The Faculty Development and Instructional Design Center is excited to announce that the Effective Writing Practices Tutorial has been reviewed and updated by the University Writing
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What’s New in Blackboard for Fall 2018?
This fall, there are a number of exciting new features and tools available in Blackboard, including Attendance tracking, the Respondus LockDown Browser, and VoiceThread. Read
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May 2018 Blackboard Learn Upgrade – New Features and Cloud Migration
This May, NIU’s instance of Blackboard Learn will be updated to the latest version and will be migrated from NIU’s data center to Blackboard’s cloud-hosted
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Congratulations to the 2017-2018 Recipients of the Graduate Teaching Certificate!
The Graduate Teaching Certificate recognizes graduate teaching assistants (GA/RA/TAs) for their participation in the development programs offered by the Faculty Development and Instructional Design Center.
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Did You Know….? Accessing a Portal to Blackboard Collaborate
NIU faculty and instructors rely on Blackboard Collaborate to conduct online web conferencing sessions with their students. However, did you know that you do not
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Blackboard Collaborate Ultra Adds Phone-Only Option
Blackboard Collaborate Ultra, the web-conferencing tool used to conduct live synchronous sessions, has gained many new features since it was first introduced. One of the
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Mark Your Calendar – Fall 2018 Teaching Effectiveness Institute – August 16 and 17
The annual Fall Teaching Effectiveness Institute (TEI) sponsored by the Faculty Development and Instructional Design Center will be held on August 16th & 17th. The
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NIU launches conference on engaged learning, teaching, scholarship
NIU is more than familiar with the amazing stories students tell about their engaged learning experiences with faculty. The ninth annual Undergraduate Research and Artistry Day and
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Faculty Development recognized with Effective Practice Award
The NIU Faculty Development and Instructional Design Center was recently selected as a recipient of an Online Learning Consortium Effective Practice Award. The center’s Designing
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End of Semester Reminders in Blackboard
As the semester draws to a close, there are some final tasks you can take care of in Blackboard, to make your courses end successfully and
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Office 365 Groups – Tools to Facilitate Student Collaboration
Student or group collaboration can be one of the most fulfilling learning activities university students can experience. Given that collaboration is the standard of practice
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Trends and Motivation for Blackboard Use at NIU
Supporting faculty and teaching staff’s use of instructional technologies at Northern Illinois University is one the major functions of the Faculty Development and Instructional Design
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