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CITL staff recognized for advocacy, partnership and collaboration

May 2, 2022 CITL News

Staff of the Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning (CITL) have recently been recognized with institutional awards for advocacy, partnership and collaboration. Stephanie Richter, Exemplary

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Blackboard Ultra Transition Academy

March 31, 2022 CITL Best Practices, News, Resources, Teaching, Technology Trends, Tips, Web Tools, Workshops

As NIU moves forward with our transition to Ultra Course View, CITL is increasing our support to help faculty prepare. While we have provided a long

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Coming soon to Blackboard!

March 23, 2022 Amanda Hirsch News, Teaching, Technology Trends, Web Tools

Blackboard has tripled their development team, so the rate of new features is accelerating rapidly! Many exciting features and updates are coming soon to Blackboard

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Highlighting accessibility resources

March 17, 2022 Amanda Hirsch Best Practices, News, Resources, Teaching, Technology Trends, Tips, Web Tools, Workshops

Accessibility continues to be a high priority at NIU. Here are just a couple of our notable accessibility resources, as well as an exciting announcement!

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Get creative with Kaltura

March 16, 2022 Megan Holt Teaching, Technology Trends, Tips, Web Tools

NIU’S video platform, Kaltura, is teeming with activity, but you might be surprised to learn what else you can do with your video content. In

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New affordable textbook search and filter in MyNIU

March 10, 2022 CITL News, Teaching, Web Tools

Do you teach a course with zero-cost or low-cost course materials? Beginning with the Fall 2022 course schedule, students will be able to search for

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Things you didn’t know Blackboard could do

February 23, 2022 Amanda Hirsch Resources, Teaching, Technology Trends, Tips, Web Tools

Blackboard has many features that can help you enrich your students’ learning experience and improve your teaching experience, but you may not know they are

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Supporting first generation college students

February 9, 2022 Amanda Hirsch Best Practices, Resources, Teaching, Tips

Workshop Takeaways NIU’s Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning recently hosted a workshop on Supporting First-Generation Students. The workshop featured Kimberly Shotick (Assistant Professor, Student

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New library resource on blended learning

February 7, 2022 CITL Best Practices, Resources, Teaching, Tips, Web Tools

The NIU Library has secured the eBook Blended Learning: Research Perspectives. Volume 3, edited by Anthony G. Picciano, Charles D. Dziuban, Charles R. Graham, and

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Interactive techniques

February 2, 2022 CITL Best Practices, News, Newsletter, Teaching, Tips

We added a new guide to our website! This compendium of interactive techniques was compiled and shared via Creative Commons by a Dr. Kevin Yee