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- BB9 Journals, Blogs and Wikis
Blogs, Wikis and Journals are collaboration tools available in BB9. Journals are usually used as a private reflection tool where students post journal entries that the instructor can read and comment... - Getting an Account and Course
Before you begin using Blackboard, there are a few important account and course creation procedures that you should be aware of. Instructor Accounts Blackboard accounts are automatically activated... - Managing Your Course
You've planned the organization of your materials, and you've built the course site. Now comes the fun part: make your site available to your audience. Before You Go "Live" Before you make... - Planning Your Course
Planning your Blackboard course site is possibly the most important step to ensure a successful online experience for your students. If you invest time in the planning stage, the course building and... - Structuring Your Course
The suggestions below are meant to help you start thinking about your course content and structure and how it might fit into the default structure of a Blackboard course. Announcements Use...
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- Blackboard 9
By the spring semester of 2011, Northeastern will have migrated to a new version of Blackboard, our content management system. The new version, Blackboard 9.1, offers many enhancements and new tools... - Cyberplagiarism
The problem of cyber-plagiarism has grown as students' access to online source material has increased. "38% of college students admitted to cut-and-paste Internet plagiarism in the previous year... - When Technology Fails
If you work with technology, sooner or later you are bound to run into a problem of one sort or another. Here are some tips to help you keep technology failures from ruining your day. Anticipate what... - Blackboard
Blackboard is a learning management system that allows instructors to create, deliver, and manage web-based components for courses. It can be used to add online elements to a traditional course, or... - Getting Started with Blackboard
Many faculty work their way into Blackboard slowly, beginning with posting announcements and their syllabus, and then adding more functionality each semester, such as discussion forums and digital... - Surveys
An online survey is a traditional, but effective, means of collecting valuable data or performing quantitative research *. You can use a survey to solicit feedback from your students regarding your... - Wikis
A wiki is a type of website development software that allows multiple users to create and edit pages from a web-based interface; the term is also used to refer to sites developed with wiki software.... - Blogs
According to the online encyclopedia, Wikipedia, a blog is "a website where entries are commonly displayed in reverse chronological order". The word "blog" is a portmanteau (a...
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- Blackboard Tips
Academic Technology Services (ATS) publishes tips for faculty using Blackboard at Northeastern University.
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- Combatting Plagiarism: SafeAssignment Pilot Test
November 2005
To identify ways to curb cyber-plagiarism, the EdTech Center has conducted interviews and focus groups with faculty and students.
- Learning from our Students
July 2004
"What do students find valuable in the Blackboard components of their course?" 213 Northeastern students speak out about what they find useful.
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- Faculty Brainstorm: Teaching without Walls - Life Beyond the Lecture
Wed, October 14, 11:45 - 1:20
Join us for an ELI Web Seminar, Teaching Without Walls - Life Beyond the Lecture, and discuss current topics as they relate to teaching and learning.Malcolm Brown, EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative...
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