Microsoft Teams is Humber’s video conferencing platform for live, online classes or virtual office hours in Blackboard Ultra. The recommended methods for creating and sharing meeting links in an online synchronous class in Blackboard are as follows: Create an event in Outlook Calendar using your Humber credentials, copy the meeting link and post in the Course […]
What is the Respondus Lockdown Browser? LockDown Browser is a custom browser that locks down the testing environment within a learning management system. The purpose of the Lockdown Browser is to lock down student computers to uphold academic integrity while taking a test in Blackboard. You can learn more about Respondus Lockdown Browser here! […]
Midterm season is around the corner! Here are a few Gradebook Setup Tips from the team in Innovative Learning. “How do I set up the overall grade in my course?” Use the weighted grading calculation to show students the running total of their overall grade. Assign the weighted percentage values to each gradable item according […]
Here are the highlights of this month’s new and improved features in Blackboard Ultra. For more details, please follow the links below: Content Designer: Enhanced Documents Content design is a critical element of learner experience. The new release includes features that offer flexibility for instructors, making it easy to create engaging content. Comprehensive new layout […]
Here are the highlights of faculty questions from July. These are not necessarily the most frequently asked questions, but helpful for all faculty members. Question (Panopto link): I need help adding a Panopto video link to Blackboard. How can I do this? Answer: We have a step-by-step guide on how to embed videos in Blackboard […]
Here are the highlights of faculty questions from June. These are not necessarily the most frequently asked questions, but helpful for all faculty members. Question (Microsoft Teams): Where can I find recorded files of MS Teams meetings? Answer: You should be able to find them inside the folder called “Recordings” on your One Drive. Here’s […]
Here are the highlights of this month’s new and improved features in Blackboard Ultra. For more details, please follow the links below: Print answer key for assessments Last month, Blackboard Ultra added the printing functionality for Tests. Now, the option to print with answer keys is added. By clicking the print button on a Test, […]
Here are the highlights of faculty questions from May. These are not necessarily the most frequently asked questions, but helpful for all faculty members. Question (Saving results of Likert questionnaires): I’m interested in knowing how to create a Likert question in Blackboard for a poll and how to download the results into an Excel sheet. […]
Here are the highlights of this month’s new and improved features in Blackboard Ultra. For more details, please follow the links below: AI Design Assistant – output language selector Generating content in multiple languages can be beneficial for various courses. To accommodate this, the AI Design Assistant now includes an option to select an output […]