Blackboard is a suite of tools which enables you to email your students, post assignments and/or course documents, set-up discussion boards and much more.
Blackboard can be accessed in several ways:
See the user guides and tutorials linked below for more information on using Blackboard and its tools.
Offers links to many different resources including the Instructor user guide and some videos.
Offers short tutorials on many of the grading capabilities and functionality.
Contact Richard Wack with any questions.
Use download link to access: https://www.blackboard.com/teaching-learning/learning-management/blackboard-instructor-app
Training and Classroom Assistance
Members of Multimedia Technologies and Classroom Technologies have held training sessions prior to the semester for faculty and staff teaching in the upgraded classrooms. As always they will also be available the first week of classes, by request, to meet with all faculty teaching in any classroom. During this meeting, we will make sure that you can get set up, show you how to use the touch panel, and answer questions about the classroom technology. We are available to meet during your first class period or at any time during the first week of classes. Please contact us via email at Brian.Sirak@villanova.edu or Michael.B.Hayden@villanova.edu to schedule an appointment.
As a reminder, during the semester any issues with technology in the classroom (projector, screen, touch panel, etc.) should be reported directly to Classroom Technologies via the Classroom Hotline at 610-519-5631 or 5631 from any classroom phone.
By default, all of your recordings are published privately to your account. To make a recording available or to revert the status to private, please log in to https://vums-web.villanova.edu/mediasite/mymediasite and click on the lock icon next to the recording. If you haven’t done this in the past, click below for quick tutorial:
MyMediasite- Essentials of Managing Videos
Classroom recording technology is available in the following rooms in the Law School: 101,102,103, 201, 202, 203, 301A, 301B, 301C, 302, 303, 306, 307. Rooms 221 and 321 are Mediasite only. All Law School classrooms (except 221 and 321) all scheduled classes will be automatically recorded will be available to faculty on Mediasite.
All Law School classrooms are BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) capable, and faculty must bring their own laptop, laptop power supply, or other BYOD device for projection and display. Loaner laptops and portable DVD players can be borrowed from Classroom Technologies by calling 610-519-5631. Please reserve in advance if possible.
The Technology for Remote Teaching guide walks through the technology available for hosting live classes and prerecording lectures with user guides, how-to videos and tips for use.
The Remote Teaching guide also includes: