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1. Proactive testing of classroom technology rather than relying on user complaints At that point the issue is already impacting classroom experience will say that I am impressed w how issues are addressed once identified and reported I think they do a great job of helping listening troubleshooting any issues i have with my site Nothing right now thanks Webinars on information so can watch them at my desk Don t think know enough to comment here Am taking small steps so as not to be overwhelmed because technology is difficult for me Cilt is fabulous and everyone there is extremely helpful and willing to bend over backwards to help us They have been a godsend to me especially being able to meet individually with someone or have 1 person as my go to person who will sit with me until get it Kristi has been my lifeline couldn t do what I m doing without her help and encouragement None that can think of No The staff at CILT is marvelous No You do a wonderful job l like to learn new things keep offering new information about new advances with technology The support has always been good Have digital cameras and lighting that can be used for development of virtual lab courses Every time I ve needed something this semester I ve received great help at UND Tech Support and so have my students Thanks Best user support in the world Technology only OK but excellent user support makes it a positive experience2. 1 1 Max Value 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Mean 149 147 2 29 2 13 1 86 276 262 199 2 25 2 42 2 00 2 22 278 191 166 201 Variance 071 0 67 0 90 0 96 0 91 041 0 60 1 00 0 92 0 81 1 01 09 0 40 0 96 083 0 98 Sandara 0 85 0 82 0 95 0 98 0 96 0 64 0 78 1 00 0 96 0 90 1 01 0 98 0 64 0 98 091 0 99 Deviation Total 92 92 91 89 92 88 89 90 89 90 90 90 89 90 87 88 Responses 4 Please comment on your experience Default Email Comments optional rarely but helpful My email was deactivated midsemester would really prefer a different scale of measurement perhaps a 1 5 scale because am not totally satisfied this semester but am more satisfied than not all help asked for was quick and effective eudora was better Default UND Tech Support 777 6305 Comments optional These folks are wonderful call often and everyone is helpful and pleasant UND Tech support always helpful Very helpful and prompt Occassionally hard to explain the problem to but once we get on the same page resolution is very quick excellent support contacted CILT for help the night before Thanksgiving nobody answered Always helpful Helpful after hours for room access and tech support Wish BB support was available on weekends when am working in it all help asked for was quick and effective longer Saturday hours desired Super satisfied always willing and able to help students with access
3. 51 4 Department visit or event 14 15 5 CILT Connection Newsletter 15 16 6 Social Media Facebook Twitter 0 0 if Colleagues 42 46 8 U Letter 14 15 9 UND Calendar 4 4 10 Other please specify 10 11 Other please specify i know someone who works there students CILT visit to our department 30 years at UND New Faculty Orientation Was given instruction by instructor of the class Alice T Clark mentoring program visit Years ago when I needed to learn how to teach online am experienced user regular contacts Statistic Min Value Max Value 10 Total Responses 7 How often do you log in to Blackboard Answer More than once a day Response 48 2 Once a day 15 16 3 A few times a week 20 22 4 Once a week 5 5 5 Less than once a week 5 5 93 Total Min Value Max Value Mean Variance Standard Deviation Total Responses 7 5 1 97 1 44 1 20 93 Statistic Value 8 Please indicate your agreement with the statements Question Agree Disagree Total Responses Mean 1 Help me prepare for class 67 23 90 1 26 2 Help me to work more efficiently 71 19 90 1 21 3 Provide a place to post course materials resources and student assignments 88 4 92 1 04 4 Allow me to keep track of my students grades 72 18 90 1 20 5 Provide a location to access students submitted work and
4. Default LiveHelp Chat Comments optional I really like this option it has been very helpful to me Nice feature but not always ideal since it requires synchronous communication which as an instrucutor don t always have time for Default techsupport UND edu web page amp knowledgebase Comments optional Typically speaking it doesn t have enough technical information to be super useful Default Blackboard Faculty Resource Site Comments optional Interface is increasingly dated nonintuitive clunky Like most of Blackboard it tends to be too unreliable to trust Default Adobe Connect Pre flight Checks online courses only Comments optional my students tell me they cannot get a preflight scheduled for more than a week during the middle of the semester Will look into this Default Service Desk Memorial Union Comments optional Computer was serviced and returned without virus protection Default One on one consultation with CILT staff Comments optional Very helpful people They never make me feel like I m bugging them Was an outstanding way to get started teaching on line Made all the difference in a smooth transition CILT services are always top notch The problem eventually gets fixed GREAT help Very excellent most beneficial service Very knowledgeable Jane Sims is awesome very helpful Default Online tutorials user manual YouTube Atomic
