Last Friday (Aug 27), IT performed some updates on Blackboard. An unrelated follow-up process resulted in a misalignment between Blackboard’s student enrollments and the Registrar’s student enrollments. As a consequence, course combine requests were not properly handled, thus many courses were not showing up for numerous students and faculty. IT was able to find and […]
Read More »Blackboard services will be undergoing maintenance on Friday, August 27, starting at 5:30 p.m. Blackboard will be inaccessible for approximately 30 minutes to all faculty, students, and staff during the maintenance window. 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 […]
Read More »Q: When I login to Blackboard it is slow and takes forever to load. Is there any way to make Blackboard load faster? A: Yes. Turn off the “What’s New” module, located under the Course Catalog module. Simply click the “X” in the upper right corner of the module to turn it off. More information […]
Read More »For your education — I found a link to a video on fluorine, the most reactive element in the entire periodic table. This stuff is extremely dangerous by itself, but it exists all around us bound up in molecules such as tin fluoride and sodium fluoride. Fluoride compounds are found in our toothpaste and water […]
Read More »Zac March, director of UM’s eLearning Initiative, sent out a link to an article on how the class of 2014 thinks about technology. This article is based, in part, on the Beloit College Mindset List, published every year since 1998. What I thought was most interesting about the initial article from www.ecampusnews.com was the conversation […]
Read More »Wimba tools in Blackboard will experience a brief (5 minute) interruption between 5 and 6 p.m. today, August 19, 2010. Wimba Voice and Classroom building blocks inside of Blackboard are being upgraded to the most recent version to resolve a browser incompatibility issue. Wimba Voice and Classroom tools are used for virtual classroom experience and […]
Read More »Apparently Google/YouTube has created a feature called “Search Stories” that allow you to create a short video based on your search terms. Julie Phelps, one of our Instructional Technologists, has created the following Search Story using terms related to Missouri S&T Educational Technology. Enjoy!
Read More »The online journal Faculty Focus has a recent article on Good Teaching: Top 10 Requirements. Most of the points Dr. LeBlanc discusses involve strengthening the communication channels between students and instructors. Effective communication is key. But it also helps to be well-versed in the material that you are trying to teach. Dr. LeBlanc points out […]
Read More »Blackboard services have been restored. EdTech and IT apologize for any inconvenience caused by an unexpectedly long outage. 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.
Read More »Blackboard services are currently unavailable due to maintenance. The maintenance is taking a little longer than originally expected. Stay tuned for an update when services have been restored. 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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