Reminder to Instructors: You Must Make Your Course “Available” For Students To Access It.

Posted by on January 19, 2015

Blackboard courses are set to “Unavailable” by default; the instructor must make them “Available” in order for students to see and access the course from the Blackboard homepage. To set course availability using the control panel, navigate to Customization→Properties and set the course availability to “Yes.” Here is a short visual tutorial of the required […]

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DON’T PANIC: Blackboard has a brand-new theme!

Posted by on January 15, 2015

The IT department has changed the look and feel of Blackboard for Spring 2015! We hope you enjoy our new look! As always, if you have questions, please contact the IT Help Desk at (573) 341-4357.

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BLACKBOARD MAINTENANCE: Wednesday, December 31, 2014

Posted by on December 31, 2014

IT will be performing Blackboard maintenance on Wednesday, December 31, 2014, starting at 3 p.m. Blackboard will be unavailable for approximately 1 hour between 3 and 4 p.m. Please contact 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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CERTI and EdTech present an upcoming faculty learning event, “Rules of Student Engagement: A Workshop on Active Learning Strategies for the Classroom”, on Jan. 16th

Posted by on December 18, 2014

CERTI and EdTech presents an upcoming faculty learning event, “Rules of Student Engagement: A Workshop on Active Learning Strategies for the Classroom”, to be held on Jan. 16th from 8AM to Noon in the Missouri/Ozark room of the Havener Center. All S&T faculty and instructors are invited to this event! Join us for an interactive […]

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TEGRITY Courses Purged at End of Semester – FS 2014

Posted by on December 17, 2014

IMPORTANT! Please read the following message VERY carefully! Educational Technology (EdTech) will be purging ALL course sessions stored in Tegrity at close of business on TUESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 2014. Missouri S&T’s usage agreement with Tegrity limits us to only 500 hours of recordings per semester. This means we MUST remove all recordings from Tegrity at […]

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EdTech U Prize Winner – Dr. F. Scott Miller

Posted by on December 15, 2014

Congratulations to Dr. F. Scott Miller, Teaching Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, for winning a Kindle Fire HD6 for attending EdTech U in Fall 2014! Dr. Miller has been a regular customer of EdTech U and of EdTech services in general for the past several semesters. EdTech U will continue in Spring 2015, with […]

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Plagiarism software can be beaten by simple tech tricks

Posted by on December 2, 2014

IT scholar says PDF tweaks allow students’ copied work to evade detection. Hannah Fearn reports Source: www.timeshighereducation.co.uk

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The College Plagiarism Infographic – e-Learning Infographics

Posted by on December 2, 2014

The health informatics program at the University of Illinois at Chicago presents The Reality And Solution Of College Plagiarism Infographic. Source: University of Illinois-Chicago

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Understanding Plagiarism

Posted by on December 2, 2014

Staff and students at York St John University talk about what constitutes as plagiarism, how to avoid it and what is expected in regards of good academic wri… Source: www.youtube.com

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