Educational Technology wishes to remind all instructors that courses in Blackboard need to be made “Available” to students before students can access the content. Instructions for making a course available can be found at: http://edtech.mst.edu/support/blackboard9-1/courseavailable/ By default, we make courses unavailable to give instructors time to populate a course with content before students can see […]
Read More »Educational Technology has performed the following technology upgrades to classrooms and computer learning centers (CLCs) for Fall Semester 2012: All CLCs now have Windows 7 installed. All instructor stations in both classrooms and CLCs now have Skype installed. All CLC machines now have the following upgrade software installed: AutoCAD 2012 Maple 16 MathType 6.8 Matlab […]
Read More »Blackboard Collaborate will be upgraded to the latest version at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, August 2, 2012. Collaborate is a virtual learning environment integrated into Blackboard. The newest version has some minor enhancements such as greatly improved noise cancellation features and the ability to better monitor which permissions each participant has within the Collaborate session. […]
Read More »On Wednesday, August 1, 2012, Tegrity Lecture Capture will be made available in ALL Blackboard courses. Up until now, Tegrity was deployed to select courses based on instructor needs. After August 1, Tegrity will be available for all instructors to use in their Blackboard courses. Tegrity allows instructors to record their lecture notes. Students can […]
Read More »Educational Technology is offering several opportunities to learn more about Blackboard 9.1 in August (before Fall 2012). To sign up for a training opportunity, visit the link below: http://edtech.mst.edu/events/blackboard9-1/ Each training opportunity will cover the following: Basic functions of Blackboard 9.1 – A few functions have changed since Blackboard 9. This includes, but is not […]
Read More »Educational Technology is offering several opportunities to learn about Blackboard Collaborate in August (before Fall 2012). Collaborate is a virtual learning environment where students and instructors can interact online much as they do within a traditional classroom. To sign up for a training opportunity, visit the link below: http://edtech.mst.edu/events/collaborate/ Each training opportunity will cover the […]
Read More »Educational Technology is offering several opportunities to learn about Tegrity Lecture Capture in August (before Fall 2012). Tegrity records an instructor’s lecture notes for later review by students. Both students and instructors can add annotations to the recordings. To sign up for a training opportunity, visit the link below: http://edtech.mst.edu/events/tegrity/ Each training opportunity will cover […]
Read More »IT will be performing Blackboard maintenance on Sunday, July 15, 2012, starting at 12:00 a.m. Blackboard will be unavailable for 4-6 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.
Read More »***Written by Amy Skyles*** Beginning Fall Semester 2012, all Blackboard classes at Missouri S&T will be enabled with lecture capture software. The lecture capture system used on campus is called Tegrity. If you’re interested in using Tegrity to enhance your classes, here are some tips and tricks from eSchool News “How to Make Videos Your […]
Read More »Educational Technology will be updating Blackboard Collaborate services on Thursday, June 7, 2012, from 10 – 11 p.m. During this time, Blackboard Collaborate will be unavailable for up to 30 minutes while updates are applied. These updates should resolve some issues with Blackboard Collaborate that occurred after the transition to Blackboard 9.1. If you have […]
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