Blackboard. Teaching Online
Blackboard Learn: Top 5 New Features
The new Blackboard Ultra Base Navigation offers a more modern, intuitive navigation that provides quick access to the most critical information from across all courses. Here are 5 new areas to explore within the new navigation.
Summer 2020: Remote Teaching Training Recordings
Digital Learning & Innovation’s Educational Technology in partnership with MET College’s Educational Technology & Innovation are hosting a series of Zoom, Blackboard, and MyMedia trainings and drop-in sessions specifically for Boston University Summer Session 1 and 2 remote teaching faculty. View the training recordings here.
Remote Teaching Resources at BU
The following Boston University resources were created to assist our BU faculty community transition to remote teaching and learning.
Remote Teaching at BU: Training Recordings
Training Videos: Digital Learning & Innovation’s Educational Technology team training BU faculty on the use of a variety of remote teaching technologies including Zoom, Blackboard and more.
Training for Remote Teaching Coordinators
Digital Learning & Innovation is hosting a series of training sessions specifically for Boston University staff/remote teaching coordinators. Learn more about upcoming workshops for BU staff.
Teaching with Technology Festival Draws Faculty, Staff, and Students
The 2nd Annual Teaching with Technology Festival on October 3rd was attended by faculty, staff, graduate students, and postdocs from across both BU campuses. Keynote speaker Amber Navarre set an
The Content Collection in Blackboard Learn
The Blackboard Content Collection is an area of the Blackboard server where files are stored. A unique characteristic of the Content Collection is that the files “saved” and/or “stored” on
Posting YouTube Videos in Blackboard Discussions
Do you currently use the discussion board tool in Blackboard? If so, you may be looking for ways to increase student engagement and participation inside your discussion forums. A common
Self and Peer Assessment in Blackboard Learn
Group work can be more successful when students are involved in developing the assessment process. Self and Peer Assessment is a way for students to answer questions provided by the
Digication Blackboard building block now available
Digication, BU’s ePortfolio system, now offers an integration with Blackboard. You can work with Digication portfolios from within a Blackboard course. This allows Digication to collect the students in your