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In the current situation we have a lot of tests coming up which would have been taken in a PC lab, or at least on campus, where we have some control over the quality of students' network connection. And a number of what would have been MCQ and ...
Michelle Katavatis
Apr '20
Hi Andy we are in the same position. I would be interested to see what others are doing.Â
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Amelia Robbins
Apr '20
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Hi all, Any updates on the improved Teams integration? I have been hearing that soon there will be a new and improved integration for at least a year but no announcements so far. I appreciate any updates. Thanks, Hengameh
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Hi All, I’ve been playing with it once Bb announced it. I’ve written up some of my thoughts so far at https://iangoh99.blogspot.com/2020/03/ms-teams-for-blackboard.html Feel free to pose questions and I can try them out. Ian
Szymon Machajewski
Mar '20
Ian Goh
Mar '20
I only used Chrome. We're self-hosted, Q2 2019.
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Hello Colleagues! The SHSU Center for Assessment, Research, and Educational Safety (CARES) is inviting higher education leaders across the US to participate in a research study related to institutional responses to COVID-19. Our ...
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Several of you have approached us asking for faster ways to incorporate a virtual classroom solution into your emergency preparedness plans, pedagogical practices and administrative web conferencing processes. We recognize ...
Amy Eyre
Mar '20
UPDATE MARCH 15TH - I've written a "Crash Course in Using Collaborate Ultra" Blog Post which hopefully covers most ...
Dean Dyer
Mar '20
Can we link to this in our plans, Amy?
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I have installed the latest chrome Version 83.0.4103.61 (Official Build) (64-bit). I have cleared the cookies and allowed the camera in the settings. bb colaborate is also in the list of allowed urls. The camera works when I use ...
Matthew Deeprose
May '20
Reboot and then open a chrome incognito tab and see if your camera is picked up. This often works for me, then once it ...
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I was wondering if anyone else in this community is an early childhood educator. We are currently struggling a bit to make our virtual classroom as engaging and interactive as possible to the meet the needs of our young students. I ...
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Online learning carries a stigma of being lower quality than face-to-face learning, despite research showing otherwise. These hurried moves online by so many institutions at once could seal the perception of online learning as a ...
Kevin O Connor
May '20
This is a great article and well worth a read for those who need to communicate to staff the difference between ...
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Hello All There was a tool a while ago called BFree (I think), is there something similar to that tool currently? I want to be able to view exported/archived Bb courses locally on staff PCs. The GUI doesn't have to be a copy of Bb ...
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Hi. Just wondering what you're recommending to students who would normally have a reader to read them test questions but now have to take tests from home without readers? I'm hoping to find something that works for original course view ...
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