bb-maintenance.png IT and Educational Technology will make Blackboard courses for Fall Semester 2011 "unavailable" to students at 5 p.m. on Thursday, January 19, 2012.

Fall Semester 2011 courses will still be visible to instructors, but students will no longer see the courses.

Questions or comments can be directed to the IT Help Desk at 573-341-HELP or online at http://help.mst.edu.

tlt-logo-01-sidebar.png Registration for the Teaching and Learning Technology Conference 2012 on March 15 and 16, 2012 is now OPEN!

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Kenneth Green - Founding Director of The Campus Computing Project

THEME: Evidence of Impact

Web-based registration is now available at:

http://edtech.mst.edu/events/tltconference2012/registration.html
Details about our conference can be found on the conference web site:

http://edtech.mst.edu/events/tltconference2012/
We look forward to seeing you at our conference in March!

bb-maintenance.png EdTech and IT have received numerous reports from customers who are experiencing problems when attempting to open documents or download files when using Blackboard in Internet Explorer.

Unfortunately, EdTech will not be able to apply a fix for this problem until the next scheduled maintenance window on January 15. Applying the fix WILL cause a temporary Blackboard outage while patches are applied.

Until then, IT and EdTech strongly recommend all S&T Blackboard customers use an alternate web browser such as Mozilla Firefox or Apple Safari (for Mac users).

Firefox, Safari, and Google Chrome are all available for free.

Stay tuned for updates while IT and EdTech resolve this issue.

bb-maintenance.png IT will be performing inter-session Blackboard maintenance on Tuesday, December 27, 2011, starting at 8:00 a.m.

Blackboard will be unavailable for 6 hours between 8:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m.

Please call the Help Desk with questions about this or any other IT issue at 573-341-HELP (4357) or submit an online Help Request at http://help.mst.edu.

bb-maintenance.png IT will be performing Blackboard maintenance on Sunday, November 20, 2011, starting at 12:00 a.m.

Blackboard will be unavailable for 6 hours between midnight and 6 a.m.

Please call the Help Desk with questions about this or any other IT issue at 573-341-HELP (4357) or submit an online Help Request at http://help.mst.edu.

Call for Presentations: TLT 2012

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tlt-logo-01-sidebar.png Missouri S&T Teaching and Learning Technology Conference 2012

Educational Technology is now accepting presentation proposals for the Fifth Annual Teaching and Learning Technology Conference, scheduled for March 15-16, 2012. Interested presenters can download a copy of the Call for Presentation form at the EdTech web site or click one of the links below:

Call for Presentations: Word Document

Call for Presentations: PDF

The theme for this year's conference is Evidence of Impact. EdTech is looking for presentations that showcase how technology is improving student learning outcomes. However, EdTech will review ALL submissions regardless of content.

The opening keynote speaker will be Dr. Kenneth C. Green, Founding Director of the Campus Computing Project, which is the largest continuing study of the role of information technology in American colleges and universities.

This year we will be offering several tracks for presenters and participants:

  • Teaching with Technology - Enhancing the instructional process by including a technology component

  • Blended Learning - Replacing some or all of the face-to-face communication in class with online tools

  • Best Practices in Teaching Strategies - Pedagogical theories on effective teaching (with or without technology)

  • "Hands-on" Activity - Computer labs are available for hands-on presentations or demonstrations

Proposals will be accepted until Friday, December 9, 2011. Decisions regarding acceptance will be made by Friday, December 16, 2011.

CLCLogo-02-mini.pngEdTech is opening up the CLC software request process for instructors who need specific software packages installed in computer learning centers across campus.

The software request web-based application is available on the EdTech web site:

  1. Go to edtech.mst.edu.

  2. Click CLC Software Request in the right-hand sidebar item.

  3. Click Request Software to be installed in a CLC to get started.
Please enter all software requests before close of business on Friday, November 4, 2011.

Software currently available in each of the CLCs on campus can be found at:

    http://edtech.mst.edu/clc (This page also has a link to the CLC Software Request tool)

It is very important to submit requests in a timely manner to ensure the best possible support from IT and EdTech. We appreciate your cooperation!

