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Complete These Start-of-Semester Activities for Course Management
Posted January 10, 2024
by IDLT
As a new semester approaches, the following tips may be useful for faculty.
Blackboard and Course Management:
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If you are teaching multiple sections of the same course and want them to be in one Blackboard shell, please request that your sections be merged prior to starting work in your Blackboard courses.
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If you want to copy a course from the previous semester, please follow these export/import instructions .
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For assistance with building your course, contact a member of the ITS Instructional Design & Learning Technologies team . Additional resources including an accessible syllabus template, course planning grid, and other items are also available from the IDLT Teaching Toolkit .
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For more tips on Blackboard, review this start-of-semester activities list, which includes what to do if you cannot see your course in Blackboard and how to make your course available before the semester begins.
Synchronous Online Sessions & Lecture Recording:
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YuJa is the video platform in which all videos should be stored. Please visit the ITS Training Services Organization in Blackboard for self-paced trainings. You can also refer to the ITS KnowledgeBase articles for YuJa .
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Zoom is continually updating to improve the user experience and security options. Please check that your Zoom client is updated to the latest version and use the ITS KnowledgeBase Zoom Resources to prepare for a variety of different class, office hour, and meeting situations.
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Turn on Zoom’s Live Auto-Transcription option for synchronous online sessions and remember to caption all recorded lectures. YuJa videos are automatically captioned, however, please be certain to edit them for accuracy . When recording lectures in advance, consider requesting captioning services through Online Services and Educational Outreach.
Contact ITS at 618-650-5500 or [email protected] for assistance. On-demand training on many learning technologies is available from the ITS Training Services Organization (navigate to myOrganizations>ITS Training Services) in Blackboard and IDLT Programs page. Overview and how-to articles on many learning technologies and University services are also available from the ITS KnowledgeBase .
