Tech Tip Tuesday - SP14 Upgrade - Disability Updates

This week Nadine Edwards describes what the new Blackboard upgrade will do for your students with disabilities.

The upgrade will effect the Summer 8W2 courses - Blackboard will be unavailable between July 2nd - July 4th, so please plan accordingly.


This week's video tutorial is on Disability Updates

The topics covered include:

• Quicklinks
• Test Exceptions

**REMEMBER** These features will not be available until after the upgrade.

For more details on what else is new with the SP14 upgrade visit the EdTech page on What's New In Blackboard.

As always you can find more details about these tools on the Faculty Help Tab in Blackboard or by going directly to www.stevensonedtech.com.

Tech Tip Tuesday - SP14 Upgrade - Test Access Log

This week we will continue previewing some of the new features available to you after the Blackboard upgrade July 2nd - 4th.

This upgrade will effect the Summer 8W2 courses - Blackboard will be unavailable between July 2nd - 4th, so please plan accordingly.

This week's video tutorial is on Test Enhancements.  You will see:

• what it looks like from a student's perspective when taking an exam
• the new test access log data which allows you to see more detail about each question a student answered

**REMEMBER**  These features will not be available until after the upgrade.

For more details on what else is new with the SP14 upgrade visit the EdTech page on What's New In Blackboard.

As always you can find more details about these tools on the Faculty Help Tab in Blackboard or by going directly to www.stevensonedtech.com.

Tech Tip Tuesday - SP14 Upgrade - Exam Feedback

This week we will continue to show some of the new features coming to Blackboard with the planned upgrade July 2 - 4th.

This upgrade will effect the Summer 8W2 courses.  Blackboard will be unavailable between July 2 - 4th, so please plan accordingly.

This week's video tutorial demonstrates what testing looks like to the students and what new data you can gather, as an instructor, after a student has completed an exam.

**REMEMBER** These features will not be available until after the upgrade.

As always you can find more details about these tools on the Faculty Help tab in Blackboard or by going directly to www.stevensonedtech.com.

Tech Tip Tuesday - SP14 Upgrade - Full Screen Grading and Grading Sidebar

The next few weeks before we take a Tech Tip Tuesday Summer hiatus I would like to show you some of the upcoming new features you will have access to when we upgrade Blackboard to SP14 in July.  This upgrade will not make Blackboard look different but the features that are being added will hopefully make your courses easier to manage.


This upgrade will matter most for the Summer 8W2 courses.  Blackboard will be unavailable between July 2 - 4th so please plan accordingly.

This week's video tutorial will focus on two new enhancements - Full Screen Inline Grading and the Grading Sidebar.

**REMEMBER** These features will not be available until after the upgrade.

As always you can find more details about these tools on the Faculty Help tab in Blackboard or by going directly to www.stevensonedtech.com.

Tech Tip Tuesday - Video Everywhere

Video Everywhere allows you to record video of yourself anywhere you have a content editor in Blackboard.  Using your webcam you can capture yourself giving a weekly announcements or introducing yourself to your class.  The content is then uploaded directly to your private YouTube Channel.

Anywhere your students create content in Blackboard (Discussion Boards, Journals, Wikis, Blogs) they also have access to Video Everywhere.t.  With student use it does require more planning on your part to make sure they have access to a webcam and microphone in order to use it.

Since Video Everywhere uploads to YouTube you do need a Google Account to use it (Google owns YouTube).  Directions on how to obtain a Google Account can be found here, you can even create an account using your Stevenson email address.

To see this tool in action you can view this week's video tutorial on Video Everywhere.

You can also view this Blackboard handout on Video Everywhere.

As always, these directions and other tutorials can be found on the faculty help tab in Blackboard or directly by going to www.stevensonedtech.com.

Tech Tip Tuesday - How to Subscribe to Discussion Board Posts

Discussion boards can be set up so that users can 'subscribe' to them.  By 'subscribing' the users (students and faculty) can get email alerts when posts are made in that specific board.

The most useful example of this being deployed is in a "General Questions Discussion Board" where you don't go and check it all the time but you don't want to miss out if a student posts a question.  So you set up only that specific Discussion Board to allow for subscribers and then subscribe yourself as the instructor.  Students will also be able to subscribe but it is all totally optional for everyone.

If you 'subscribe' to a Discussion Board then you will get an email alert when a post has been made.

Each time a new course is running you will need to go in and 'subscribe' again since it is tied to specific courses.

This is not the default setting in Discussion Boards but can be set up very easily by following the steps in this week's video tutorial.

Tech Tip Tuesday - Uploading to Google Drive

This week, to continue our Google series, we will focus on Uploading to Google Drive.

Not only can you create fresh and new content in Google Drive but you can also use it as a way to store 'in the cloud' other digital items like Word Documents, Excel, pdf files, photos, etc. and access them anywhere you have an internet connection.

So far we have:

• Learned how to set up a Google Account (including using your Stevenson email address)
• Had a quick introduction to Google Drive
• Learned about using Google Documents
• Learned about using Google Presentation
• Learned about using Google Spreadsheet
• Learned about using Google Forms
• Learned about Working Collaboratively in Google Drive

This week's video tutorial shows you how to Upload to Google Drive.  

In this video tutorial you will learn how to:

• Upload items into your Google Drive
• Share those items with others
• Download the original copy
• Take an uploaded document and switch it to an editable Google Drive document