Questions, comments, or concerns about the CLC Request process can be sent to edtech@mst.edu.


bb-maintenance.png IT will be performing Blackboard maintenance on Sunday, October 16, 2011, starting at 12:00 a.m.

Blackboard will be unavailable for 4 hours between midnight and 4 a.m.

Please call the Help Desk with questions about this or any other IT issue at 573-341-HELP (4357) or submit an online Help Request at http://help.mst.edu.
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University of Missouri - St. Louis (UMSL) invites you to register for their Focus on Teaching and Technology Regional Conference on November 10-11, 2011.

Scholars, educators, and practitioners from numerous universities share their technology innovations and teaching experiences.

This year, they will offer two keynote presentations:

  • Thursday, November 10:
    Tom Mills -- Executive Director of Global Education; Google
    Education Administration Auditorium 100
    Marillac Hall, UMSL South Campus

  • Friday, November 11:
    Dr. Michele DiPietro -- Executive Director; Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning; Kennesaw State University
    "Understanding the Learning Process as the Gateway to Smart Teaching"
    JC Penney Summit; UMSL North Campus
Choose from 24 concurrent sessions and 9 pre-conference workshops during the two-day conference! There is no charge to attend the concurrent sessions at the conference (thanks to generous sponsors), and there are always good ideas and networking opportunities to take away.  There is, however, a $20 fee for each two-hour pre-conference workshop on Thursday (this fee includes lunch.)  Register for one or both days now!

For program details and to register -- http://www.umsl.edu/ctl/fttc.htm


elearning-initiative.png University of Missouri System eLearning will be sponsoring "eLunch @ S&T" on Friday, September 30, 2011 from noon to 1:30 p.m. This will take place in the Carver/Turner Room of the Havener Center.

S&T eMentors will be discussing techniques and technologies they are using in their classes to improve student learning. The eMentors will also provide advice and suggestions for incorporating technology into a course. After two short presentations, there will be time for discussion and questions.

Please RSVP by Tuesday, September 27 to chris@umsystem.edu.
bb-maintenance.png IT will be performing Blackboard maintenance on Sunday, September 18, 2011, starting at 12:00 a.m.

Blackboard will be unavailable for 4 hours between midnight and 4 a.m.

Please call the Help Desk with questions about this or any other IT issue at 573-341-HELP (4357) or submit an online Help Request at http://help.mst.edu.

Blackboard_Logo.jpg Educational Technology (EdTech) is hosting a Blackboard Seminar Series event at noon on Friday, September 16, 2011 in Centennial 103.

The focus of the discussion will be RUBRICS, an invaluable tool in grading highly subjective assignments such as discussion boards and presentations.

Why should rubrics be used? How can they be used effectively? Julie Phelps, Instructional Technologist for Educational Technology, will guide the discussion towards answers to these questions.

All instructors are welcome to attend.

All attendees are welcome to bring a brown-bag lunch. EdTech will provide water, dessert, and some other snacks.

For more information about Blackboard Seminar Series events, please contact EdTech.

For more information about Blackboard, visit:

http://edtech.mst.edu/support/blackboard/index.html

FLC -- Using TurningKey for Testing

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When: Friday, September 9, 2011 at noon

Where: Centennial Hall 104

Presenter: Dr. Dan Reardon, Assistant Professor of English and Technical Communication

Sponsored by:
CERTI and Educational Technology

Dessert and drinks provided -- feel free to bring your own lunch.

Instructors will discover how to use TurningKey software in conjunction with clickers to give paper-based, self-paced tests that can be graded instantly, showing the instructor individual results for each student. Reports can easily be generated for valuable feedback, assisting instructors in aligning course and unit objectives with evaluation and assessment procedures.
bb-maintenance.png IT and Educational Technology will make Blackboard courses for Summer Semester 2011 "unavailable" to students at 5 p.m. on Thursday, September 1, 2011.

