Accessibility 

Basics of Document Accessibility (MS Word)

Grackle for Google Suite Accessibility

Basics of Document Accessibility (Google Doc) 

Learn how users with differing abilities interact with digital documents. In this workshop we focus on Google Docs and explore accessibility best practices related to headings, images, and links. We will also review document sharing for easiest student access.

Accessibility of Readings, Scanned Works, and Copyrighted Course Materials 

What happens when the article you want your students to read is not accessible? The library is here to help! In this workshop we will describe easy steps to check for accessibility and the process for searching databases and requesting interlibrary loans to obtain more accessible materials. (co-presented by Marisha Marks from CODL and Eric Warren from the STCC library)

Accessibility of Formulas and Diagrams 

Hand-written formulas and diagrams create an accessibility barrier. In this workshop we will demonstrate tools for digitizing math notation and creating charts and graphs. (co-presented by Marisha Marks from CODL and Ann Simao, Endowed Chair and Professor in Math Department)

Teaching Accessibly in Blackboard 

Blackboard is the student gateway to learning. Learn accessibility best practices for identifying materials, adding content, and building items in your Blackboard course. 

ScreencastOmatic, YouTube, and the Accessibility of Recorded Lectures

Recorded videos are a great way to create topic-specific content. In this workshop we will present accessibility best practices for creating PowerPoint presentations, recording them with ScreencastOmatic, and captioning the video on YouTube. 

Zoom and the Accessibility of Synchronous Sessions

Get the most out of synchronous learning with your students using Zoom. Ensure that your session is accessible to all learners, from developing lecture slides, to scheduling Zoom sessions, communicating in Zoom, and sharing your recordings. 

ALLY

Ally is a tool integrated into Blackboard that checks course content for accessibility, gives faculty steps to make corrections, and gives students the ability to download alternative formats. The alternative formats include audio files and world language translations of course materials. See how Ally works in Blackboard. More Ally workshops coming soon!

Blackboard

Building in Blackboard: Creating Assignments and SafeAssign 

Submitting written materials for assessment is a staple of classroom instruction regardless of whether the course is taught in-person, hybrid or online instruction. During this digital literacy session we will demonstrate the tools for creating assignments with and without plagiarism detection and graded submitted student work.

Building in Blackboard: Creating Discussions

This workshop covers the basic steps for creating online discussions in Blackboard Learn.  We will cover an overview of the tool and how it works, then review the cycle of creating, facilitating and managing class discussions. 

Building in Blackboard: Creating Discussions & Assignments (Quick Sessions)

Hold on to your hats, this will be a quick overview of how to create online discussions and assignments in Blackboard Learn.  We will cover an overview of each tool, how it works, and then move through the settings and options for better comprehension when selecting each feature for the tools. We will end with a brief introduction of the anti-plagiarism feature, SafeAssign. 

Creating Online Tests in Blackboard

The Test tool allows faculty to create diverse and robust questions to assess learning. In this introductory session, we will offer an overview of the features for creating tests using the Test tool. Specific topics covered include: Question Types, Assessment Types, Creating Questions, Creating Assessments, and Viewing Assessments. A brief overview of assessment facilitation and grading will be covered.  

The Grade Center in Blackboard - Part 1: Overview

The Grade Center in Blackboard, much like a traditional paper grade book, helps faculty organize and manage student submissions and evaluate performance. But unlike the traditional counterpart, the Grade Center has many features and automated options to help with course management. In this workshop, we will present a basic overview of features and functionalities within the Grade Center. Beyond basic navigation of the Grade Center, we will explore automated grade calculations, monitor student progress, create categories and smart views. 

The Grade Center in Blackboard - Part 2: Grade Management

The focus is to cover features to help manage grading daily, weekly and semester. We will discuss created midterm / final columns, total / weighted columns, and record keeping. This workshop is for individuals who have participated in the Grade Center in Blackboard - Part 1: Basics webinar, or have extensive experience with the Grade Center. We strongly encourage people who have most of their graded content already created in Blackboard.  

Cleaning up Your Grade Center

This workshop is for faculty who want to look at their course to clean-up their Blackboard Grade Centers. Whether to organize and declutter or start using the Manual Upload (ILP) process in Blackboard, this workshop will help you get an initial idea of what you need to do. Using the Grade Center Clean Up Worksheet, faculty will walk through the process of identifying what parts of their Blackboard Grade Center could be adjusted and how to organize cleanup their course once the semester is over. 

This workshop will cover only the basics for organizing your Grade Center. We strongly encourage faculty to not make significant course adjustments in a live Blackboard shell with current semester enrollments. 

Midterm Grade Upload Assistance (Open Virtual Hours)

The session is dedicated to faculty who have completed the setup of their Blackboard Grade Center, with all the necessary graded assignments and calculations ready for midterm grade entry. Staff will be available for this virtual session for faculty wishing to go through the Blackboard Learn Manual Grade Upload (ILP). 

How to Grade in Blackboard

Your class has started, you've engaged with your students in conversations in the Discussion Board, and they’re submitting assignments. Now it's time to grade participation and submissions. This workshop will show you how to grade discussions and assignments in Blackboard. We will cover grading discussions (with rubrics and without), the Blackboard's Assignment tool and plagiarism tool, SafeAssign. 

Final Exam Prep: Blackboard Test Tool (Webinar)

Are you using the Blackboard Test tool to conduct your final exam? Got any questions? Need a quick refresher on the settings? We’ll present a quick overview of the test tool, the settings page and how to view results and grades. The intent of this session is for those faculty that have lingering questions or need a refresher than a full tutorial workshop. However, if you are just interested in learning more, please attend. So if you have questions, let’s talk about solutions and answers. 

Google Suite

Basics of Document Accessibility (Google Doc) 

Learn how users with differing abilities interact with digital documents. In this workshop we focus on Google Docs and explore accessibility best practices related to headings, images, and links. We will also review document sharing for easiest student access.

Grackle for Google Suite Accessibility

Sharing in Google

Lecture Capture

ScreencastOmatic, YouTube, and the Accessibility of Recorded Lectures

Recorded videos are a great way to create topic-specific content. In this workshop we will present accessibility best practices for creating PowerPoint presentations, recording them with ScreencastOmatic, and captioning the video on YouTube. 

Web Conferencing

Zoom and the Accessibility of Synchronous Sessions

Get the most out of synchronous learning with your students using Zoom. Ensure that your session is accessible to all learners, from developing lecture slides, to scheduling Zoom sessions, communicating in Zoom, and sharing your recordings.