Accessing MS Teams Recordings – An Update
July 16, 2021
ITS has communicated a recent update that alters the location of MS Teams meeting recordings. For full details of the update please review the ITS CampusNotice communication from July 6, 2021. For Faculty who have recorded a Teams online meeting, those recordings will now be saved to SharePoint or to OneDrive, depending on your meeting settings. If you are reviewing the footage in OneDrive or SharePoint, you will notice that important features such as editing...
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...
Niagara College’s Library and Learning Commons invites faculty to virtually attend a panel discussion focused on Open Educational Resources (OER)
February 24, 2021
The high price of college textbooks remains one of the most significant out-of-pocket expenses for students and continues to pose a financial barrier to student success. In fact, according to U.S. PIRG. (2020, June) (https://uspirg.org/feature/usp/fixing-broken-textbook-market) in 2019 “63% of students skipped buying or renting a textbook” and “90% of students worried forgoing these materials would negatively impact their grade.” OER refer to any teaching, learning, or research material that has been released from legal, financial, and technological restrictions...
Pilot Coaching Series for Faculty – Invitation to Participate
February 12, 2021
NOTE: This Program has reached its capacity. If you are interested in being put on a wait list, please reach out to Dana Wetherell ([email protected]). Thank-you! — The Centre for Teaching & Learning Innovation at College of the North Atlantic and the Centre for Academic Excellence at Niagara College invite faculty to participate in a pilot coaching series where you will have the opportunity to experience coaching as a ‘coachee’ while learning how to apply...
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...
Blackboard update issues and solutions
November 6, 2020
As of November 6, the CAE has become aware of an update to Blackboard that has altered the text boxes that can be used to input text, images, videos, and links into Blackboard course sites. Some functions may now be named, located, or work somewhat differently than before the update. If you are trying to upload or attach materials, the function is now called Add Content. It is available to the right of the bottom...