Summer Semester 2011 courses will still be visible to instructors, but students will no longer see the courses.

Questions or comments can be directed to the IT Help Desk at 573-341-HELP or online at http://help.mst.edu
bb-maintenance.png IT will be performing Blackboard maintenance on Sunday, August 21, 2011, starting at 12:00 a.m.

Blackboard will be unavailable for 4 hours between midnight and 4 a.m.

Please call the Help Desk with questions about this or any other IT issue at 573-341-HELP (4357) or submit an online Help Request at http://help.mst.edu.
Blackboard_Logo.jpg EdTech will be conducting a training session for Blackboard 9 in Centennial 105 on Tuesday, August 16, 2011.  This session is divided into three basic components. Attendees are welcome to participate in any one (or all) of the components.

Register

  • 9 - 10:30 a.m.: Intro to Bb
    • Adding and organizing content, course availability, customizing Blackboard, combining courses, and more...
  •     10:30 - Noon: Assessments
    • Assignment management, test/quiz creation, and surveys
  • 1 - 2:30 p.m.: Grade Center
    • Entering grades, adding/organizing columns, weighted grade management, smart views, and more...
Click the Register link above to sign up for the session!

Questions or comments? Contact edtech@mst.edu.

bbworld-2011-sm.png Presenters:
John Doherty -- Instructional Designer, Northern Arizona University
Wally Nolan -- Lead Instructional Designer, Northern Arizona University
Both presenters started out by stating that online learning should be all about the pedagogy and not about the technology. In other words, instructors should not become so enamored of one particular technology that they forget to apply sound pedagogical principles when presenting content and engaging their students.

Like Missouri S&T, everyone at Northern Arizona University (NAU) is given a Blackboard course every semester. However, not everyone uses them equally well (again, like Missouri S&T).

Bb World 2011 -- Go Rubrics! Creating A+ Rubrics

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PRESENTERS:
Peggy Brown -- Director of Instructional Design / Adjunct  Faculty, Syracuse University
Michael Fudge -- Senior Systems and Network Support Administrator, Syracuse University

A few select members of EdTech had the opportunity to attend Blackboard World 2011 in Las Vegas (July 12-14). Bb World is a fairly large conference hosted by (of course) Blackboard. However, even though many of the sessions touched upon Blackboard, either directly or indirectly, others covered topics that are applicable to a wide range of teaching situations, where which LMS instructors use is not relevant to the discussion.

One such session was called: Go Rubrics! Creating A+ Rubrics.

The basic idea behind a rubric is that it is a way of evaluating and measuring student work according to some pre-established criteria. In other words, it is one more performance assessment, like tests or quizzes. However, unlike a multiple-choice test where students are either right or wrong, it is NOT simply a checklist and is often highly subjective. But it is still possible to use a rubric to set clear expectations between students and instructors. Students are often frustrated with instructors because they don't know exactly what an instructor is looking for in a paper. Therefore, the feedback they receive on their first paper is used as the
"baseline" for future assignments. Using a rubric, especially one that is available for students to view, gives students a much better idea of the standards that will be used to gauge performance in the class.

Blackboard Maintenance on Sunday, June 19, 2011

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bb-maintenance.png IT will be performing Blackboard maintenance on Sunday, June 19, 2011, starting at 12:00 a.m.

Blackboard will be unavailable for 4 hours between midnight and 4 a.m.

Please call the Help Desk with questions about this or any other IT issue at 573-341-HELP (4357) or submit an online Help Request at http://help.mst.edu.

COMPLETED: Classrooms upgraded to Windows 7!

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Windows7-small.png EdTech has upgraded all of the computers in the classrooms to the Windows 7 operating system.

EdTech will be upgrading several CLCs to Windows 7 later in the summer.

A basic video introduction on Windows 7 is available at:

http://tinyurl.com/IntroWindows7

Contact the Help Desk at (573) 341-HELP or http://help.mst.edu for assistance in using Windows 7 or to request a copy of Windows 7 for a campus-owned machine.

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