If you assign online exams, you are probably concerned about academic integrity. There are a few steps you can take to promote academic integrity when
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Recommendations for asking students to be on camera in online sessions
It can be challenging to teach live online class sessions (i.e., synchronous sessions), when all you have in front of you is a round glass
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Multimedia in online teaching: Alternatives to synchronous sessions
While online instruction has been part of the higher education landscape for years, at no time in history has the demand been greater than now.
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Catalog of recommended teaching and learning technologies
The Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning (CITL) has compiled a new learning technologies catalog of recommended teaching and learning tools and platforms available at NIU.
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Inclusive Education: Tools and Techniques for Remote and Online Instruction
Inclusive teaching improves learning for all students, not just those with disabilities. The following resources compiled by Blackboard Ally can help you provide students with
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Did You Know…..? Ensuring the Blackboard Collaborate Recordings will be Processed and Easily Shared with Students
NIU faculty and instructors have been using Blackboard Collaborate, the web conferencing tool, to conduct live synchronous sessions for a number of years. One outstanding
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Introducing Bb Annotate: A Brand New Tool for Providing Feedback on Assignments in Blackboard
We are excited to announce the launch of a new tool called Bb Annotate! Blackboard developed Bb Annotate in response to client feedback on the
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Getting Started with Blackboard Collaborate
If you are short on time but need some quick instructions for features of Blackboard Collaborate sessions, this guide should help you get started. Sharing
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Effective Presentation Skills Tutorial
As part of their academic studies and future career, students may be required to develop and deliver oral presentations. Students may also have opportunities to
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