LIT is holding drop-in sessions to assist faculty with using Blackboard to send grades to Banner. As always, we are also happy to answer any other pedagogy, Blackboard or instructional technology related questions, as well as meet with faculty individually and visit any department meetings on request. To get hands-on assistance, visit LIT in one of the drop-in sessions […]
Continue reading →This Fall 2017 semester the Learning Innovation and Technology group is conducting a comprehensive assessment of the overall video needs at Wentworth. To begin the process, we sent faculty and staff an email and link requesting your participation in our anonymous video needs survey. Your responses to this survey will help us evaluate the effectiveness of our existing […]
Continue reading →In advance of our migration from Managed Hosting with Blackboard to Saas (Software as a Service) hosting in the Amazon Cloud during December Break 2017, we are reviewing the possibility of upgrading during the week between Summer 2017 and Fall 2017 terms. Why upgrade? We are currently on the Spring 2016 release of Blackboard that […]
Continue reading →Use Bb Assignments? Align Them with Program Outcomes! Join colleagues on Wednesday June 14th from 10am-12pm in the Library Program Room. Learn how to shamelessly align existing assignments with program and institute outcomes to automate collection of student learning artifacts for accreditation and program improvement! Demonstrations on the half-hour with hands-on support, so Sign-Up and bring your computer!
Continue reading →Looking for ways to engage students in presentations and lectures? Want to gather analytics on what that engagement looks like? Join colleagues Tuesday, June 13th from 9am-1pm in the Library Program Room. Deepen Student Engagement in Lectures with Echo360 lets you embed polling and students can flag slides they have questions on, submit questions, and take notes in sync […]
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