Links to Short Video Demonstrations for
USC Upstate Faculty and Staff
The following are links to some short video
demonstrations of various applications. Most are “flash” files which require
the free flash player or shockwave player to run. Some will begin and run
automatically and others will have a “play” triangle in the middle of the
screen. Most have audio narrations so be sure to turn on your computer
speakers. Just click the links below to play each. This page was created and is maintained by Dr. Tom Davis of the USC Upstate
Information Technology and Services Division. Please contact him with any
comments, corrections or suggestions.
Blackboard
Version 9.1 – We will be using this new version after
Dec. 21, 2011
Introduction
to the Course Environment
Understanding and Building
Your Course
Communicating and
Collaborating – announcements, blogs, journals, discussions and groups
Assessment – assignments,
tests and the grade center
Blackboard 9.1 for Students
–showing students how to do things like take a test and submit an assignment
Blackboard
Version 8.0
Managing
the “My Courses” Section
Copying
One Course to Another – Important note: when
copying courses where you have created links for students to
click
to take tests, turn in assignments or participate in graded discussion boards
with columns in the grade center, you must copy the grade center, the tests and the
content area (Course Documents, Assignments, etc.) where the links are found
all at once in one copying process. If you do not then the “connection” between
the links and the grade center will be broken and you will have to create it
manually. If you are copying Safe Assignments you also have to click the
SafeAssign link in the Control Panel of the new course after copying and click
the “Synchronize this course” link.
Merge or
Combine Enrollments of One or More Sections
Using
the Digital Dropbox and a demonstration to Show Students How to Use the
Dropbox
Enroll
Users in a Course – This can be used to add
another instructor or student to your course manually.
Creating
a Discussion Board Forum
Discussion
Board Participation
Creating
and Grading Assignments
Creating
SafeAssign Assignment for Plagiarism Checking
SafeAssign Information and
Tutorials from Blackboard
Creating
a Test from Another Test or Pool
Creating
a Test with Random Blocks of Questions
Creating
a Test with Random Blocks of Questions (part 2)
Grade
Center
Introduction
to the Grade Center
Adding
a Column to the Grade Center
Adding
a “Calculated” Column to the Grade Center
Setting
up a Weighted Total Column in the Grade Center
Creating
Grading Schemas to Convert Scores to Letter Grades
Creating
Smart Views to Customize the Look of the Grade Center
Blackboard
Tutorial for Students – This presentation explains how to use
VIP to find their username and set their password. It goes on to explain the basics
of using Blackboard. You can copy and paste this URL into an email message you
send your class. http://breeze.sc.edu/p77417233/
Using the University
VIP (Visual Information Processing) Web Site – The VIP web site is used by
faculty and staff to check their personal information, employment information,
view class roles and find their username for Blackboard and set their password.
Recording
Short Announcements with the Windows Sound Recorder
Adobe
Connect – a web based application that lets you
conduct live online meetings or classes where you can speak and share what is
displayed on your computer screen with those in attendance. You can also record
each session for viewing later. Those viewing your live presentation over the
Internet can type questions and responses or speak using a microphone if you so
desire. Contact Mitchell West, mwest@sc.edu
for an account to use this program and he will send you instructions for
installation and use. There are some short video demonstrations of the various
features of the program on the Adobe web site at: http://tv.adobe.com/show/learn-adobe-connect-8/
Adobe
Presenter (formerly Breeze) for PowerPoint – a
Windows program that lets faculty take a PowerPoint presentation, narrate it
and convert it to a flash file that plays easily over the Internet or in a
Blackboard course.
Installing
and Configuring Presenter
Publishing
your Presenter Presentation
Respondus – a
Windows program that lets faculty take a test created in a word processing
program such as Word and convert and upload it to a Blackboard course.
Installing
and Configuring Respondus
Importing
Test Questions from a Document
Publishing
a Test to Blackboard
Microsoft
Word 2007
Word
2007 Customize the Quick Access Toolbar
Microsoft
Outlook 2007
Create
or Change an Email Group or “Distribution List”
Using a
"Smart" Classroom - You can view
an online demonstration of most of the various classroom technology controls
and equipment at: http://breeze.sc.edu/p36158553/.
There are directions on the teacher desk at the front of each room. In
addition, copies are available on the network S drive in the Faculty and Staff
ITS Info folder.
Tutorials and
Handouts – There are tutorials and handouts
for many of the campus applications on the university network “S” or shared
drive in a folder entitled Faculty and Staff ITS Info.