Introducing Teaching Cell Group: Podcast Producing
On Tuesday February 26th, the Teaching Excellence Committee, in partnership with the Academic Technology Committee, hosted a buck lunch for SAU faculty. Dr. Randy Meredith presented “Podcasting, to Enrich and Engage: An Overview” and Dr. Dave Hopper demonstrated “AudioBoo” – a free podcasting tool. View Dr. Meredith’s presentation here. This spring semester SAU is offering teaching [...]
Continue reading...26. February 2013
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Blackboard Upgrade July 29 – August 2
I have some exciting news. We will be upgrading Blackboard the week of July 29 to August 2 to the latest version of Blackboard Learn™, Service Pack 11, which will provide a more user friendly and modern experience for you as a daily user of the system. You should feel confident that the updates to Blackboard Learn [...]
Continue reading...13. May 2013
Blogs & Journals
The new Blackboard Upgrade Service Pack 11 will have the same Blog and Journal feel, but with a newer look. Learn about the new content editor tools that can enhance your posts with media. Journals are a great way for students to reflect and voice their opinions and ideas. Blogs encourage students to collaborate ideas [...]
Continue reading...6. May 2013
Using Groups
The Groups tool allows you to put your students into groups for collaboration and teamwork. Choose the groups yourself, randomly generate groups, grade individually, or grade them as a group; continue to leverage these tools in this new upgrade. GoToMeeting Session: Coming Soon! Resource Videos: Coming Soon! Resource Documents: About Groups [...]
Continue reading...29. April 2013
Discussion Boards
The new Blackboard Upgrade to Service Pack 11 (Bb 9.1.11) comes with a a more user-friendly navigation for students and instructors. The Post-First feature is brand new – and gives instructors the option to require students to make their students submit their initial post before they can view their peers’ responses. Finally, a way to [...]
Continue reading...18. April 2013
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Interactive Rubric
The new Blackboard Upgrade to Service Pack 11 (Bb 9.1.11) comes with an improvement to a great feature — the Interactive Rubric. This new tool will reduce the amount of time spent on grading, while increasing the amount of interaction and feedback you give your students. An Interactive Rubric can be easily reused for future [...]
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- rothell: Thanks for this summary, Gwen. It was a great disc...
- Nate Evans: Hey Clint, great question. I don't think we have ...
- rothell: Thanks, Nate. This is great. Question, do you have...
- Gwen Hersha: Nice work Nate - and thanks for sharing your resea...
- Randy Meredith: Nicely done Tara!...
- Introducing Teaching Cell Group: Podcast Producing
- Blackboard Upgrade July 29 – August 2
- SAUonline Pedagogical Model
- Teaching Excellence Committee: The Learner’s Perspective 11.27.12
- Open Educational Resources
5. March 2013
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