5. Learning etc Comments optional Ihave a hard time following them learn by reading so they aren t that helpful to me Default Workshops Comments optional Default Teaching with Technology Tips email Comments optional Valuable Occasional interesting tidbits non intrusive don t always get to read these Default CILT Connection Newsletter Comments optional Occasional interesting tidbits non intrusive Default Tech Trends Forums Comments optional Default Peer Department Support Comments optional JDO Help desk is great They help me out right then and there or they send someone over within an hour Default Learned on my own or did not need help Comments optional does not fit with the rest oflist Don t have time to learn blackboard a co worker and tried for 3 mins without any luck I needed help couldn t do iton my own unsure how to answer this learned some on my own and needed help in other areas n a what an odd question to ask whether was satisfied with myself No sure how to answer this Some things I learned on my own and for other things asked for help Default NDUS Help Desk 777 6305 press 1 Comments optional Tend to be rather rude and won t transfer you to UND Tech Support when appropriate longer Saturday hours desired all request except one were promptly resolved poe Online UND
6. Statistic Value Total Responses 18 1 7 Please include your name and phone number if you would like to be contacted regarding any of your comments or concerns Text Response Joni Tweeten 777 4512 You are welcome to contact me but also please know that I will be following up with our Instructional Designer on my concern so unless you need more info you do not need to contact me Thanks Carol Sloan ESPB First Year Teaching Part 1 AUG 2014 c sloan nd gov 701 751 2728 Jill Shafer 777 6315 Chuck Crummy Training Specialist Manager 777 3609 Jill Braaten 5072263392 Gaye Burgess Pragalv Karki 218 443 3634 Beatrice Marovich 551 697 7944 this is Terry Wynne 7 3759 but you don t have to contact me am getting more acclimated to the program and you guys are really easy to contact appreciate that Thanks Nels Forsman 777 4349 do not need to be contacted as have resolved the issue by manual correction But if there is need for clarification Alena Kubatova 7 0348 Gary Towne 772 1982 Julie Pearce 218 779 5487 Statistic Total Responses 13
7. and struggled with repeated problems with wikis both Blackboard and Campus Pack where the content from the wiki would disappear after being edited on occasion Once this started in a wiki it seemed to happen repeatedly and only resolved when created a new wiki and delete the old one did work with our Instructional Designer and CILT on this but no one has been able to determine why this is happening really hope this can be resolved before next semester Merrifield 312 is off to a great start CILT responders have been very quick to help and troubleshoot when technology fails or provides stumbling blocks in the classroom Much works well there are a number of malfunctions in OKelly 61 e g with laptop computers and connections to monitors Blackboard basically works well for grading and working with the online class Thank you One problem for us this year was that there was a Blackboard upgrade at the beginning of August had our responder s guide complete and was training new responders two days after the upgrade and there were changes that didn t work for what we did in the past Could this be done earlier in the summer There are some issues that will address in the next box lam pleased with the BB the way have been using it I m sure there are new tools to learn however my current tools appear to meet all of my course needs at the moment Most works well but copying from previous semesters can be a problem with settings in the g
8. assignments and provide feedback 65 23 88 1 26 6 Communicate with students 79 11 90 1 12 7 Help me to track my students overall performance 68 23 91 1 25 Help me to Help me Help me to Provide a place to post course Allow me to keep Provide a location to access Communicate track my Statistic prepare work more materials resources and track of my students submitted work and with students students for class efficiently student assignments students grades assignments and provide feedback overall performance Min Value 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Max Value 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 Mean 1 26 121 1 04 1 20 1 26 1 12 1 25 Variance 0 19 0 17 0 04 0 16 0 20 0 11 0 19 Slapgard 0 44 0 41 0 21 0 40 0 44 0 33 0 44 Deviation Total 90 90 92 90 88 90 91 Responses 9 Please comment Default Help me prepare for class Comments optional Hard to use If knew how to use it am sure it would be good When it works it helps but when it doesn t have to spend far more time recovering from a single problem then would gain over an entire semester of perfect functioning Again would prefer a different type of scale that s not binary can t say Bb helps me prepare for class but it s an absolute necessity for online classes Default Help me to work more efficiently Comments optional Hard to use If I knew how to use it am sure it would be fine Slowness of Blackboard has been very frustrating Blackboard outages update
