Bb World 2011 — Go Rubrics! Creating A+ Rubrics

Posted by on July 19, 2011

PRESENTERS: Peggy Brown — Director of Instructional Design / Adjunct  Faculty, Syracuse UniversityMichael 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, […]

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Blackboard Maintenance on Sunday, June 19, 2011

Posted by on June 17, 2011

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COMPLETED: Classrooms upgraded to Windows 7!

Posted by on June 7, 2011

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Reminder: CLCs and Classrooms are upgrading to Windows 7

Posted by on May 31, 2011

EdTech and IT will be upgrading all of the computers in the classrooms and several of the Computer Learning Centers (CLCs) to the Windows 7 operating system. Classroom upgrades will be completed by June 6, 2011. Several of the CLCs have been upgraded. Throughout the summer, several others will be converted. ALL CLCs are expected […]

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Blackboard Maintenance on Sunday, May 15, 2011

Posted by on May 13, 2011

IT will be performing Blackboard maintenance on Sunday, May 15, 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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Uploading Grades from into Joe’SS from Blackboard

Posted by on May 3, 2011

In Fall 2010, the Registrar’s Office, IT, and EdTech collaborated to improve the grade features of both Joe’SS and Blackboard. It is now possible to import grades directly into Joe’SS from Blackboard. Two new columns are available in all Blackboard courses – JoeSS Midterm and JoeSS Final Grade. These columns allow instructors to retrieve grades […]

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CLCs and Classrooms are upgrading to Windows 7

Posted by on April 22, 2011

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Blackboard Maintenance on Sunday, April 17, 2011

Posted by on April 13, 2011

IT will be performing Blackboard maintenance on Sunday, April 17, 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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Blackboard Seminar Series on Friday, April 15, 2011

Posted by on April 12, 2011

EdTech is hosting a Blackboard Seminar Series on Friday, April 15, at Noon in Centennial Hall Room 103. This session will focus on how to effectively use assessment tools inside (and outside) of Blackboard. Topics will include: Assignment tools – students can submit assignments that show up in the Grade Center for easy download and […]

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Technology and Mathematics: Who Knew?

Posted by on April 4, 2011

Barb Wilkins and Angie Hammons submitted a poster session for the recent SLOAN-C Blended Learning conference and workshop, held in Oak Brook, Illinois. Everyone from the “Ed” side of EdTech attended, leaving only the “Tech” part at home in Rolla, large and in charge. Here is a brief overview of the poster session we presented, […]

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