integration between Blackboard Collaborate Ultra and the Grade Center for attendance taking; however, we are getting more and more questions about how to track who is joining class and for how long. The reports available from within Bb Learn are very helpful for this, and I documented the… Continue reading Attendance Report for Blackboard Collaborate Ultra
Illinois Compass 2g: Online Demonstration of Adaptive Release
Do you want to be able to choose which students have access to certain content, folders, or Assignments in your course? Want to ensure that students read the policy on Academic Honesty before taking an online test? Adaptive Release is a rule-based function that allows instructors to set restrictions to course content based on certain… Continue reading Illinois Compass 2g: Online Demonstration of Adaptive Release
Export Your Course Archive
A necessary, although restrictive customization with our Blackboard Learn isntance is the inability of course owners to export an archive of their course. There is a very good policy reason for this, but it is not well known (even by our first tier staff). I created some public-facing documentation to inform both our central IT… Continue reading Export Your Course Archive