9. your satisfaction with the support resources Question Not Satisfied Did Not Use Total Responses Mean 1 Email UND techsupport UND edu 68 3 21 92 1 49 2 UND Tech Support 777 6305 68 5 19 92 1 47 3 LiveHelp Chat 31 3 57 91 2 29 4 techsupport UND edu web page amp knowledgebase 37 3 49 89 2 13 E Blackboard Faculty Resource Site 49 7 36 92 1 86 6 Adobe Connect Pre flight Checks online courses only 10 1 77 88 2 76 i Service Desk Memorial Union 16 2 71 89 2 62 8 One on one consultation with CILT staff 45 1 44 90 1 99 9 Online tutorials user manual YouTube Atomic Learning etc 32 3 54 89 225 10 Workshops 25 2 63 90 242 41 Teaching with Technology Tips email 45 0 45 90 2 00 12 CILT Connection Newsletter 35 0 55 90 2 22 13 Tech Trends Forums 10 0 79 89 2 78 14 Peer Department Support 47 4 39 90 1 91 15 Learned on my own or did not need help 56 5 26 87 1 66 16 NDUS Help Desk 777 6305 press 1 42 3 43 88 2 01 Adobe Online connect tutorials user coed techsupport UND edu Blackboard Pre Service One on one enn Teaching on my Faculty flight Desk consultation with cut itech Peer Department ownor Resource Checks Memorial with CILT youTube MOUS Technology GUE Ue Support did not i gt Atomic z a Newsletter Forums Site online Union Tips email need courses help only Statistic web page amp knowledgebase Min Value 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
10. Connect tutorials user petite cILT Tech Tech techsupport UND edu Blackboard Pre Service One on one manual Teaching SES Email LiveHelp PeR Faculty flight Desk consultation with i Peer Department own or Statistic Support web page amp 5 z YouTube Workshops Connection Trends h UND techsupport UND edu Chat Resource Checks Memorial with CILT 4 Technology Support did not 777 knowledgebase H x A Atomic H Newsletter Forums Site online Union staff ips email need 6305 Learning courses help only etc Min Value E x 5 2 z 2 z Max Value Responses Total P i 5 What other support resources would you find helpful to receive example newsletters workshops webinars Text Response n a CILT is always helpful video training or in person training for new faculty Longer support hours A user friendly program instead of the indecipherable unworkable crap we now use The more one tries to use Blackboard the less well it functions It would be nice to have a discount for computer printer purchasing Itis required for my employment with UND but there isn t any support to purchase this equipment Satisfied with current resources Atomic Learning training atthe law school haven t used the atomic learning but will try during winter break or next summer Haven t scheduled the time Webinars would be helpful cause hopefully you could do it when you had t
11. My Report Last Modified 09 30 2015 1 College or Area of Study Answer Response 1 College of Arts and Sciences 35 39 2 College of Business and Public Administration a 6 7 3 College of Education and Human Development 12 13 4 School of Aerospace Sciences 2 2 5 College of Engineering and Mines e 6 7 6 School of Geology amp Geological Engineering 0 0 7 School of Law a 2 2 8 School of Medicine and Health Sciences 9 10 9 College of Nursing and Professional Disciplines 10 11 10 Office of Extended Learning previously Continuing Education 0 0 11 Undecided 0 0 12 Other 7 8 Total 89 E Min Value 1 Max Value 12 Mean 4 28 Variance 13 75 Standard Deviation 3 71 Total Responses 89 2 What course organization sites are you using Check all that apply Response Answer Traditional on campus 2 Blended combination of alternating classroom and online activities 14 15 3 Hybrid online amp on campus students 12 13 4 Online amp Distance Education credit semester based amp open enrollment 33 36 5 Non credit or certificate courses 2 2 6 Committees groups and organizations 18 20 7 MyAdvisor 5 5 8 Other please specify 1 1 not sure where my training would be categorized itis used for employee training Statistic Min Value Max Value Total Responses 3 Please indicate
12. arn to present with my device nothing new it s used only as a phone Wouldn t Statistic Value Total Responses 19 1 3 How would you prefer to receive notifications regarding system scheduled maintenance and other technology updates Number one as your most preferred Answer 2 3 4 Total Responses 1 Email 74 5 0 0 dl 0 1 2 83 2 Text Message 4 9 5 9 9 4 9 10 59 3 Phone 3 6 9 4 y 12 11 6 58 4 Blackboard Main Page 5 30 10 8 3 3 2 4 65 5 Social Media Facebook Twitter 0 0 2 5 8 14 11 15 55 6 Subscribe to RSS Feed 0 0 0 8 14 14 15 3 54 7 UND Tech Support Main page techsupport und edu 2 3 25 8 11 7 3 6 65 8 Other please specify 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 11 16 Total 89 54 52 42 54 55 52 57 Really anything OTHER than email would be unacceptable only email and blackboard mainpage is regarded as non intrusive to me None Statistic Email ai Phone Message Blackboard Main Page Social Media Subscribe to UND Tech Support Main page Other please Facebook Twitter RSS Feed techsupport und edu specify Min Value Max Value 8 8 8 8 8 Mean 1 35 4 83 5 00 3 17 6 56 Variance 1 77 5 21 4 42 3 55 6 00 Standard Devan 1 33 2 28 2 10 1 88 2 45 Total 16 Responses 14 Please list any emerging technologies that you might be interested in using Text Response n a clickers Wearables including Google Glass Epson Mov
