CIT Blog » Blackboard http://cit.duke.edu/blog What's new and interesting in instructional technology Thu, 09 Oct 2008 13:49:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Bb Tip: Collaborate on projects and papers with Bb groups http://cit.duke.edu/blog/2008/09/25/bb-tip-collaborate-on-projects-and-papers-with-bb-groups/ http://cit.duke.edu/blog/2008/09/25/bb-tip-collaborate-on-projects-and-papers-with-bb-groups/#comments Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:51:25 +0000 Haiyan Zhou http://cit.duke.edu/blog/?p=1711 http://blackboard.duke.edu/help/groups.html

If you want to divide a large class into groups small enough to manage and collaborate on projects and papers, or you just want a private space separate from the rest of the class, you can via Blackboard Groups to set up groups and add your students to groups. Within a group, students have access to a private discussion board, chat tool and document exchange area.

To explore and discover additional Blackboard features, see the Blackboard support website. If you need a tutorial for the Blackboard survey tool, request an office visit and we will come to you.

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]]> http://cit.duke.edu/blog/2008/09/25/bb-tip-collaborate-on-projects-and-papers-with-bb-groups/feed/ Bb Tip: Get student feedback quickly! http://cit.duke.edu/blog/2008/08/28/blackboard-tip-student-feedback/ http://cit.duke.edu/blog/2008/08/28/blackboard-tip-student-feedback/#comments Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:11:48 +0000 Haiyan Zhou http://cit.duke.edu/blog/?p=1531 Get student feedback quickly using the Blackboard survey tool. Create polls to find student interests and opinions, create evaluations of materials or teaching approaches that you try, and gauge student comprehension of course material when anonymity is important. Surveys do not have correct answers or point values and all information is anonymous. Check out the link above to learn how to create a survey, make your survey available for your students, and view your survey results.

To explore and discover additional Blackboard features, see the Blackboard support website. If you need a tutorial for the Blackboard survey tool, request an office visit and we will come to you.

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]]> http://cit.duke.edu/blog/2008/08/28/blackboard-tip-student-feedback/feed/ Bb Tip: Easy Way to Access Library Resources Off-campus http://cit.duke.edu/blog/2008/07/30/bb-tip-easy-way-to-access-library-resources-off-campus/ http://cit.duke.edu/blog/2008/07/30/bb-tip-easy-way-to-access-library-resources-off-campus/#comments Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:58:56 +0000 Haiyan Zhou http://cit.duke.edu/blog/?p=1321 EZProxy allows you to use your Duke NetID to access library resources, especially online articles and databases, from off-campus without having to download any software. Check out the link below for the general process used to link to library resources directly from Blackboard:

http://blackboard.duke.edu/help/link_library_resources.html.

To explore and discover additional Blackboard features, see the Blackboard support website (http://blackboard.duke.edu/) If you need a tutorial for adding web links in Blackboard, request an office visit (http://blackboard.duke.edu/forms/officevisit_begin.do) and we will come to you.

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]]> http://cit.duke.edu/blog/2008/07/30/bb-tip-easy-way-to-access-library-resources-off-campus/feed/ Are You Feeling Lucky, Edupunk? http://cit.duke.edu/blog/2008/06/03/are-you-feeling-lucky-edupunk/ http://cit.duke.edu/blog/2008/06/03/are-you-feeling-lucky-edupunk/#comments Tue, 03 Jun 2008 21:08:11 +0000 Neal Caidin http://cit.duke.edu/blog/?p=1081 Edupunk, a term coined by Jim Groom of University of Mary Washington, appears to be about having a do-it-yourself (DIY) attitude towards the use of technology in teaching and learning.  Learning Management Systems (LMS) like Blackboard, make creating a course web site incredibly easy, but is easy necessarily good?

Here is the short article from the Chronicle of Higher Ed

We especially invite comments from members of the Duke community.

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