Blackboard Ultra Course End-of-the-Semester Tips
|Written specifically for Blackboard users, December’s Tech Tip is about wrapping up the fall semester. You can find the tech tip here.
Category: Tech Tips
ExamSoft Secure Review
|In this month’s tech tip, Jennifer Stewart provides information about how to release exam answers and responses to students in a secure and confidential manner. It’s a great way to provide student feedback without sacrificing the integrity of the assessment. You can find the tip here.
Poll Everywhere and Blackboard Ultra Course Roster Sync
|This month’s tech tip from Jennifer Stewart is about importing your class roster from Blackboard into Poll Everywhere. It’s very helpful for a) taking attendance and b) knowing who has answered which question. The PDF document can be found here.
Improving Audience Participation with Poll Everywhere
|Poll Everywhere is a web-based technology that allows audience members to engage in interactive presentations, virtual classrooms, and other learning tools.Are you new to Poll Everywhere or an experienced Presenter who wants to improve your audience participation? If you answered yes to either question, please follow these helpful tips to improve polling responses: If you… Read More
Using MyMediasite to Record Course Videos
|Jennifer Stewart, MPS – Teaching & Learning Product Manager My Mediasite has the technology you need to record, upload, and share videos from anywhere you are. Faculty and staff can capture, publish, manage, and share original videos directly from their computer to Mediasite. ABOUT My Mediasite has two components: the My Mediasite account and… Read More
Making PowerPoint Interactive
|April 2024 NOTE: The following feature is only available on PowerPoint for Windows. There are times when giving a PowerPoint presentation that you want to ask a question of your audience and record key points of a discussion. Typically, presenters will switch to another application such as Word, or pull out a flip pad to… Read More
Tracking Student Activity in Blackboard Ultra
|March 2024 Faculty can gain insight into student activities within their Ultra course with Student Activity and Submission tools. If you have any questions, or would like to learn more about Poll Everywhere, send email to tlc@uthsc.edu.
Poll Everywhere and PowerPoint
|Poll Everywhere can turn your one-way presentation into a two-way conversation. Presenters with Pro Account access can insert Poll Everywhere activities into their slide deck to actively engage their audience.
Poll Everywhere: Sharing Activities with your Team
|Poll Everywhere Teams allows a group of presenters to create activities, share and present them independently. Find the tech tip here.
Sharing PowerPoint Decks via Zoom while still seeing your notes
|A Zoom Share Screen feature that allows presenters to show presentation slides to viewers while their notes remain hidden from view. This is especially helpful when you only have one display for your computer.