13. d purposes Blackboard is really too unreliable Moodle provides much better stability and return on investment Easy way to request integration with 3rd party environments like SAM from Cengage l like the concept of clickers but there has got to be a better system that is easier to use than Turning Point Tegrity is good UND Tech Support overall has been wonderful they have usually gone above and beyond to answer any questions or issues have As noted above a program embedded right in Grade Center besides Voiceboard which will allow me to provide audio feedback to my students would be much appreciated I ve used other Learning Management Sysytems that prefer to Blackboard Among them find Canvas to be the best although I ve also appreciated WebStudy Many schools are phasing away from Blackboard with good reason It is a clunky LMS for grading and think that the organizational structure of the site is rather non intuitive If a school like UND is really serious about doing online education i think that it should consider moving away from Blackboard toward an LMS that provides a better user experience especially more advanced and efficient grading options for faculty Blackboard is waaaayyy slower this semester than in the past contacted CILT about this and they had no answer Computer in OKelly 103 was very frustrating The laptop switched to multiple screen mode randomly and so students couldn t see what they wanted to presen
14. de if a help step is appropriate for the course Often such a contact is attempted but not always agree that such contact is most feasible through text messaging for most people but don t agree that faculty should use their personal phones for such do judge that cell phones for strictly UND online course use should be provided to faculty by UND They can be cheap phones with limited minutes the cost would be low Faculty should not be obligated to give up their own personal phone numbers The way itis now students have to contact me only through email or my office phone Blackboard upgrades should be reviewed by faculty before launch so that undesired features can be corrected before launch The gradebook isn t as friendly as other course delivery platforms like eCollege or Moodle and itis particularly unfriendly for extra credit or Satisfactory unsatisfactory grading Several students had problems with clickers not recording It s an easy way to take attendance if they could all work but they didn t Pedagogically their use does not enhance the kind of active listening really needed for learning don t believe their use is improving education When use Blackboard like the way I can post problem solutions When use Blackboard it seems that have to go through a lot of menus It might be helpful if we could use a system that did not require a person to go through so many menus Also it seems that Blackboard is slow It seems that of
15. erio Moto 360 etc Eye tracking for user experience testing Not sure always looking for ways to get meaningful content and contact with the online only nursing students would like to be able to integrate some sort of simulation with feedback for assessment and communication skills augmented realty and ebooks don t want technology to consume my life I am quite happy with email as can get back to people on my own time then am afraid of getting bombarded with student demands in my off hours Nothing SAM Cengage Product Anything that will link directly to Bb and allow me to provide audio feedback to my students Voiceboard has been very unreliable over the past three semesters for both me and my students Top Hat Classroom clickers not aware of any generally learn of emerging technologies from CILT staff I d love to see ProctorU be more user friendly None Statistic Total Responses 15 1 5 Please comment on your experience using technology at UND this semester 1 What works well 2 What needs improvement 3 What would you like to use in the future Text Response BB has worked well for me See no real need for updates at this time Need to continually monitor classroom supplies and equipment to ensure itis all in correct working order This is a continuing challenge to maintain the equipment and supplies Everything has worked very well this semester with one exception My students
16. ician after technician trying to correct the same problems Blackboard works well with technical assistance This was my first time using Blackbiard found it easy to use CILT one on one and tech support are awesome Statistic Value Total Responses 48 1 6 Is there anything you would like to add to help the Center for Instructional amp Learning Technologies improve your overall experience using technologies at UND Text Response Moodle is much better than Blackboard am still learning Blackboard but I m not impressed so far no More Smart rooms in Merrifield please Blackboard has been extremely slow it s been frustrating for me and hear that from our graders I ve heard from helpline folks to log off and login again and hope get a faster server Rarely happens often just quit I ve been working on making some changes in Part 2 for January 2015 and every click takes a long time to move on Going back and forth to Submit and see spacing takes a long time because spacing in the editing box looks quite different when looking at what the student will see It would also be very helpful if when a grader submits an assignment it would go back to the Grading List not to the next assignment that has been submitted We ve had responders grading a wrong assignment because it is unexpected do tell them to look first But have been very pleased with all my support and the support that can be assured my students will get
