Join your Fordham IT colleagues for a discussion over lunch to plan our way forward in 2018. Do we want webinars, guest speakers, informal group lunches, or something else? Bring all your ideas to this lively discussion!
Creating online courses that are accessible to all students regardless of age, ability, or life situation can be challenging. In this TechShop we review ways course content can be made accessible, benefiting all students, regardless of ability, focusing on specific examples of how, why and which steps to take towards improving ADA compliance in course… Continue Reading (Cancelled) Accessibility Awareness For Your Courses (RH)
Creating online courses that are accessible to all students regardless of age, ability, or life situation can be challenging. In this TechShop we review ways course content can be made accessible, benefiting all students, regardless of ability, focusing on specific examples of how, why and which steps to take towards improving ADA compliance in course… Continue Reading Accessibility Awareness For Your Courses (LC)
In this TechShop, faculty will receive an overview of various interactive tools built within Blackboard to help assess your students’ grasp of material such as setting up quizzes, tests, and assignments.
In this Techshop, we review the Qualtrics Research Suite, a web-based survey tool provided free to all Fordham students, faculty, and staff at fordham.qualtrics.com. Learn how to create exciting and effective surveys and how to reduce survey fatigue.
In this Techshop, we review the Qualtrics Research Suite, a web-based survey tool provided free to all Fordham students, faculty, and staff at fordham.qualtrics.com. Learn how to create exciting and effective surveys and how to reduce survey fatigue.
An introduction to Blackboard's Grade Center. Using their own syllabus, instructors learn the step-by-step process to create columns and categories, enter grades, monitor student progress, and how to communicate information to students using the Grade Center. Instructors should bring a copy of their syllabus (including grade structure).
An introduction to Blackboard's Grade Center. Using their own syllabus, instructors learn the step-by-step process to create columns and categories, enter grades, monitor student progress, and how to communicate information to students using the Grade Center. Instructors should bring a copy of their syllabus (including grade structure).
An introduction to Blackboard's Grade Center. Using their own syllabus, instructors learn the step-by-step process to create columns and categories, enter grades, monitor student progress, and how to communicate information to students using the Grade Center. Instructors should bring a copy of their syllabus (including grade structure).
Explore the potential power and effective use of technology in creating a universal access to education - teaching learning and research - in traditional as well as non-traditional settings via means that might have been impossible even a decade ago. For full agenda, click here Keynotes Chancey Fleet, Assistive Technology Coordinator, Andrew Heiskell Braille and… Continue Reading Faculty Technology Day: The Equalizing Power of Technology in Education
Let's meet, greet, celebrate, and PLAY! Fordham IT’s second annual summer BBQ features a fantastic picnic and lawn games, including bocce, soccer, hula hoops and more. Want to organize a lawn game? Let us know on the registration form. The CIO Bi-Monthly Gatherings are intended to deepen Fordham IT staff’s sense of community within the organization. They’re an… Continue Reading CIO Bi-Monthly Gathering: Summer BBQ
Looking to understand how to use Blackboard's essential tools and create an online space for your course and materials? Blackboard 1 gives you step-by-step instructions for that and much more: Course Design Managing course menu Adding content Creating folders and items Using the WYSIWYG text editor Creating hyperlinks and attachments Managing course files Batch upload… Continue Reading Blackboard 1: Setting up Your Course (RH)
Looking to delve deeper into Blackboard's advanced features? Blackboard 2 takes you step-by-step through the following: Short review of topics from Blackboard 1 Creating journals, blogs, wikis Making assignments Giving tests and creating pools Highlights of additional tools, such as Grade Center Copying your course Prerequisite: Blackboard 1. This workshop reviews topics from Blackboard 1,… Continue Reading Blackboard 2: Assessments and Advanced Design (RH)
Wondering how to create assignments, tests, use collaboration tools in Blackboard? Need to archive, export or copy your course, but don't know how? Then Blackboard Bootcamp, a broad introduction Fordham’s learning management system, is for you! In this one-hour session, you'll be taken step-by-step through the following essential elements for setting up and administering your course… Continue Reading Blackboard Bootcamp: Blackboard for Beginners (LC)
Did you know the Grade Center in Blackboard can calculate grades, organize student-submitted assignments, record the last time each student accessed the course, and include point-and-click rubrics to facilitate scoring of assignments? Using your own syllabus, you'll learn the step-by-step process to create columns and categories, enter grades, monitor student progress, and how to communicate… Continue Reading Blackboard Grade Center: Setting Up Your Virtual Gradebook (RH)
Looking to understand how to use Blackboard's essential tools and create an online space for your course and materials? Blackboard 1 gives you step-by-step instructions for all that and more: Course Design Managing course menu Adding content Creating folders and items Using the WYSIWYG text editor Creating hyperlinks and attachments Managing course files Batch upload… Continue Reading Blackboard 1: Setting up your Course (LC)
Looking to delve deeper into Blackboard's advanced features? Blackboard 2 takes you step by step through the following: Short review of topics from Blackboard 1 Creating journals, blogs, wikis Making assignments Giving tests and creating pools Highlights of additional tools, such as Grade Center Copying your course Prerequisite: Blackboard 1. This workshop reviews topics from… Continue Reading Blackboard 2: Assessments and Advanced Design (LC)
Wondering how to create assignments, tests, use collaboration tools in Blackboard? Need to archive, export or copy your course, but don’t know how? Then Blackboard Bootcamp, a broad introduction Fordham’s learning management system, is for you! In this one-hour session, you’ll be taken step-by-step through the following essential elements for setting up and administering your course… Continue Reading Blackboard Bootcamp: Blackboard for Beginners (RH)
Did you know the Grade Center in Blackboard can calculate grades, organize student-submitted assignments, record the last time each student accessed the course, and include point-and-click rubrics to facilitate scoring of assignments? Using your own syllabus, you'll learn the step-by-step process to create columns and categories, enter grades, monitor student progress, and how to communicate… Continue Reading Blackboard Grade Center: Setting Up Your Virtual Gradebook (LC)
Explore different tools to foster discussion both inside and outside of the classroom, such as blogs, wikis, discussion boards, polls, and more.