One of the challenges faculty face is keeping up with grading and entering grades into the grade book. It certainly helps to have a grade book that is organized, easily managed, and calculates student grades correctly. This article details five effective, yet easy ways to manage the grade center. Included in the article are tips… Read more »
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How to Add an Extra-Credit Column to the Grade Center in Bb Learn
One of the frequent questions we get in the TLP lab is, “How do I add extra-credit points in the gradebook?” It is possible to create a column in which manually entered extra-credit points are added to students’ total points. The process is fairly easy, but requires a few steps. The first step is to… Read more »
Edit your files easier with the new Blackboard Drive software
Managing and editing your online course files is about to get a lot easier with a brand new tool available free to faculty called Blackboard Drive. Available for Mac and PC, Bb Drive gives you direct access to your Blackboard Learn content collection files as if they were on your computer, making it extremely convenient… Read more »
CSU, Chico: An Evaluation of Blackboard Learn “video”
During the spring semester of 2011, the Blackboard Corporation visited Chico State to learn more about the rationale for the university’s choice to move to the new learning management system, Blackboard Learn. While in Chico a film crew captured the essence of the campus culture and interviewed President Zingg, Provost Flake, Vice-Provost Post, ATEC Director… Read more »
Blackboard Learn Faculty Training Information
Have you heard that the Chico campus is moving from the Vista Learning Management System to the Blackboard Learn system? No? Well here is some information to let you know what is coming and help you to better understand how to prepare. Early Adopter Faculty Self-selecting faculty will attend workshops during the fall semester of… Read more »
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