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IDLT: Your Resource for Course Design and Learning Technology
Posted September 08, 2017
By: Jennifer Albat
Are you interested in refining a course, creating better assessments, incorporating a new learning technology, or creating online tutorials? Whether the format is face-to-face, blended, or online, the ITS Instructional Design & Learning Technologies group is available to assist you. In addition to becoming more familiar with learning technologies, you can identify the best strategies to increase efficiency and interactivity in your course and discover other ways to deliver in...
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Class Size Matters: Faculty Perspective
Posted September 08, 2017
By: Wayne Nelson
Decisions about the impact of class size on student learning are complicated and important, balancing faculty welfare, student learning, and institutional resources. Such decisions are often based on tacit assumptions about teaching and learning that are reflected in academic program structures and campus physical environments. We use what we’ve had for years (even centuries). Classrooms hold about 30-40 students, small seminar rooms allow 10-15 students, and lecture spac...
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New Blackboard Features Fall 2017
Posted September 08, 2017
By: Laura Million
Following are some of the new features in Blackboard this semester:
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Drag and drop to add files (faculty & students)
Blackboard's new "drag and drop" feature lets you upload course files more quickly and easily than before. Wherever you see a bold dashed line around the "Browse My Computer" button in Blackboard you can drag one or more files from your computer and drop them into the box to upload. The feature is available to both faculty (e....
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Poll Everywhere Comes to Campus
Posted September 08, 2017
By: Jonathan Coons and Emily Keener
Poll Everywhere, a mobile-only audience response system, replaced Turning Technologies clickers at SIUE this fall. To make integrating this new classroom technology a little easier, we wanted to share a few tips from Poll Everywhere and ITS:
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Make sure students are connected to our wireless network. Since students are using tablets, laptops, or most likely, cell phones to respond to polls, they will need reliable online access. SIUE's wireless...
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Upcoming Technology Training Sessions
Posted September 08, 2017
By: Niki Glick
There are several ITS training sessions and workshops scheduled for the upcoming weeks and months. Check out the calendar here: http://www.siue.edu/its/fac_staff/training/
However, in an effort to become more efficient and flexible, ITS continues to produce and offer more self-paced, interactive online training. Some of these resources are available via the training page linked above and others are available in the ITS Knowledgebase (https://k...
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Introducing The ITS KnowledgeBase
Posted September 07, 2017
By: Niki Glick
SIUE Information Technology Services is excited to introduce the ITS KnowledgeBase(KB). The KB is designed to be your on-demand resource for FAQs, troubleshooting guides, and how-to articles for a variety of technologies (computers, mobile devices, learning technologies, etc.) and products (Office365, Blackboard, Zoom, etc.). The KB is available 24/7 and will continue to be updated with even more helpful articles. Watch the :30 second video below to learn more and start using the...
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