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Converting video/audio files
Since we are mostly a Mac campus, most of our video and audio is saved in a .mov format. Many Windows machines and browsers are not very good at automatically displaying these files. Therefore, we’ve been asked if there is any way to easily convert .mov files to something more compatible e.g. MP3 or MP4 […]
Add Questions to your SmartEvals Course Evaluation (for faculty)
Information on how to add questions to your online student evaluations in SmartEvals.
Accounting for extra credit in the Blackboard grade center
Blackboard Page on Extra Credit A very useful video explaining how to add extra credit to a final grade or exclusively to a set of assignments, and have that update the grade a student sees in the Blackboard grade center.
Photoshop, Illustrator or InDesign
Now that Adobe products are available in all labs on campus and for faculty/staff use, people have been asking which product should they use. Specifically, should one use Photoshop, Illustrator or InDesign. I recently stumbled across a very easy to follow answer to this question. You can find it here: https://99designs.com/blog/tips/photoshop-vs-illustrator-vs-indesign/ Enjoy
SmartEvals: Sending reminder email to unresponsive students (for faculty)
Information on how to add questions to your online student evaluations in SmartEvals.
Outline for Academic Departmental Blackboard Training
Feb 16, 2017 1:15-2:15 Types of Sites Departmental Sites – Banner (faculty, majors, minors) Committees – General Council Advising Sites for faculty College and Conservatory Dean GF, CF, & ConF OCOPE A&PS (Administrative and Professional Staff) Conservatory (Banner – faculty) Program Review Progress Toward Tenure Tenure Review Other sites: All students, all instructors, all faculty, […]
January 10, 2017 OCTET Winter Term Workshop
EdTech Workshop for Professional Staff What? Short presentations on some of the projects that are of greatest interest around campus: Construction on campus, Library update, Athletics update, Oberlin Online, the new Learning Management System, Dean of Students presentation AND short presentations — by YOU — on what’s happening in your shop When? Tuesday, Jan 10th, […]
Current use of LMS (Blackboard)
Currently Blackboard … serves as a portal that provides interactive websites for all courses and various offices. Space for HR information
LMS players
Blackboard 9.1 (OWU) Blackboard Ultra Canvas (St. Johns, Middlebury) Schoology (Wheaton) Notebowl (Denison) Google Classroom Moodle (Kenyon, Wooster) Sakai