17. ime to listen to it if you registered for it and couldn t make the time it was being presented The Blackboard is easy enough to understand atleast for laboratory courses Continue to do more of the support workshops seminars etc think CILT is doing a good job with educational efforts workshops none It would be really nice to have information on whatis required to change a classroom specification and if there is any help for the process gt http und edu academics cilt classroom services classroom specs cfm There is a lot of need for wireless mics and pen pointing technology on this side of campus but no information on how to request these things honestly think CILT should consider getting CANVAS and ditching Blackboard It seems so much better feel there is a wide variety of services offered finding the time to use them is more of my issue than what has been offered Useful programs geared to users not IT professionals Users not IT professionals should choose programs to be used Blackboard help webpages l like to attend workshops Can be difficult to schedule a time due to conflicts so would be nice if information could be archived for future use Statistic Value Total Responses 20 6 How did you learn about services offered by the Center for Instructional amp Learning Technologies CILT Check all that apply Answer Response 1 Flyers 12 13 2 Email 63 69 3 Website 46
18. ls that I ve worked at I ve simply added a student s correct updated email address if there was an issue but was not able to do that for my courses at UND this semester I m not sure why instructors who are granted access to other forms of student information are not permitted to manually edit their email addresses in Blackboard without an extra five or so emails getting sent to CILT personnel Too unreliable Students are reluctant to use BB but just through email and that can be independent of Blackboard Default Help me to track my students overall performance Comments optional lam sure it would be good if knew how to use it Sorry didn t really use this function Grades tend to vanish or mysteriously change for employees could do that with a spreadsheet I do not use the gradebook in Bb l use my XL spreadsheet more Bb is used to let STUDENTS know grades Help me to Help me Help me to Provide a place to post course Allow me to keep Provide a location to access i track my yn F Communicate Statistic prepare work more materials resources and track of my students submitted work and with students students for class efficiently student assignments students grades assignments and provide feedback overall performance Min Value Max Value Total Responses 1 0 What mobile devices do you have check all that apply Response Answer Tablets ex iPad Android Micr
19. m not going to use mobile devices for work Satisfied with current uses Use to access conti ed material audio and powerpoint lectures Nothing would prefer not to use a mobile device would prefer to use email on my computer also don t want to have students contacting me morning noon and night Email is not as personally invasive as a mobile device don t want to be available at all times to students won t use my own mobile devices although think with the move to a paperless UND especially with the catalog now being on line only that UND should think about providing tablets at the very least for their employees It would be nice to present material on the projector via my iPhone or iPad So having an Apple TV Google Chromecast or Amazon Firestick connected to the projectors in classrooms would be helpful it would be great if the Bb app worked to see assignments on the iPad cannot do faculty functions right now Nothing more would love to be able to go right to the Blackboard grader to grade assignments downloaded the app but it continues to be problematic wouldn t mind using it to access Blackboard but given that Blackboard for teachers doesn t really facilitate easy grading there aren t really many things can do on the mobile device Primarily email Nothing do not want to be that accessible to work and students in my personal time spend way too much time in email as itis would like to le
