Dear Faculty and College Staff, This has been an extraordinarily challenging semester for all of us. I’m writing today to express my sincere gratitude for
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Engaging Students in Asynchronous Lessons: Kaltura Quizzes
At a structural level, we understand that online courses are inherently different than their face-to-face counterparts. Faculty teaching online courses cannot rely on visual cues,
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Create Microsoft Teams Meetings from Within Blackboard
Blackboard has recently released an integration with Microsoft Teams that allows you to quickly create Teams Meetings from within Blackboard. Ultra Course View Under Details
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Five Graduate Students Recognized for Outstanding Teaching
NIU’s Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning (CITL) is recognizing an elite group of graduate students for their outstanding teaching abilities. Established in 2004, the
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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 Online Instruction Webinar Recordings Available
The American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU), The American Council on Education (ACE), The Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities (APLU), The Council
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Show your #HuskiePride with NIU backgrounds for Microsoft Teams
Add some Red & Black to your interactions with students, colleagues and friends by downloading an NIU background for Zoom and Microsoft Teams. Seven designs
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FDIDC is now CITL
The Faculty Development and Instructional Design Center (FDIDC) is now the Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning (CITL)! We’re changing our name to more clearly
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State of Illinois’ new drive up Wi-Fi map tool
The interactive tool provides users with the following information for each Wi-Fi hotspot: general instructions for using; specifics for logging in; and turn by turn
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24 Tips for Creating High Quality Screen Recordings
Follow these practical tips for to create high quality screencast recordings. 1. Create an outline before recording You may be tempted to just wing it,
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