Images can be a great way to engage your learners with different modes of learning, and can help communicate complex ideas to students. For students
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Getting students to read and respond to feedback
It’s a familiar story… A faculty member spends hours reading and commenting on student work only to have students turn right to the grade, often
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Fall 2021 pilot of Blackboard Ally
Beginning Fall 2021, anyone who is teaching a course, including all NIU faculty, instructors, staff, and teaching assistants, are eligible to sign up to be
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HyFlex teaching: A flexible alternative
What is HyFlex? HyFlex is a course model that allows students a flexible course structure. Students can attend class sessions in the physical classroom, participate
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10 course policies to rethink on your fall syllabus
How to adapt your syllabi to better help students in what promises to be another complicated semester. By Matthew R. Johnson | August 11, 2021
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How to open your Blackboard course early (and 4 reasons why you should!)
Every semester, students wait until the first day of classes to find out what their courses will be like, what will be expected of them,
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Fall 2021 classroom technology training and support
Faculty and students are both looking forward to a return to campus and in-person courses. This summer, the Division of Information Technology (DoIT) has worked
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Welcome back: Insights, plans, and resources for a successful return to campus
Welcome Back, Huskies! This fall, there will be more students on campus than there have been since the pandemic began. While this is exciting, as
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