iPads can support your teaching, help lighten your load when you travel, help you take notes during conferences, provide a way to check mail, compile data, research your content area, and more. Did you know Title III has iPads available to UAS Sitka faculty for check out? If you would like to check one out, please email Mary …
Category: Tools
Sep 15
Blackboard: Behind the Scenes
We’ve created a sample course for your students that contains tutorials and guidelines for using Blackboard. It covers topics such as turning in assignments, communication tools, announcements, quizzes and exams, gradebook features, Web Meeting/Collaborate, uploading video and images, and in general tips for success. Watch the course introduction below. It has audio, so be sure …
Sep 02
Tech Tuesday – Sept 2
Here at the UAS Sitka Campus we like to stay on top of technology! To support our faculty, the Title III team strives to bring you the latest news and information on a variety of topics and tools. For our on campus UAS Sitka faculty and adjuncts we have a few technology tools available to …
Aug 28
Another Free Blackboard Webinar
What’s Coming to Blackboard: A Roadmap of the New UX for Learn & Collaborate September 3, 2014 3:00 pm EST Register Join Stephanie Weeks, VP of User Experience for a roadmap demo of what’s coming for Blackboard Learn and Blackboard Collaborate. She’ll share some of the exciting and innovative design changes they have planned, like …
Aug 21
20 Minute Monday Morning Mentor
That’s a lot of M’s but not a lot of time! Title III is once again providing interested faculty a chance to start their weeks off with dynamic, professional development – in only 20 minutes! The Monday Morning Mentor is a program from Magna Publications. How does this practical and convenient program work? Each program …
Aug 15
Fried Friday: Life After Death by PowerPoint
As we get ready for the new semester, it’s time to insert a little humor and perspective into the week. We hope you enjoy this ‘oldie’ but realize that his message is just as relevant today as when this first came out. Nicole and I look forward to seeing you at Convocation next week. …
Jul 30
Tips for Online Instructors Gleaned from Bb Conference
Nicole and I recently attended the Blackboard World 2014 User Conference (yes, Vegas in July) and came back with a number of ideas that we’d like to share with you. Here are some of the usable best practices that could easily be implemented this semester: In Blackboard’s discussion forums, use the setting “Participants must create …
Jun 24
Enlighten Us, But Make It Quick– IGNITE
What happens when over 36 Instructional Designers from around the university system gather in one location? It’s a creativity fest where all participants walk away with new friends and new ideas. Thank you Dave Dannenberg and the UAA group for hosting this event this year. One of my favorite take-aways from the conference was shared …
Jun 13
Technology Tips from eCampus News
We talk alot about using technology in both online and face-to-face classrooms. But we don’t want the technology to overshadow the learning and we don’t want to push technology on either our faculty or our students. This week eCampusNews shares 10 Tech Do’s and Don’ts for Every Campus. It’s a good article and we encourage …
Jun 12
Copyright Simplified
Maureen came across a great article today on making the complexities of copyright easier to understand. We encourage you to click on the Infographic here to read the article Copyright Flowchart: Can I Use It? Yes? No? If This… Then … And, speaking of infographics– aren’t they popping up everywhere? Don’t you enjoy using them? …
