Category Faculty/Staff News & Events

Details of July 2 Blackboard Learn Updates

The Blackboard Learn update coming July 2nd includes several enhancements. Blackboard provides updates the first week of each month. Here are some highlights of July’s update: Course discussions improvements In the Ultra Course View, students currently can create their own…

Summer Blackboard Collaborate Updates

Blackboard is continually improving their web conferencing platform. Secure recording links will be released on July 16: As part of their commitment to security and privacy, they want to give instructors more control over their recordings. Public access to recordings…

Join ILiADS Summer Activities

Although the Institute for Liberal Arts Digital Scholarship (iliads.org) is unable to hold its annual event in person this year, the ILiADS Steering Committee will be hosting several conversations over the summer. Our hope is that these activities and new…

June 18 & 23 – OWU BishopApps (G Suite) Training

On Thursday 6/18 and Tuesday 6/23, David Soliday will be offering technical training on the basics of Google Docs, Sheets, Drive (including Shared Drives), and Forms. At the end of the sessions, you should feel comfortable: Creating new Docs, Sheets,…

Details of July 2 Blackboard Learn Updates

The Blackboard Learn update coming July 2nd includes several enhancements. Blackboard provides updates the first week of each month. Here are some highlights of July’s update: Course discussions improvements In the Ultra Course View, students currently can create their own…

Learn More About Blackboard Annotate Inline Grading

Created in partnership with clients around the globe, Blackboard Annotate is a new tool in Blackboard Learn for inline assignment grading. Bb Annotate replaces the New Box View integration in both the Original Course View and the Ultra Course View.…

Blackboard Annotate Inline Grading Coming Soon

Created in partnership with clients around the globe, Blackboard Annotate is a new tool in Blackboard Learn for inline assignment grading. Bb Annotate replaces the New Box View integration in both the Original Course View and the Ultra Course View.…

More Online Training Offered by Information Services

IS is launching two additional online courses in Blackboard, and they’re both platform agnostic. Faculty and staff may self-enroll in either or both of them using the links below. —Getting Started with Online Course Design: This course introduces participants to best…

Blackboard Offering Remote Training Series for Instructors

Blackboard is offering ongoing, free webinars to help with the transition to remote teaching. The sessions are designed for Instructors who are just getting started with teaching using Blackboard Learn and Blackboard Collaborate, as well as those who have started to transition…