Having the ability to receive your @odessa.edu email on your mobile device can help keep you more closely connected to your courses and your students. This article will provide step-by-step instructions on how to best connect your @odessa.edu address to your mobile devices and tablets. Step 1: Download the Outlook App Whether you are an … “Adding OC Email to Your Mobile Device”
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Embed PowerPoint Presentations (and other media) In Your Blackboard Courses
Did you know that you can embed PowerPoint presentations (and other media) into your Blackboard courses, allowing learners to view material without downloading it? Here’s how you can do it! For PowerPoint, you will first need to create a web version of your presentation. It’s really easy… just upload it to your Google Drive, open … “Embed PowerPoint Presentations (and other media) In Your Blackboard Courses”
You Can Copy Your Blackboard Courses With Just a Few Mouse Clicks…
Copying your Blackboard Course is easy to do! Here’s how you can do it… Start with your existing course. This will either be a Master Course Shell, or your course from a previous term. In the Course Management Control Panel (left side of screen), click Packages and Utilities to expand that menu. Then select Course Copy. On … “You Can Copy Your Blackboard Courses With Just a Few Mouse Clicks…”
Weighted Grade Center PART 2 – How Weighted Calculation Works
This blog post digs into the technical and mathematical aspects of how weight calculations in Blackboard work and the difference between weighting equally and weighting proportionately. There may come a time when a student in your class asks you to explain why their grade is what it is – and the information in this article could help … “Weighted Grade Center PART 2 – How Weighted Calculation Works”
Weighted Grade Center PART 1 – How to Create a Weighted Grade Center by Category
In Blackboard there are three different types of columns that you will be able to see and/or create for your grade center. They are: Automatic columns – these are created automatically by blackboard assessment tools. Tests, Assignments, and Surveys automatically create columns when they are created/deployed. Discussion Boards, Journals, Blogs, and Wikis have the option … “Weighted Grade Center PART 1 – How to Create a Weighted Grade Center by Category”
Online Teaching And Learning Certification Program at Odessa College
Being an educator is a challenging career. And teaching online adds some additional challenges. How can you apply the four commitments if you don’t ever see your students face-to-face? How can you create engaging and interactive activities when your learners are all over the globe accessing your course at all hours of the day and … “Online Teaching And Learning Certification Program at Odessa College”
Prevent Plagiarism with SafeAssign in Blackboard
SafeAssign is an easy-to-use plagiarism deterrent in Blackboard, that checks student work against a variety of sources, including a global database of student papers, and provides a report that identifies all instances of potential plagiarism to the instructor and student. To Create a Safe Assignment To create a SafeAssignment, you will click on Assessments from … “Prevent Plagiarism with SafeAssign in Blackboard”
Protect the Integrity of Your Online Tests with Respondus Lockdown Browser/Monitor
One of the biggest struggles of allowing students to test online is the question of whether they are doing it HONESTLY ..or… not so honestly. How do you know that students aren’t opening up google in a separate browser window and searching for answers? How do you know they aren’t using Facebook messenger to send … “Protect the Integrity of Your Online Tests with Respondus Lockdown Browser/Monitor”
First Friday 2018/2019
Coming soon to a computer near you! Your OC Global team will be presenting a series of professional development workshops designed to provide how-to info, and keep you up-to-date with the latest and greatest educational technologies that are available to us! These workshops will be held on the First Friday of each month from 12:00-1:00 … “First Friday 2018/2019”
How Big Is My Course?
Due to some recent disk space issues, we’ve had to make some adjustments to how big content copies can be from course to course. Currently there is a limit of 500 MB per course (which is still quite a bit of space!). If you attempt to copy a course that is larger than 500 MB, … “How Big Is My Course?”