Blackboard Access Expiring After two decades as a trusted partner, Blackboard Original will no longer be available to faculty after April 30, 2024 as Niagara College completes our transition to Brightspace. Faculty who wish to retain content from their last two years of Blackboard courses that were not included in the migration can also do so by making an export file of their course with some or all of the course content. Blackboard export files can...
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...
The President’s Award for Innovation in Student Learning and Success is open for applications. The award recognizes members of the NC community, individuals or teams, who have affected student engagement, learning, or success in remarkable ways by innovating aspects of their work or by creating new opportunities. We welcome anyone who wants to learn more about this award to join us for an information session, where we will review the award purpose, eligibility criteria, timelines,...
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...
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...
Fall Pilot 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. As this is our first release of the digest, we are very interested in hearing your feedback. Please share any recommendations for the digest through this survey link. Blackboard Updates Tests, Surveys, and Pools: Support for media...