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Welcome to Teaching with Blackboard at NIU, the podcast providing tips, ideas, suggestions, and best practices of teaching with the Blackboard learning management system. The goal of this podcast is to discuss the pedagogy of online teaching and learning and share ideas and tips for how faculty can leverage the Blackboard learning management system to improve the teaching and learning experiences the offer for their students.
This podcast is a work in progress. While our target audience will be NIU faculty and staff and therefore many of our comments will reference NIU-specific issues, we recognize and hope that others in higher education at other institutions will find this to podcast to be of benefit.
If you have suggestions for what you'd like to see included in the podcast or maybe just have a question about some aspect of teaching with Blackboard, please get in touch with us. You can drop us an email or voice recording to teachingwithblackboard@niu.edu. We look forward to receiving your question, comment, or suggestion about Blackboard and to responding in a future podcast episode.
Looking for information about creating a course podcast using Blackboard at NIU? Click here for more information.
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Episode 22 (18:33)
Posted: Friday, March 13, 2009, 11:10 AM
(18:33; 26.7mb)
Jason Rhode, Stephanie Richter, and Olga Urban discuss the new features in Blackboard version 7.3 and upcoming free online workshops | Blackboard 7.3 New Features | Blackboard 7.3 Tutorials | Archive of Blackboard 7.3 Online Workshop | Blackboard Early Warning System Features | Upcoming Online Workshops
Episode 21 (11:31)
Posted: Tuesday, November 25, 2008, 11:15 PM
(11:31; 11.1mb)
Jason Rhode introduces the new Instructional Technologies Coordinator, Stephanie Richter. Jason Rhode and Olga Urban discuss the new Blackboard Faculty Tools. | Blackboard Faculty Tools Documentation | Upcoming Online Programs | Wimba Classroom Documentation |
Episode 20 (24:04)
Posted: Friday, May 2, 2008, 3:25 PM
(24:04; 23.2mb)
Jason Rhode and Dan Cabrera discuss Wimba Classroom, an online collaboration suite that integrates with Blackboard and allows educators and students to engage in meaningful and memorable interactions by combining interactive technologies with instructional best practices. | Wimba Classroom Documentation | Online Teaching Series | Teaching with Technology Institute | Blackboard 8.0 Documentation | Blackboard 8.0 Introduction (enhanced podcast) | Workshop on Promoting Online Collaboration with Wimba Classroom in Blackboard |
Blackboard 8.0 Introduction (27:24)
Posted: Thursday, May 1, 2008, 4:15 PM
(27:24; 67.43mb)
Jason Rhode provides an introduction to the new features in Blackboard 8.0 | New Features in Blackboard 8.0 | Blackboard Release 8 Official Site | 3 Minute Overview of Blackboard 8.0 | 3 Minute Introduction to the Grade Center | Blackboard 8.0 Instructor Manual [PDF]
Episode 19 (13:39)
Posted: Friday, April 11, 2008, 11:45 AM
(13:39; 13.18mb)
Jason Rhode and Olga Urban discuss SafeAssign, a new plagiarism prevention tool currently available at Northern Illinois University | SafeAssign Documentation | SafeAssign Wiki | SafeAssign FAQ | Introducing the New Plagiarism Prevention Features in Blackboard Workshop Archive |
Episode 18 (18:59)
Posted: Wednesday, February 13, 2008, 12:05 PM
(18:59; 18.31mb)
Jason Rhode, Ishak Shaik, and Olga Urban discuss Scholar, the new social bookmarking tool, currently integrated with Blackboard at Northern Illinois University | Scholar Documentation | Scholar Wiki | SafeAssign Documentation |
Episode 17 (19:36)
Posted: Friday, January 25, 2008, 10:45 PM
(19:36; 18.09mb)
Jason Rhode and Olga Urban discuss the Blackboard Content Collection | Content Collection Documentation | SafeAssign Documentation | Scholar Documentation | Kaltura |
Episode 16 (24:22)
Posted: Friday, December 21, 2007, 3:56 PM
(24:22; 22.3mb)
Mary Shumaker joins Jason Rhode to discuss her experiences teaching with Blackboard | Email Mary |
Episode 15 (27:10)
Posted: Friday, November 9, 2007, 11:45:43 AM
(27:10; 31.13mb)
Kai Rush rejoins Jason Rhode to continue discuss her experiences with online teaching with Blackboard. Kai and Jason discuss a few new features coming to Blackboard. | Email Kai | Jason's EdTech Blog - IDOLresources | Jason's 2008 SLATE Conference presentation handout | Podcasting with Blackboard | Redesigning Course Materials for Online Delivery |
Episode 14 (14:01)
Posted: Friday, November 2, 2007, 11:45:43 AM
(14:01; 16.13mb)
Kai Rush joins Jason Rhode to discuss her experiences teaching with Blackboard | Adaptive Release | Email Kai |
Episode 13 (11:18)
Posted: Wednesday, August 22, 2007, 9:48:25 PM
(11:18; 13.6mb)
Jason Rhode, Olga Urban, and Anja Hartleb-Parson talk about the new Podcast Building Block which is now available to NIU faculty in Blackboard. Here are the links to resources discussed in this podcast: Podcasting Resource Page | Audacity Free Recording Software | SLATE Conference Information | Podcasting with Blackboard Workshop
Episode 12 (13:09)
Posted: Tuesday, August 07, 2007, 3:02:25 PM
(13:09; 15.4mb)
Jason Rhode and Olga Urban talk about the use of the eInstruction Classroom Performance System (CPS) at NIU. Here are the links to resources discussed in this podcast: Faculty Development Information Page on CPS | Setting up a CPS Connection for Blackboard Courses | eInstruction Downloads Page | CPS Training Videos. | CPS Student Support Page | Email group facilitating communication and coordination among faculty using CPS at NIU.
