The university has purchased an educational site license of Zoom and all NIU faculty now have access to use Zoom for their teaching. While Microsoft Teams
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Yellowdig Community Platform Pilot
Looking for an alternative to discussion boards? Check out Yellowdig! Yellowdig is a discussion platform that connects learners and empowers educators. Yellowdig boards create a private
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New Meeting and Calling Experience in Microsoft Teams!
reposted here from Microsoft Teams blog, July 22, 2020. You may have seen the recent announcement of new meeting features in Teams in Reimagining virtual collaboration
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Smart Classroom User Training
The Division of Information Technology is offering training on using the audiovisual equipment in Provost sponsored smart classrooms. Both new and returning instructors should benefit
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Smart Classroom User Training
Smart Classroom User Training — The Division of Information Technology is offering training on using the audiovisual equipment in Provost sponsored smart classrooms. Both new
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Smart Classroom User Training
Smart Classroom User Training — The Division of Information Technology is offering training on using the audiovisual equipment in Provost sponsored smart classrooms. Both new
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Developing and Posting Recorded Lectures with Adobe Presenter
When preparing to teach online, one should consider how a myriad of face-to-face activities might be reconfigured. For example, in a face-to-face setting, lecturing is
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Office 365 Available to Students Campus-wide!
Starting Fall 2014, all students will have a subscription to Microsoft’s Office 365 Suite, at no cost to the student! From DoIT’s website: Students have
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New Turning Technologies Clicker Training Available!
NIU Faculty Development & Instructional Design Center typically offers 1-2 hands-on workshops a year on using the Turning Technologies ResponseCard devices (aka “clickers”) in the
Read moreComing Soon: A Look at What’s Next for Blackboard
The dust has settled on the May 2011 Blackboard upgrade, a major event which took us from Blackboard Version 8.0 to Blackboard Learn, Version 9.1 (Next
Read moreCloud Storage: Making File Access and Management Easy
As we rely more on computers and mobile devices in our day-to-day lives both at home and work, easy access to information and files that
Read more“Copy and Paste from Word” feature is now available to all Blackboard users
The “Paste from Word†feature has recently been added to Blackboard and allows users to seamlessly copy and paste written content from Word into Blackboard.Â
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