Get Jing-y with It!

February 15, 2012 in Discovery Fridays, Distance Learning, Faculty, Inspire

One of my favorite free tools on the web is a screen capture tool called Jing. Jing allows you to create images and video tutorials from your computer screen. If you have every received a video tutorial from me via email… it was created with Jing.

Jing was developed by TechSmith, who also makes Camtasia and Snag It.

Below is a video overview/demo of Jing:

NOTE: Video capture is now included in the free version of Jing.

Use Jing to snap images of your computer screen to use in student directions.
Annotate screen captures with text, arrows, and highlights
Use Jing to create videos from your screen for course lectures or web tours. (5 minute limit)
Share Jing videos easily using Bb or YouTube.

Here is a great tutorial for getting started with Jing: Jing Tutorial

The possibilities are endless. I use Jing almost everyday for something. So, download Jing and let me know what you think: Free Download

Ken
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Ken Fairbanks
Director of Distance & Distributed Learning
Wytheville Community College

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Capzles added to Get Inspired!

January 30, 2012 in Distance Learning

Check out the latest in the Get Inspired: Presentation series! Everything you need to know about Capzles!

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Creating a Calculated Column in Grade Center

November 7, 2011 in BB Tutorials, Faculty

Grade Center – Create Calculated Column

Create Calculated Column for Blackboard 9 is used to create a column where you would want to add a column in the Grade Center to total, average or weight your grades. To view the Grade Center in Blackboard 9:

Log into Blackboard and open your course
Navigate to the course Control Panel (lower left of page)
Click the Evaluation link
Click the Grade Center link which will open the Grade Center page on the right of your screen.
Select Create Calculated Column. This option is used if you want to create a column where you will have Blackboard 9 calculate an Average, Minimum/Maximum, Total or Weighted column.
Required fields for you to enter are Column Name and Points Possible.
Other choices to make at this time would be: Primary Display (choose Score which is default; Text; Letter; Percentage; Complete/Incomplete); Category (if you plan on weighting grades by category, this is important to choose); Due Date (students see this in their My Grades view).
Under Options, you have three choices to select: Include This Column in Grade Center Calculations; Show this Column to Students; Show Statistics.
Once you’ve created your grade column, click Submit to save your changes.

Click here to download this tutorial, 19 BB9 Tutorial Grade Center Create Calculated Column!

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Creating a Column in Grade Center

November 7, 2011 in BB Tutorials, Faculty

Grade Center – Creating a Column

Create Column for Blackboard 9 is used to create a column where you would enter manual grades such as attendance or an assignment completed where a link was not automatically created in the Blackboard 9 Grade Center. To view the Grade Center in Blackboard 9:

Log into Blackboard and open your course
Navigate to the course Control Panel (lower left of page)
Click the Evaluation link
Click the Grade Center link which will open the Grade Center page on the right of your screen
Select Create Column. This option is used if you want to create a column where you will manually enter grades.
Required fields for you to enter are Column Name and Points Possible
Other choices to make at this time would be: Primary Display (choose Score which is default; Text; Letter; Percentage; Complete/Incomplete); Category (if you plan on weighting grades by category, this is important to choose); Due Date (students see this in their My Grades view)
Under Options, you have three choices to select: Include This Column in Grade Center Calculations; Show this Column to Students; Show Statistics
Once you’ve created your grade column, click Submit to save your changes.

Click here to download this tutorial, 18 BB9 Tutorial Grade Center Create Column!

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How to Create a Test

November 7, 2011 in BB Tutorials, Faculty

Creating a Test within a Blackboard Course

To create a Test please follow the steps outlined below:

Log into Blackboard
Navigate to the course Control Panel
Click the Course Tools link
Click the Test, Surveys, and Pools link
Click the Tests Link
Click the Build Test button
Provide a Name, Description, and Instructions for your test in the spaces provided
Click the Submit button
Click the Creation Settings button
Select your Options (an explanation is provided below)
Click Submit
Click Create Question
Select the Question Type you wish to create (please see the following list for a description of all question types)
Complete the required fields for the Question Type you selected and click Submit
Repeat steps 12-14 until you have completed creating your assessment.