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TLC Posts
Fall 2022 Webinars
|The TLC staff has put together an exciting slate of webinars for this semester. Speakers are a combination of our faculty, TLC staff, and one outside speaker. Topics range from creating engaging lectures, to finding the right technology to meet your pedagogical goals and having difficult conversations in clinical and classroom settings. I hope you… Read More
July 2022
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Volume 5, Issue 2 In this issue: The Teaching Scope: Using ePortfolios to support student learning Teacher’s Toolbox: Digital Whiteboards Did You Know?: Evaluating Course Workloads Pedagogy Podcast: How to Engage on Social Media Research Bytes: Benefits to Beginning Class with a Visible Agenda
Blackboard: Copy Course Materials into an Existing Course
|Copying course materials into an existing course will add content to a course, but it won’t remove existing content. You can only copy materials into a course if you have the role of instructor, teaching assistant (TA), or course builder.
New TLC Web Site Feature!
|All of the TLC’s webinars, dating back to January 2020, are available on the TLC web site (under Programs and Events/Webinar Archives). The archives page has two new features: Click on any of the keywords and other webinars with the same keyword will be listed. You can search by date, speaker, or topic. Leave comments… Read More
Blackboard Learn Training
|Blackboard Learn is our primary Learning Management System. TLC will be offering sessions for those using either Blackboard Learn Original (July 8) or Blackboard Learn Ultra (June 29). These sessions will give a general overview of Blackboard including an overview of vital features, and course tools used to promote student learning and success. Registration for… Read More
Blackboard Ally Training
|We are excited to announce the rollout of a new tool, named Ally. Ally provides instructors a tool set to make sure Blackboard courses are useable and accessible. The first training session is scheduled for July 22 from 9am to 1030am CDT/10am to 11:30am EDT. Registration is limited to twenty. It will be recorded for… Read More
Blackboard Learn (Original View): Where Do I Start?
|We’ve compiled some tips and basic steps for novice Blackboard Learn instructors who want to learn how to create content in a course. We want to help you with the high-level principles and processes involved when you build a course from the ground up. As you work through this topic, choose what fits your teaching style and the needs of your students.
2022-2023 Teaching Excellence Institute
|The TLC will be offering four tracks in the 2022-2023 Teaching Excellence Institute. These year-long programs combine monthly live sessions (via Zoom) with online activities throughout the year. Instructors who successfully complete the requirements will receive a certificate from the Chancellor and a $500 stipend. More information can be found at https://uthsc.edu/tlc/programs-and-events/teaching-excellence-institute/. Next year’s tracks… Read More
Downloading the Grade Center in Blackboard Learn
|Blackboard Learn (Original View) allows you to download the whole Grade Center for a course, or selected columns, which can then be opened and worked on in a spreadsheet application such as Excel, and later re-uploaded into the Grade Center.
The Grade Center is an interactive grading tool that allows instructors to record data, calculate grades, and monitor student progress.