Close a Discussion Forum to Editing
IT recently fielded a question from a student who was unable to view a discussion that had been visible a few days prior. Upon investigation, we discovered the discussion had an availability end date that was set to coincide with the due date. This is fine if students no longer need access to the discussion, […]
Blackboard Test Deployment Checklist
I did NOT copy and paste from Word to Blackboard. Why? Word has “behind the scenes” code that gets pasted into Blackboard. After pasting, the formatting might look fine to you, but it can alter the display of questions and even prevent students from completing a test. If your text is in Word, you […]
Measuring Student Learning
The end of the semester is an opportunity to look back on your course and reflect on what went well and what you might want to modify before you teach it again. When doing so, consider how the activities you are asking students to complete meet your learning objectives and how you are assessing mastery of course content. […]