20. o that with a spreadsheet The gradebook is unwieldy and difficult to use But could have done this without using Blackboard Default Provide a location to access students submitted work and assignments and provide feedback Comments optional lam sure it would be great if knew how to use it Haven t used yet Extremely Valuable could use a workshop on how to do this Grades tend to vanish or mysteriously change did not use Very difficult to provide feedback without downloading assignments Too many extra steps added this upgrade Default Communicate with students Comments optional would rather send an email through Campus Connection We don t communicate through Blackboard because of the issue with old college emails in the course that many folks don t use and though I v sent the email to Many of my students email addresses were incorrectly submitted to Blackboard I m not sure if this is the result of their having provided the wrong email addresses in the campus directory or the result of another error but it became extremely frustrating over the course of the semester as several students would have the excuse of I didn t get the announcement my email on Blackboard is wrong There was a lot of confusion about deadlines grades assignments etc as the result of this error yet am not for some reason allowed to manually enter my own students addresses into Blackboard At previous schoo
21. osoft Surface 76 2 Smart Phones ex iPhone Android 3 e Reader ex Kindle nook 21 4 Other mobile devices 6 5 Do not have a mobile device 14 Other mobile devices laptop computer regular cell phone antiquated track phone is all use I am not big on being glued to a mobile device don t want that don t want to be available 24 7 to get ahold of value my privacy and prefer to separate my personal life from my work life computer cell phone Statistic Min Value Max Value Total Responses 1 1 Ifyou have a mobile device do you use it for teaching Check all that apply Answer Communication email text voice Classroom presenting content mobile device as a clicker Professional interacting with colleagues or peers on scholarly work Reading resources ebooks websites Personal use only 2 3 4 5 Teaching creating lessons content grading assignments 6 T Other Blackboard Collaborate for meetings don t use a mobile device instead use my computer Creating videos for class Capturing student whiteboard work Statistic Min Value 1 Max Value 7 75 Total Responses 1 2 What would you like to use your mobile device for in the future Text Response n a I need to become better at using Apple everything in the classroom as I ve previously primarily been a Windows user yes I
22. rade book but not copying the grade book causes other problems My classroom technology was repeatedly an issue Fortunately all issues were addressed after brought to CILT attention It just seemed there was a new issue every time went to turn something on Classroom technology shouldn t require budget more time for class testing diagnostic and solution Always looking for ways to improve the Dining Services Training Site slow interface Virtually all technology works in a sub standard fashion Too many Microsoft applications Outlook etc Too many NEW programs with time wasting learning curves Get the computer professionals out of the program buying business and let programs be selected by those of us who will have to use them Blackboard is decent but a bit clunky know LMS choices are fairly limited but wish the user experience was more intuitive and efficient don t use a lot of technology but I m very pleased with the amount of technology available and the support get from CILT Blackboard is essential yet prone to problems and errors for this reason think students are often suspicious of it and or disregard it all together Students use Blackboard technical issues as excuses for late assignments missing work etc and as an instructor it s difficult to decide whether or not to believe those excuses since know from personal experience that Blackboard is prone to these problems That said though think Blackboard i
23. s and persistent bugs often keep me from working efficiently while uploading student papers with feedback comments Blackboard often crashes or freezes forcing me to log in and start the process all over again Extremely frustrating When it works it helps but when it doesn t have to spend far more time recovering from a single problem then would gain over an entire semester of perfect functioning not really adds work doesn t reduce work In the past this was true but too much time needed to be spent this semester working out problems related to upgrades Default Provide a place to post course materials resources and student assignments Comments optional Would be great if knew how to post things and to make my class visible to students While planning to use BB for my online classes did a trial with my face to face classes This greatly enhanced this face to face format as well It helps me and the students stay organized could not teach a class in any format without BB now Stuff tends to vanish for employees Too many issues with students not being able to access class materials and submit assignments Default Allow me to keep track of my students grades Comments optional Don t know how to do But really didn t use it or only for certain assignments so had to work grade out on my own do not use the grade function Grades tend to vanish or mysteriously change but I could d
