Using Movie Clips for Assessment
Did you ever see a particular movie or tv show and think, “Boy, that was a great example of an end of life conversation. I wish I had that for class.” Well, you can add clips from Kanopy in your lectures, online classes, or even in your assessments. We’ve posted before about the Kanopy Streaming […]
VCU’s Lynda Becomes LinkedIn Learning
As of July 2019, VCU Lynda has moved to LinkedIn Learning! There is even more great content available for you to use for your own professional development or to add to your Blackboard courses. I created a video on how to access LinkedIn Learning and how to add this content to your Blackboard course!
Updating Kaltura CaptureSpace to KalturaCapture
VCU Learning Systems recently posted to their Learning Systems Announcements Blog, that Kaltura CaptureSpace has been retired and KalturaCapture has arrived. As of June 1st, Kaltura will no longer be updating the Kaltura CaptureSpace Desktop Recorder as it has been replaced with Kaltura Capture. What does this mean to you? If you currently have the […]
Cultural Competency for Behavioral Health Professionals
A new program created by the Office of Minority Health at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services was created to improve cultural competency for behavioral health professionals. The course, Improving Cultural Competency for Behavioral Health Professionals, is comprised of four different courses: An introduction to cultural and linguistic competency Increasing self-awareness Increasing awareness […]
QM Success Stories: Beyond Online: Using the QM Rubric for Face-to-Face Course Design Webinar
VCU School of Nursing has a subscription to Quality Matters. One of the great features of QM is the webinar series, QM Success Stories. On June 19, they will hold a webinar entitled, Beyond Online: Using the QM Rubric for Face-to-Face Course Design. Click the link to the left to sign up for this seminar.
Kaltura Video Not Playing in Blackboard?
Do you have Kaltura videos that you added to your course several semesters ago that look like this: If so, they may not play properly and you may get this message: This is because this video was added with the former Kaltura Blackboard Building Block. These videos will need to be added back in so that […]
Moving from Lynda to LinkedIn Learning this Summer!
Technology Services has announced that Microsoft will be upgrading VCU’s learning and development platform, Lynda.com to LinkedIn Learning on Tuesday, July 9, 2019. Your Lynda.com viewing history, course completions, playlists and other data will migrate to the new platform. Additionally, links in your Blackboard courses will be automatically redirected for the fall semester. More information […]
Using VoiceThread for a Group Presentation
VoiceThread is a lot of fun for students. It is a great tool to build community when you have students introduce themselves using video at the beginning of the semester. It is also fun to use VoiceThread in lieu of the standard written discussion board. One technique that you may not have considered is the […]
Embed YouTube Videos or Google Forms into your Blackboard Course
Yesterday we had the SON Greatest Hits in Teaching and Lyons Hardy shared a great Blackboard tip for embedding content into your Blackboard course using the HTML button. Below is a link to a Kaltura video that Lyons made to demonstrate the process: How to embed videos into Blackboard Thanks to all who attended the […]
Kaltura: 2 New Features
This week, Learning Systems added the following new features to Kaltura: Variable Playback Speed The inability to control video playback speed was brought to the attention of SON IT by a student. He and a number of his peers were frustrated that this feature, which is available in Echo, was missing from Kaltura. Learning Systems […]