As many new faculty, teaching staff, and TAs are requesting course space on Blackboard this week and get ready to begin the semester teaching their
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Upgrade to Blackboard Coming in May
This year, Blackboard will be upgraded to the Q4 2016 Release, which consists of several exciting new features and several bug fixes. The upgrade is
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New Features for Combined Courses in Blackboard
Wrapped into the new, faster course request process are a few feature enhancements for those teaching a Master Course in Blackboard. Now when combining student
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Trends in Blackboard Tool Usage at NIU – 2016
Blackboard Learn, the primary course management system used by faculty, staff, teaching assistants, and students at NIU, continues to be an important platform for facilitating
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Course Request Process in Blackboard Now Faster with More Features
The Division of IT has released version 2.0 of the Blackboard Faculty Tools (BFT), with faster course requests, an auto-availability option, and helpful notifications, based on
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Tools To Go Paperless: Blackboard’s Inline Grading
Continuing with the mission started by the GreenUp NIU initiative, many faculty and instructors are exploring different ways to leverage technology to support a more
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MEDIAL: Updated Video Management with Webcam Recording
Helix Media Library (HML), the streaming media player for uploading and sharing video and audio content available to all NIU faculty, students, and staff, is
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Breakout Groups, Polling, Closed Captioning Added to Blackboard Collaborate Ultra
Blackboard Collaborate Ultra continues to evolve as Blackboard adds new features to improve your teaching and learning experience! Just recently, Blackboard released 2 exciting new features, Breakout
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Blackboard Open Labs, August 22 – 26
Every day next week, from 11am-1pm, August 22 – 26, 2016, the Faculty Development and Instructional Design Center will host a Blackboard Open Lab. This
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Blackboard-related Reminders for the Beginning of the Semester
As many new faculty, teaching staff, and TAs are requesting course space on Blackboard this week and get ready to begin the semester teaching their
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Summer/Fall 2016 Courses Ready to be Requested in Blackboard
Faculty can now request their Blackboard courses for the Summer and Fall 2016 semesters. Please see the information below for instructions on the request process.
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Trends in Blackboard Tool Usage at NIU
Blackboard Learn, the primary course management system used by faculty, staff, teaching assistants, and students at NIU, continues to be an important platform for facilitating
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