Ed Tech Digest (Winter 2022)
December 16, 2022
Winter 2023 – ED Tech Digest The Centre for Academic Excellence is pleased to share another quarterly release of the Ed Tech Digest. The digest is intended to share updates or changes to core technologies used for teaching and learning at Niagara College. Blackboard Updates Upcoming Blackboard Course Site and Collaborate Ultra recording archiving dates As part of the College’s course archiving policy, Blackboard courses and associated Collaborate Ultra recordings with a...
Ed Tech Digest (FALL 2022)
September 1, 2022
The Centre for Academic Excellence is piloting the release of a quarterly digest to share updates or changes to core technologies used for teaching and learning at Niagara College. The digest was created to provide faculty with information and resources to support their use of educational technologies. Blackboard Updates Upcoming Blackboard Course Site and Collaborate Ultra recording archiving dates As part of the College’s course archiving policy, Blackboard courses and associated Collaborate Ultra recordings with...
Ed Tech Digest (Winter 2022)
January 10, 2022
The Centre for Academic Excellence is piloting the release of a quarterly digest to share updates or changes to core technologies used for teaching and learning at Niagara College. The digest was created to provide faculty with information and resources to support their use of educational technologies. Blackboard Updates Integration between breakout rooms in Blackboard Collaborate Ultra and groups in Blackboard course sites Start breakout groups in Blackboard Collaborate Ultra with the groups created in...
New Bb Collaborate Ultra Gallery View
April 21, 2021
On April 8th, 2021, Blackboard released new options that improve Faculty choice over the number of video feeds shown during a Collaborate Ultra online meeting. With the addition of Gallery View moderators and online meeting creators can now see up to 25 participants video. The Gallery View is a new addition to the existing Tiled and Speaker viewing options. Once multiple attendees have joined the Collaborate Ultra session, click the View icon (four squares) in...
Guide to Exporting Bb Courses and Course Components
February 5, 2021
It was recently announced that starting on March 1st, 2021, ITS will begin archiving Blackboard courses with a term start date greater than 395 days old (one year plus 30 days). The change will result in Blackboard courses being archived roughly one year earlier than they would have been in the past. This new practice is essential to ensure that the College operates within the storage space allocation defined in our agreement with Blackboard by...