Office of Academic Technology :: Spring Arbor University

Computer Readiness Checkup

In order to have the best online learning experience, it is important to check that your computer is compatible with SAUonline. Check the links below to ensure that your system works with SAUonline.

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Blackboard Collaborate: What You Need to Know

If you are interested in hosting live lectures, webinars, or discussion groups for your students online, you'll want to keep reading.

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Managing & Searching for Educational Media

In their "Multimedia Principle" Clark and Mayer (2011) talk about the importance of including words and graphics in your course in to encourage active learning.

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How to upload media to YouTube

Uploading video to YouTube is a simple and easy task. Watch the tutorial below for step-by-step instructions. For more information on what kind of audiovisuals you can upload, see our YouTube FAQ page.

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How to upload media into iTunes U

We've had a number of requests on how to upload audio or video files into iTunes U. In this tutorial I will walk you through each step of uploading your media to iTunes U as well as organizing your content in Blackboard 9.

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Blackboard Grade Center Basics Tutorial

Our colleague Simone Laughton is a Technology Liason Librarian from the University of Toronto Mississauga.  She has shared a great presentation on Grade Center Basics in Blackboard 9.  The Grade Center is a great tool that records, calculates and communicates student grades.  Check it out below. This work has been shared with the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial Share [...]

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Discussion Grader – Adding Comments (Bb 9)

In our last tutorial, I talked about using the discussion board grader in Bb 9. This feature is helpful in grading discussion boards without actually going into the grade center. You can watch it here. While it's not always necessary, oftentimes it is helpful to give an explanation for a grade given. In this tutorial I will show you how to add comments to a grade.

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Discussion Grader in Blackboard 9

Discussion Board Grader is a feature in Blackboard 9 that makes grading discussion boards much easier. However, we've had a number of faculty express difficulty with this feature, so we put together a quick video with step-by-step instructions to give you a hand. Take a look.

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Blackboard Grade Center Tutorial

Our colleague David Wicks from Seattle Pacific University, is a leader in helping develop, dream, and implement relevant teaching and learning using Online tools.  He recently made an incredible screencast of the Blackboard Grade Center and agreed to share with the SAU community.  We think this is one of many amazing resources from SPU and [...]

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Blackboard Update To Fix Some Issues

Technology Services recently completed testing and preparations for Blackboard’s latest upgrades. We will be taking the primary system offline to install these upgrades October 8, beginning at 2:30 AM Eastern time. The upgrade will last approximately three hours. As a result of the upgrade you can expect these improvements: Discussion forums can now be re-ordered [...]

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