Blackboard provides a multitude of reports and data analysis. One of the newest tools is Course Analytics. This Blackboard tool can help instructors to oversee student progress and provide support. Instructors can access Course Analytics reports in Control Panel/Evaluation area of the course navigation menu. Before we describe the reports, we need to address a […]
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Collaborate Ultra Offers New Interactive Tools
Collaborate Ultra is a web conferencing tool that is widely used across the UAMS campus for lecture capture, virtual office hours, meetings, and much more. Collaborate now offers several new features that can be used to make sessions more interactive. Use custom polling to interact with participants. Polls are a feature that allows participants […]
Add Variety to Study Materials with StudyMate Campus
StudyMate Campus is a Respondus tool located within Blackboard that instructors can use to create study materials and other learning activities. Studymate Campus is the latest version of Studymate. What are the benefits of using StudyMate Campus? One of the greatest benefits of using StudyMate is that it is available in your Blackboard course shell. […]
Save time setting up your Blackboard course. Date Management
The beginning of the semester is a very busy time for all UAMS faculty. It takes a lot of commitment to set up a course for the new term. One pain point we’ve noticed is that it takes a lot of time to change the multitude of due and availability dates within a Blackboard course. […]
Track Attendance With This New Feature
Beginning Spring 2019, UAMS instructors have access to the Blackboard Attendance tool. What does it do? The Attendance feature allows instructors to track attendance on a single page within their Blackboard course. From this page, an instructor can mark students as present, late, absent, or excused. Instructors can do this from their classroom workstation computer […]