24. s an invaluable educative platform that should be increasingly improved and maintained in order to ameliorate some of these issues wish incoming students and instructors alike were given a mandatory introduction to working with Blackboard so as to eliminate some of the confusion surrounding it System works well Individual responsibility to maintain computer printer ink costly 1 Like the improvements to Grade Center 2 Wishing for an easier way to upload Rubrics into Grade Center 3 See above will be using Adobe Connect as well as clickers next semester and have already contacted CILT about refresher training sessions works well and if not support is provided Can t print off one column scors from Grade Center from all students Also the announcement format now drives me nuts Can t get a new announcement to show up as the first announcement have to move it and it takes time tedious Also each announcement to delete has to be deleted separately to my knowledge When I haven t been back to Blackboard for an hr or whatever the time limit is why doesn t say need to log in again instead of doing nothing want to be able to create folders within Blackboard where students can post content photos Word docs etc for the rest of the class to view Creating a full class group for each in class activity is cumbersome and confusing to the students I really enjoyed using Blackboard for the first time It was extremely valuable for collec
25. t My classes are recorded as a program policy and this generally works well However a couple of times there were problems with it and the class did not record which caused some inconveniences to students and me They most often seemed to be problems with the software installation Mediasite The SMHS tech support was aware of these issues though and fixed them by the next class Something I d like to use in the future is a Wacom pen or similar technology so that can draw on my screen and have that be part of the recording for our distance students Due to students reluctance to use anything outside of text messaging am trending out of technology in my teaching 1 1 like using blackboard and find it efficient for my needs 2 I d like to continue to learn more about various teaching tools and how to use all aspects of blackboard 3 More interactive powerpoints quizzes online the program is very worthwhile to reach a lot of employees quickly wish it had better instructions or we had classes that were available for learning have been able to complete projects with some help but would think that additional information would be beneficial Support staff are outstanding Evening hours on Saturday would help distance students Perhaps someone could be paid overtime to be on call at their home location Perhaps this could rotate among the staff An attempt to contact faculty should always be made when the support staff can t deci
26. ten have to wait a few seconds for Blackboard to do its processing It would be helpful if did not have to wait for so long l use clickers and upload the scores to the blackboard However do not like grading system for blackboard It continues to be an issue Part of my clicker questions is for extra credit and part as a required score To eliminate need to split scores for each class have added calculated grade for total of clickers However students became confused because unless eliminated points possible for each clicker test they have seen those scores twice Since blackboard grade center is rather slow in changing each column grading properties this became quite annoying feature particularly if one is changing more than 5 columns have called about this 7 6305 but after brief conversation this was not followed through never got ticket and have decided for manual fix rather than spending my time on phone Regular problems with podium set up in HFAC 164 need to work out glitches and continue talks with Lucas about making it stereo Very little worked well this semester There were constant problems trying to figure out how to use the various functions on Bb that were changed there were many problems with Bb technology that hadn t changed and just decided to stop working and students were having constant issues using Bb The equipment in the classroom didn t work well after the upgrades two days before classes started with techn
27. ting student assignments and making handouts available would like to learn how to fully use the grading centre have been using blackboard in a very basic and fundamental way only really want to use technology to SUPPORT my classroom hands on teaching Blackboard works great for what it was made 1 Most of the computers smartcarts work pretty well 2 Some computers smartcarts have gotten bogged down The computer needs to be cleaned rebooted Also have experienced one with malware spyware have no idea how it got there but it is specific to the computer in Education 104 and specific to one user account have attempted to remove the spyware programs but it remains whenever you use any web browser the pop ups and ads arise have reported it numerous times believe it is still on the docket to get fixed 3 I am not sure will look into to new technologies resources lam satisfied with the technology that am using can t think of any improvements at this time Tegrity for 2015 DEDP used Blackboard to post PowerPoint presentations In the past stduents would spend class time to write down the PowerPoint presentations This semester we were able to have more discussions and questions directed to understanding the material as students basically had nates given to them before class did not notice any obvious improvement on test performamnce but students appeared more responsive and engaged Works fine for my limite
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