Tools That College Students Wish Their Instructors Used More or Less

In a chart posted in the Chronicle of Higher Education, students surveyed indicated which technology and what collaborative tools they wished their instructors incorporated into their courses. for example, nearly three-quarters wished that their instructors would record lectures more often, so they could be watched later. See the full report.

Reminder: Make Your Course Available to Students

Your course will not show up to students if you have not made the course available. All our courses are web-enhanced, so all courses (full semester or 1^st bi-term) must be made available as of September 19, 2013.
To make your course available:

• Log in to Blackboard
• Log into your course (this applies to all SKYCTC courses)
• Control Panel
• Customization
• Properties
• Go to #3 Set Availability
• Make Course Available—click on Yes
• Submit

SKYCTC Blackboard Workshops in August

These training workshops supplement the learning units in the Faculty Training & Resource Center eCommunity and will be of interest to faculty new to Blackboard or have an interest in teaching an online course.

Pre-Registration is Required: Email Cindy Gaffney | cindy.gaffney@kctcs.edu | Subject Line: Enter Workshop Name | Date | Time

All workshops will be held  at the Main Campus, Building H, Room 111A

• Getting Started with Blackboard
• August 9: 9-Noon or August 12: 1-4 pm  (Register for one of these sessions.)
• SoftChalk: August 12: 9:30-11:30 am
• Creating Assignments**: August 13: 9 – 10 am
• Creating Exams**: August 13: 10:30-11:30 am                          
• Using Adaptive Release**: August 14: 12:30-1:30 pm            
• Adding Rubrics to Your Course**: August 14: 2-3 pm           

**Participants should be familiar with the Getting Started workshop concepts before attending this workshop.