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Faculty Development and Resources

Ideas and Strategies for Online Teaching

Making Online Learning Active (Steven Mintz - Inside Higher Ed)

Accessing videos: When you click a (Video) link on this page, you may be taken to the Blackboard login page. If you are, please enter your SUS network username and password to view the video.

Synchronously Online Teaching and Virtual Office Hours

Microsoft Teams Live Meetings: How do I....

  1. Set Up a Teams meeting in Office 365 Online OR Outlook Desktop? (MS Word) (Video)
  2. Share my screen and files? (MS Word) (Video) (Video)
  3. Using Presenter Mode for PowerPoint slides (Video) 
  4. Use the chat features? (MS Word)
  5. Use the Meeting Actions - Device Settings; Meeting Options; Meeting Details; Gallery/Together Views; Live Captions; Start/Stop Recording; Turn Off Video (MS Word)
  6. Raise hand and send reactions? (MS Word)
  7. Use the shared whiteboard? (MS Word) (Video) (Video)
  8. Create breakout rooms? (MS Word)
  9. Create and conduct a live poll? (MS Word)
  10. Set or change participants' roles? (MS Word)
  11. Mute or unmute participants? (MS Word)

Five ideas for virtual office hours your students will want to attend (Shawn Orr)

Common Tasks in Blackboard

Building a Course

Navigation...

  1. Blackboard login and homepage navigation - Instructors and students (Video) 
  2. Navigate the new Blackboard course shell - instructors (Video)
  3. Navigate the new Blackboard course shell - Students (Video)

Grade Center (grade book): How do I...

  1. Create grading columns (for assignments, tests, discussions, etc)? (MS Word)
  2. Setup grading categories? (MS Word)
  3. Edit the Overall Score Column? (MS Word)
  4. Set or change the order of grading columns? (MS Word)
  5. Show or hide grading columns? (MS Word)

Assignments (drop box): How do I...

  1. Create an assignment? (MS Word)
  2. Edit an existing assignment? (MS Word)
  3. Show and hide an assignment? (MS Word)
  4. Delete an assignment? (MS Word)

Assessments (exams/tests/quizzes): How do I...

  1. Create a test from scratch? (MS Word)
  2. Use a test generator to create a pool of items for a test? (MS Word)

Rubrics: How do I...

  1. Create a grading rubric? (Video)
  2. Associate a rubric to an assignment? (Video) (MS Word)
  3. Grade an assignment using a rubric? (Video)

Moving Items: How do I...

  1. Move items within my course? (MS Word)
  2. Move items from one course to another? (MS Word)

Content Accessibility: How do I...

  1. Sullivan University Accessibility Guidelines (MS Word)
  2. Make MS Word documents accessible for students with disabilities? (MS Word)
  3. Make PowerPoint presentations accessible for students with disabilities? (MS Word)
  4. Make Excel documents accessible for students with disabilities? (MS Word)
  5. Make PDF documents accessible for students with disabilities? (MS Word)

Teaching a Course

Statement of Academic Responsibility for Online Instructors (PDF)  

Course Content: How do I...

  1. Create a course announcement (Video)
  2. Insert a Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF or other files into a lesson? (Video) (MS Word)
  3. Show and hide content? (Video) (MS Word) 
  4. Find free/open educational content for my courses? (Website)

Content Collection: How do I...

  1. Upload content into My Content and use it in my courses? (PDF from NIU)

Giving Feedback: How do I...

  1. Provide audio/video feedback for an assignment? (Video) 
    Note: Blackboard is repairing this feature, use #2 below.
  2. Provide audio/video feedback for an assignment with Panopto? (Video)

SafeAssign Originality Checker: How do I...

  1. Configure an assignment to check for originality? (Video)
  2. Access and interpret a SafeAssign originality report (Website)

Retention Center: How do I...

  1. Identify "at risk" students in my course? (Video)

Reporting Census (Friday of week 2)

  1. How to report student engagement for census (Video)

Last Date of Engagement: How do I...

  1. Run a report to determine Last Date of Engagement? (PDF)
  2. Add an "LDE" column in the grade book? (PDF)

Mid-Term and Final Grades: How do I...

  1. Post mid-term grades (PDF)
  2. Post final grades, download & submit grade books (PDF)

How Do I Get Help with Blackboard?

Contact Krista Lyons and Lorie Long at onlinefacultysupport@sullivan.edu

Creating Video Using Panopto

Create Instructional Video: How do I...

  1. Set up a new course to use Panopto video? (Video) (MS Word)
  2. Download and install the Panopto Recorder App on my Windows computer? (Video)
  3. Download and install the Pantopto Recorder App on my Mac Computer? (Video)
  4. Make a recording with Panopto for Windows? (Video)
  5. Make a recording with Panopto For Mac? (Video)
  6. Manage and Share Panopto Recordings? (Video)
  7. Insert a Panopto video into a course announcement with Mashup (and what to do if Mashup doesn't work)? (Video) 
  8. Provide audio/video feedback for an assignment with Panopto? (Video)
  9. Insert and edit closed captions? (Video)
  10. Cut unwanted sections from a Panopto video? (Video) 
  11. Run a Panopto session report to view participation? (Video)

Sample Course Introduction Video

  1. MGT 330: Dr. Terry Kibiloski (Video)

Bb Collaborate Ultra Job Aids

Blackboard Collaborate: How do I...

  1. Set up a Collaborate session from my Blackboard course? (Video)
  2. Invite my students and guests into my Collaborate Session? (Video)
  3. Navigate the Collaborate session interface? (Video)
  4. Monitor, promote and troubleshoot my attendees? (Video) 
  5. Deliver a live presentation using a PowerPoint slide show? (Video)
  6. Use a shared whiteboard, share my screen, poll my students or use groups? (Video)
  7. Record a Collaborate session and share the recording? (Video)
  8. Run a Collaborate session report to view participation? (Video)

Creating a Category (percentage)-based Grade Center in Blackboard

Creating a Category (percentage)-based Grade Center - Preferred

This is the most common grade center type used in our online courses. It is the most user-friendly for students and "does the math" for the instructor. In the video below, you will learn the three steps for creating a percentage-based grade center: 1) determining the categories (papers, quizzes, etc.); 2) weighting the categories and 3) creating the assignment columns in the grade center and selecting the category for each assignment.