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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 […]

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Here are the highlights of faculty questions from July. These are not necessarily the most frequently asked questions, but helpful for all faculty members to know!   Question: How can I ensure academic integrity on my final assessments in Blackboard? Answer: Innovative Learning recommends using Blackboard’s features to secure your assessment in lower stakes assessment. There […]

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​These are the highlights of this month’s new and improved features in Blackboard Ultra that will be live Thursday, August 7th. The most relevant updates are related to a few key areas: Instructional design Communication & Collaboration Gradebook Instructional Design   Enhance Documents with Block Styling Options Anthology will be adding block styling to Documents, […]

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Here are the highlights of faculty questions from June. These are not necessarily the most frequently asked questions, but helpful for all faculty members to know!   Question: What is the SFQ (Student Feedback Questionnaire)? How do I add it to my course? Can I extend or change the dates? Answer: The Student Feedback Questionnaire […]

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New incident: Investigating Users trying to access the Blackboard mobile app on Android or iOS devices are experiencing issues logging in. We are investigating the issues and will provide updates as soon as they are available. Thank you for your patience as we investigate this issue.

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Here are the highlights of faculty questions from March. These are not necessarily the most frequently asked questions, but helpful for all faculty members to know!   Question: What is the SFQ (Student Feedback Questionnaire)? How do I add it to my course? Answer: Student Feedback Questionnaires (SFQs) invite students to provide anonymous feedback on […]

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Here are the highlights of faculty questions from February. These are not necessarily the most frequently asked questions, but helpful for all faculty members to know!   Question: How do I set due date or time limit accommodations? Answer: Access the Roster of your course. The Roster is located on the left hand side, under […]

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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!   […]

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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 […]

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Here are the highlights of faculty questions from January. These are not necessarily the most frequently asked questions, but helpful for all faculty members to know!   Question: How do I setup the Gradebook and the Overall Grade? Answer: Innovative Learning has created a simulation to help you learn to setup your overall grade. If […]

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