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Connecting with students in online courses: Options for virtual office hours

June 3, 2020 Amanda Hirsch Best Practices, Newsletter, Teaching, Technology Trends, Tips

Office hours are an important component of any course. As we pivot to facilitating student learning online, we also need to shift how we think

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CARMA Consortium for the advancement of research methods and analysis

May 26, 2020 CITL Resources, Tips, Workshops

NIU is officially a CARMA member institute for the 2020-21 year. CARMA has great short training sessions on various statistical techniques and issues related to methods.

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Illinois Institutions and Beyond Come Together for “Strengthening Student Experiences during COVID-19”

May 26, 2020 Tracy Miller Conferences, Teaching, Technology Trends

FSI: At the Intersection of Teaching, Learning, and Technology is an annual conference that brings educators and instructional-technology professionals together each May at the University

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Delivering High-Quality Instruction Online in Response to COVID-19

New Playbook Equips Higher Ed Faculty for Moving Teaching Online

May 21, 2020 CITL News, Resources

A newly released, faculty-focused playbook from Every Learner Everywhere provides much-needed expert resources and guidance to assist higher education faculty in their journey to online

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Inclusive Education: Tools and Techniques for Remote and Online Instruction

May 14, 2020 CITL Best Practices, News, Resources, Teaching, Tips, Web Tools

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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Message to Faculty and College Staff from Provost Ingram

May 12, 2020 CITL News

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

May 11, 2020 Megan Holt Best Practices, Teaching, Technology Trends, Tips

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

May 6, 2020 Stephanie Richter News, Technology Trends

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

May 5, 2020 CITL News

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

May 5, 2020 Dan Cabrera News, Teaching, Tips, Web Tools

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

May 5, 2020 CITL News, Teaching, Technology Trends, Web Tools

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

April 28, 2020 Amanda Hirsch Teaching, Technology Trends, Web Tools

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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