Monitor Live Widgets in BookWidgets
. HCT now has BookWidgets added as an LTI tool in Blackboard. This means that you can add a direct link to a BookWidget in your Blackboard courses. When your students click on that link, their name and email address will be automatically populated. It also means that you will be able to use the
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Tips for Delivering Successful Collaborate Ultra Sessions
Below are 5 tips to help you deliver a successful online class through Collaborate Ultra. If you’d like to download a PowerPoint with these slides, click on this link. Note: you will need to be logged in with your HCT credentials to access the PPT. . Tip 1 Remind students how to set up their
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Resources of Blackboard Exemplary Course Program Rubric for Course Design
In a previous blog post, a few months back, I shared an overview of the Blackboard Exemplary Course Program (ECP) rubric, which is a fantastic tool when designing online course shells or evaluating them for future enhancements. The Exemplary Course Program aims to identify and share best practices for designing high-quality courses. You can submit
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Blackboard Exemplary Course Program Rubric for Course Design
Blackboard Exemplary Course Program Rubric Blackboard Exemplary Course Program (ECP) Rubric defines key characteristics for designing high-quality courses. It is an effective resource to guide instructors when designing their online course shells or evaluating current ones for future enhancements. The ECP rubric highlights recommended practices within the framework of four major areas: Course Design
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Embedding a PowerPoint Presentation in Blackboard
Embedding a PowerPoint presentation into your Blackboard course provides the students with a more visually appealing course design. It is also the easiest way to share updates to the presentation with your students since any changes made will automatically be updated in the presentation in your Blackboard course. This makes it the most efficient way
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Dropping the Lowest Grade in the Blackboard Grade Center
The Blackboard Grade Center is a very powerful tool that can help save instructor time. For example, in many courses the average quiz grade is calculated based on the best 3 out 4 quiz scores. Instructors can create a column in Blackboard that will calculate this average automatically for them. So, there is no
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