Category Faculty/Staff News & Events

Tech Tip of the Week: Blackboard Test Item Analysis

Blackboard item analysis provides statistics on overall test performance and individual test questions. This data helps you recognize questions that might be poor indicators of student performance. You can use this information to improve questions for future iterations of the…

Rojas Receives Grant for Digital Scholarship Project

Read more about Juan Armando Rojas’ digital scholarship project and the Libraries’ other Mellon grant projects on the Libraries’ blog: OWU Sponsoring Organization/Office: Libraries. Contact: Catherine Cardwell at cacardwe@owu.edu.

CRICKET MATCH on Sept.12

Join SANGAM for a fun filled Saturday afternoon playing Cricket! We will play a friendly match between two teams. There will be a short tutorial before the actual match. No prior experience needed. Mark your calendars and come experience THE…

OWU EMPLOYEE BIBLE STUDY THURSDAYS AT NOON

Peale Chapel. Begins Thursday, Sept. 3. Led by Chaplain Powers with the group selecting topic, theme, and resources of their choice. OWU Sponsoring Organization/Office: Chaplain’s Office. Contact: Rebecca Swartz at jrpowers@owu.edu.

Tech Tip of the Week: Merging Courses in Blackboard

When teaching more than one section of the same class or a cross-listed course, it’s nice to work with only one course within Blackboard. You can manually copy enrollments from one course into another to combine them. However, you will…

Information Services Announces Technical Training Schedule

The Faculty & Staff Professional Development workshop schedule for Fall 2015 has been posted to the Information Services website and the IS Workshops calendar. There are sessions on Blackboard, PowerPoint, Prezi, moving course units online, building online content, real-time…

Advisors Needed, Come to the Club Fair Today!

Several clubs are searching for an advisor. An advisor is a faculty or staff member who will support a club by donating time, effort, and advice. The benefits are many including participating with students in an area of mutual interest,…

Tech Tip of the Week: Love Your Help Desk

OWU Information Services has a great Help Desk with several ways to reach it: * Stop by the lower level of Corns during business hours, 8:30 a.m. -5:00 p.m. Monday-Friday. * Call: 740-368-3120. * Email helpdesk@owu.edu. * Chat or contact…

Information Services Announces Technical Training Schedule

The Faculty & Staff Professional Development workshop schedule for Fall 2015 has been posted to the Information Services website and the IS Workshops calendar. There are sessions on Blackboard, PowerPoint, Prezi, moving course units online, building online content, real-time…