BeachBoard, the University's e-Learning environment, provides a means for faculty to post course syllabi, lecture materials, assignments, discussions and even grades online. Learn more about how BeachBoard can help you improve instruction and communicate with students. Attend one of the upcoming eLearning workshops; visit BeachBoard for additional information and to watch new closed-captioned videos that demonstrate how to use specific tools; or contact an eLearning consultant, a faculty member who is experienced with web-based teaching and provides private consultations for instructors.
Communicating with your Students using BeachBoard
Learn how you can use BeachBoard to fully engage your students at this workshop. BeachBoard is not only a resource to quickly send email messages to students, it offers live, synchronous interaction, supports a text-based chat environment, and can serve as a Virtual Classroom. Reservations are not necessary.
- December 14, 1 – 2 p.m.
Instructional Technology Support Services lab in the lower level of the University Library
Instructor’s Guide to BeachBoard Basics
Everything you need to know to get up and running in BeachBoard. In particular, you’ll learn how to log in to BeachBoard, how to access your courses, and even how to post your syllabus and course handouts to BeachBoard. Reservations are not necessary.
- December 12, 1 – 2 p.m.
Instructional Technology Support Services lab in the lower level of the University Library - January 18,
10 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Spidell Electronic Classroom on the first floor of the University Library - January 25,
1 - 3 p.m.
Spidell Electronic Classroom on the first floor of the University Library - January 29,
11 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Spidell Electronic Classroom on the first floor of the University Library - February 14, 2 - 4 p.m.
Instructional Technology Support Services lab in the lower level of the University Library
Assessing Student Performance using BeachBoard’s Quizzes, Surveys and Gradebook
Create and deliver online, automatically-scored assessments and surveys using over a dozen different question types. You can also store student performance results in your BeachBoard Gradebook. Best of all, you have the options of letting your students view their own grades (but no one else’s) inside of BeachBoard. Reservations are not necessary.
- January 17, 2 - 4 p.m.
Spidell Electronic Classroom on the first floor of the University Library - February 18, 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Instructional Technology Support Services lab on the lower level of the University Library
The Instructor’s Guide to Turnitin: Detecting & Discouraging Student Plagiarism using Turnitin & BeachBoard
This hands-on workshop introduces you to Turnitin.com, an online plagiarism detection service supported by the Faculty Technology Center. Reservations are not necessary.
- January 15, 12 - 1 p.m.
Spidell Electronic Classroom on the first floor of the University Library - January 30, 2 - 3 p.m.
Spidell Electronic Classroom on the first floor of the University Library - February 21, 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Instructional Technology Support Services (ITSS) lab on the lower level of the University Library
Creating BeachBoard Assessments and Surveys with Respondus for Windows
Respondus is a Windows application that lets instructors create and manage exams and surveys that can be printed to paper or published directly to BeachBoard. Instructors create exams and assessments offline using a Windows interface, spell check the exams, preview the questions, and then publish the exams or surveys directly to a BeachBoard course. In addition, over 1,000 publisher test banks are available to instructors who use Respondus. View more information on Respondus. Reservations are not necessary.
- January 9, 2 - 4 p.m.
Spidell Electronic Classroom on the first floor of the University Library - January 22, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Spidell Electronic Classroom on the first floor of the University Library - February 22, 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Instructional Technology Support Services lab on the lower level of the University Library
Creating Live Online Classrooms using Elluminate Live!
Elluminate Live! is a real-time virtual classroom environment designed for both distance education and online collaboration. Instructors can use Elluminate Live! to add real-time interaction to distance learning, extend the boundaries of the traditional classroom, and engage more students in more ways. View more information on Elluminate. Reservations are not necessary.
- January 8,
11 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Spidell Electronic Classroom on the first floor of the University Library - January 16, 1 p.m. - 3 p.m.
Spidell Electronic Classroom on the first floor of the University Library - January 24, 2 - 4 p.m.
Spidell Electronic Classroom on the first floor of the University Library - February 1, 9 - 11 a.m.
Instructional Technology Support Services lab on the lower level of the University Library - February 11, 1 - 3 p.m.
Instructional Technology Support Services lab on the lower level of the University Library
