Site Licenses

Bb9Blackboard

http://www.fau.edu/irm/blackboard/bb9.php (New for Spring 2011)

While keeping the same basic functionality, this new version of the Blackboard learning management system has a significantly different look and feel (drag and drop reordering, fewer clicks, easy edit mode), as well as a number of exiting new tools and features that can help promote online interaction and increase student engagement (including blogs, wikis, journals, group assignments, mashups and more).

NOTE: All training classes offered during Fall 2010 will be on Blackboard 9 in order to prepare for this upgrade.

  • Journals - for student journaling shared only with the instructor.
  • Blogs - for student/group journaling shared with all co-learners with an option to comment on entries.
  • Wikis - for group collaborations, all co-learners have viewing and editing privileges.
  • SafeAssign - This tool within Blackboard helps prevent plagiarism by detecting unoriginal content in student papers. In addition to acting as a plagiarism deterrent, it also has features designed to aid in educating students about plagiarism and importance of proper attribution of any borrowed content. http://www.fau.edu/irm/blackboard/safeassign.php.

 

StudyMateInstructors can create Flash-based activities and games using simple templates. The Flash activities are usable with any web server or can be published directly to Blackboard. The activities include such things as flashcards, fact cards, matching, fill-in-blank, crosswords, and quiz show-like games, etc.

http://www.fau.edu/irm/instructional/studymate.php

http://www.fau.edu/irm/blackboard/studymate_class_server.php

The latter link discusses a new option in Blackboard for students to participate in creating these learning activities. This tool allows instructors and students create study materials in a collaborative, web-based environment. Simple templates are used to enter items such as glossary terms or facts from lecture. Students can then view the materials using self-assessments or interactive learning activities. It integrates seamlessly with Blackboard courses and creates a social learning environment that is fun and engaging.

 

RespondusThis application provides a powerful tool for creating and managing exams that can be printed to paper or published directly to Blackboard, ANGEL, Desire2Learn, eCollege, Moodle, and other eLearning systems.. Additionally, all questions created in this environment will directly upload into Studymate, thereby eliminating the need for reentry.

http://www.fau.edu/irm/instructional/respondus.php

 

LockDown BrowserThis application provides a custom browser that locks down the testing environment within Blackboard. Students are locked into the assessment and are unable to print, copy, go to another URL, or access other applications.

http://www.fau.edu/irm/blackboard/lockdown_browser.php

 

ElluminateElluminate is a synchronous web conferencing that lets you bring live interactive audio, video, whiteboard, text, application and desktop sharing into your classes via Blackboard. You can also record your Elluminate sessions to share with students who could not attend, or who would like to review them later.

http://www.fau.edu/irm/blackboard/elluminate.php

 

iTunesUiTunes U provides access to a wide range of digital audio and video content via the iTunes Store, Apple's online music, video and podcast service. The iTunes U tool within Blackboard allows instructors to create a private area that includes course-based audio/video materials that are linked to Blackboard course sites and are only available to the students enrolled in those courses.

http://www.fau.edu/irm/blackboard/pdf/itunes_u.pdf

 

ImpaticaThis tool makes it easy to add audio narrated PowerPoint presentations to your course web site. It converts your PowerPoint files into a compressed format that is optimzed for streaming over the Internet. Students don't need to download any special plug-ins to view these files.

http://www.fau.edu/irm/instructional/impatica.php

 

Other Resources

Note some of the following products/services are "freeware" for personal and educational use; however, for commercial use a license is required. Please use appropriately.

This is only a partial list, and there are many more elearning developmental tools on the Internet. if you have used another applications, and you would like to share them with other elearning instructors, please forward the information to jfowlkes@fau.edu.

Also, if you have any questions about the products/services, or how to incorporate them into your courses, please contact jfowlkes@fau.edu.

Animated Video

Audio Recorder and Editor

Audio and Video Format Converter

Cloud Storage

Color Identifier

Grading Rubric Generator and Database

Google - not just a search engine

Graph Creator

  • graph.tk - http://graph.tk/about/ - An online and open-source graphing utillity. It runs in any modern browser that supports the canvas element. It plots functions, and displays them.

Image Gallery Creator

  • jalbum.net – http://jalbum.net - Creates a image gallery with thumbnails and the option for full view and descriptors.

Image or Photo Editor

Image Resizer and Format Converter

  • FastStone – resize and/or reformat all images within a folder to a specific size/format for web development - http://www.faststone.org

Instant Audience Feedback

Learning Activity Creator

Learning Object Repository

Learning Style and Strategy Identifier

Mindmapping

Narrated PowerPoint to Video Format Converter

Non-Linear Presentation Creator

RSS Feeds

Schedule Polling

Screen Capture of Image and Motion

  • Jing – Take a picture or make a short video of what you see on your computer monitor – http://www.techsmith.com/jing
  • Screenr – http://screenr.com - Screenr is a free web application that allows you to create screencasts up to 5 minutes long. You can make them public streams for anyone to access.

Social Media

Bookmarking – identifying quality web resources

Updates – websites that serve as an ongoing resource update relating to social media.

Professional Networking - social media options to develop professional network.

Social Curation

  • Symbaloo – http://www.symbaloo.com - Allows you to import Delicious bookmarks and create “tiles” for different activities (searches, email, blogging, etc), applications (YouTube, Flickr, Twitter, etc), and tiles that you create and customize.
  • SymbalooEDU – http://www.symbalooedu.com/
    Teaches instructors how to create, organize, and share personal learning environments (PLEs). The site is free for individual use, but instructor cost wanted to use it for classes ($34.99 for 1 year or $24.99 (annually) for 2 years) and for institutions who want to brand their own tiles (.99 per user/per year for 1 year, .69 per user/per year for 2 years). Setup is free.

Technical Support for Students

Timeline Creator

  • TimeToast - http://www.timetoast.com - Web-based support tool for individual and collaborative timeline creation and sharing.

Video Creator and Editor

Video Messaging

  • Eyejot – Online video messaging to build community within the online learning environment.Think of it as being a video based email service. http://www.eyejot.com