Welcome DE faculty! Whether you live in Greenville, another county, or across the country, you are an important part of our campus. Please bookmark this page and check back now and then for updates, plus new instructional materials. Note, especially to adjunct faculty: Sometimes there is a delay with new instructors having access to Blackboard until contracts are signed, all paperwork is submitted, etc. It is important that you keep in close contact with your department (and possibly HR) to make sure that everything is in order.
New!
- In May, we will upgrade from Service Pack 7 to SP 9. See the PDF. Or, view the blog post.
- ThinkIn 2013 was on April 3rd. The website has webcasts of interviews and presentations. ThinkIn ’13 website.
Virtual Reading Corner
A few of our favorite sources for timely articles and best practices in distance education/higher education:
Virtual Training! Videos and Instructional PDFs
Blackboard Overview
- Taste of Technology – Three Tools (Tegrity, Centra, LockDown Browser) – watch now
- New to Blackboard? View this short PPT slideshow
- From Blackboard On-Demand – Communicating & Collaborating – list of mini-videos and PDFs
- From Blackboard On-Demand – Assessing Learners – list of mini-videos and PDFs
Assessments
- Assignment Tool (creates link for students) – download the PDF
- Creating and Deploying Tests – download the PDF
- Creating a Test From a Pool – download the PDF
- Test-Taking Troubleshooting Tips for Instructors – download the PDF
- Test-Taking Tips for Students – Share with Students – PDF
- Respondus LockDown Browser – read the blog post for information
- Rubrics with Assessments – download the PDF
Grade Center
- Allen’s 15-minute overview of the Bb9 Grade Center: WATCH Allen’s Video
- Gradebook Housekeeping – download the PDF
- Weighting Grades – download the PDF
- Creating a Report – download the PDF
- Smart Views – download the PDF
- Creating a SmartView for Multiple Sections – download the PDF
At the start of the semester, make your course(s) available.
Course Design/Organization (including Copy / Merge)
- Matt’s 17-minute overview of Bb9: WATCH Matt’s Video
- Cindy’s 50-minute recorded training session (Pirate ID/password may be required): WATCH Cindy’s Video
- Upload single or multiple files to your course from Files area – watch now
- Basic course design – content/organization – download the PDF
- Create a banner (easy) for your course – download the PDF
- Course Copy/Section Merge – videos, PDF, or submit request – go here
- Course Copy – download the PDF
- Section Merge – download the PDF
Interactive Tools
- Blog, Journal, Wiki
- Discussion Board – short video from Bb On-Demand
- Getting Started with Groups – download the PDF
Helpful Links
- Blackboard
- Help Desk
- ITCS
- OneStop
- ITC’s by College
- Pirate Mail/Directory
- Reset Password
- Office for Faculty Excellence
- Libraries: Joyner and Laupus
- Disability Support Services
- IT Security Compliance & Regulations
- A to Z Index
Contacts
We value our DE faculty and always like to hear from you, so please contact one of us with any questions or suggestions of what you’d like to see on this support page:
- General Bb Support, ecublackboard@ecu.edu
- Matt Long, longm@ecu.edu
- Cindy Bowers, bowersc@ecu.edu
- Allen Dennis, dennisa@ecu.edu
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