Episode 11 (16:35)
Posted: Tuesday, April 24, 2007, 4:14:31 PM
(16:35; 20mb)
Jason Rhode, Olga Urban and Dan Cabrera from Faculty Development and Instructional Design Center discuss new features coming soon to Blackboard [New Features in Blackboard 7.1web page] [Presentation] [Handout] [Tutorial] and the Teaching with Technology Institute coming up May 21, 2007 . [Registration Form: Faculty/Staff | TAs].
Episode 10 (11:04)
Posted: Friday, March 9, 2007, 3:09:37 PM
(18:25; 16.8mb)
Jason Rhode and Olga Urban from Faculty Development and Instructional Design Center talk about Jason Rhodes' workshop on 'Introduction to Social Bookmarking' [Handout] [Slides] [Movie] [Enhanced Podcast] | Tips for troubleshooting issues with Microsoft Office 2007 | Ways of solving Blackboard problems under Windows Vista | Faculty Summer Institute | Online Teaching Brownbag
Episode 9 (11:04)
Posted: Friday, January 26, 2007, 4:31:37 PM
(11:04; 10.62mb)
Faculty Development and Instructional Design Center welcomes Olga Urban to the Blackboard faculty support team | Instructions for installing NIU browser security certificates | Text area editing in IE7 | Enabling guest access
Episode 8 (8:17)
Posted: Thursday, December 21, 2006, 4:22:59 PM
(8:17; 7.95mb)
Description of new online resources related to teaching with Blackboard, including: Blackboard workshop email subscription, A-Z index, NIUOnline listserv, recent Blackboard Q&A, links to additional Blackboard resources, ask a Blackboard question, & tutorials.
Episode 7 (6:53)
Posted: Monday, November 20, 2006, 3:49:17 PM
(6:53; 6.61mb)
Discussion of installation of security certificates to avoid annoying warning message when accessing Blackboard that states, "There is a problem with this website's security certificate."
NIU Security Certificate Instructions | Installation Instructions for Internet Explorer | Installation Instructions for Mozilla and Netscape | Installation Instructions for Opera
Episode 6 (8:16)
Posted: Tuesday, November 14, 2006, 4:09:25 PM
(8:16; 7.94mb)
Discussion of the use of FeedDigest to embed the contents of multiple RSS feeds into Blackboard; 2 minute video tutorial of FeedDigest; Reminder of the availability of master courses in Blackboard for NIU faculty who are teaching multiple sections of the same course; details concerning multiple course sections
Episode 5 (5:38)
Posted: Monday, November 06, 2006, 2:58:08 PM
(5:38; 5.41mb)
Discussion of using Feed2JS to display the contents of an RSS feed in Blackboard. Instructions provided here.
Episode 4 (45:01)
Posted: Tuesday, October 31, 2006, 4:29:04 PM
(45:01; 43.22mb)
Spring 2007 courses can now be requested: instructions; online request form. Recap from 2006 SLATE Conference and recording of Jason Rhode's presentation, "The RSS Revolution: Using Blogs and Podcasts to Distribute Learning Content." presentation handout; presentation slides; printable slides (printable); podcast of Jason Rhode's other talks; enhanced podcast of Jason Rhode's talks; SLATE Conference website
Episode 3 (14:27)
Posted: Friday, October 06, 2006, 8:01:56 AM
(14:27; 13.86mb)
Discussion of course backup tools in Blackboard, including course archive, export, and copy. Reminder of removal of Spring 2005 and Summer 2006 courses on October 15, 2006.
Episode 2 (16:12)
Posted: Thursday, September 21, 2006, 9:31:58 AM
(16:12; 15.56mb)
Discussion of new resources available on www.blackboard.niu.edu, including: A-Z Index added, recent Blackboard questions & answers, BbFaculty Listserv, Online Teaching Brown Bags, 2006 SLATE Conference, Google Spreadsheets, Writely, Feed2JS
Episode 1 (3:02)
Posted: Friday, September 15, 2006, 2:40:27 PM
(3:02; 2.93mb)
Inaugural episode of "Teaching with Blackboard at NIU." To leave a question or comment, email teachingwithblackboard@niu.edu
Last Updated: 3/13/2009