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9 Articles Canvas Transition

  • Canvas: How to Copy All Course Files from Blackboard to Canvas
  • Preparing Your Course for Canvas Migration
  • Canvas: How to Check for Broken Links in your Course
  • Canvas: What to expect when your course is migrated (video)
  • How to Delete (Unneeded) Files in Blackboard Content Collection

10 Articles Canvas → Getting Started

  • Canvas: How to Restore Deleted Items or Files
  • How to Request a Canvas/Teams Course
  • How to Add a TA or Co-instructor to your Blackboard/Canvas Course
  • Canvas: How to Navigate between Courses using the Global Navigation and Dashboard
  • Canvas: What to expect when your course is migrated (video)

20 Articles Turnitin LTI

  • How to access Turnitin in Canvas
  • How to Create a Turnitin Assignment Using the New Interface
  • Overview of Turnitin LTI Assignment Inbox – New
  • How to Edit an Assignment – New
  • How to Perform a Turnitin Roster Sync – New

9 Articles Canvas → Assignments

  • How to access Turnitin in Canvas
  • Canvas: How to add an assignment using an external app (LTI tool)
  • Canvas: How to Create an Assignment
  • Canvas: How to publish or unpublish an assignment
  • Canvas: How to set separate due dates for course sections or individual students

11 Articles Canvas → Grades

  • Canvas: How to show the Final/Total Grade as a Letter Grade
  • Canvas: How to grade an assignment using SpeedGrader
  • Canvas: How to use the Gradebook
  • Canvas: How to weight the final grade based on assignment groups
  • Canvas: How to create a column in the gradebook

15 Articles Canvas → Quizzes

  • How to Take a Canvas Quiz with Respondus LockDown Browser (Student Guide)
  • Canvas: How can I use the Quizzes Index Page?
  • Canvas: How to Edit a Quiz
  • Canvas: How to Add a New Quiz and Its Settings
  • Canvas: How to Create Different Types of Quiz Question

9 Articles Canvas → Tools

  • Canvas: How to Check for Broken Links in your Course
  • Canvas: How to Embed YouTube Video
  • How to add external tools in Canvas
  • Canvas: How to use the Attendance Roll Call Tool
  • Canvas: How to create Groups

11 Articles Canvas → Videos

  • How to Add Media to your Course using Canvas Studio
  • How to Use the Canvas Studio Media Player
  • How to Edit a Video with Canvas Studio
  • How to Add Captions to your Video using Canvas Studio
  • How to Organize Videos using Collections in Canvas Studio

3 Articles Respondus LockDown Browser & Monitor with Canvas

  • How to Take a Canvas Quiz with Respondus LockDown Browser (Student Guide)
  • Canvas: Setup an Exam with Respondus Monitor and LockDown Browser
  • Canvas: Setup an Exam with Respondus LockDown Browser

3 Articles Respondus with Canvas

  • How to Get Started with Respondus Software
  • How to Retrieve Questions from Canvas Quizzes
  • Canvas: How to Publish Your Exam from Respondus to Canvas

23 Articles Microsoft Teams

  • How to Request a Blackboard/Teams Class
  • How to view Meeting Recordings in a Team
  • How to prevent students from downloading Team channel meeting recordings
  • How to Reduce Background Noise in Teams Meeting
  • How to create Breakout Rooms in Microsoft Teams

13 Articles Blackboard → Getting Started

  • How to Add a TA or Co-instructor to your Blackboard/Canvas Course
  • How to Add Library Reserves to a Blackboard Course
  • How to Create Announcements in Blackboard
  • Getting Oriented with Blackboard
  • How to Upload a File to the Course

21 Articles Blackboard → Basics

  • PDF File Issue in Chrome & Fix
  • New Look for the Content Editor in Blackboard Learn
  • How to Create a Web Link
  • How to Reorder Items in Course Content Page
  • How to Add an Item to the Course Menu

8 Articles Respondus

  • How to Get Started with Respondus Software
  • How to Import Exam Questions with Respondus
  • How to Publish Your Exam from Respondus to Blackboard
  • How to Create and Format Exam Questions in Respondus
  • How to Insert an Image into Respondus Exam Questions

9 Articles Respondus LockDown Browser & Monitor

  • How to take a Blackboard Quiz with Respondus Lockdown Browser (Student Guide)
  • How to Setup an Exam with Respondus Monitor and LockDown Browser
  • Respondus LockDown Browser Guide for Instructors and Students
  • Taking a Test with Respondus Monitor (Student Guide)
  • How to Review Test Videos with Respondus Monitor

16 Articles Microsoft 365

  • How to Log into UH Microsoft 365
  • Overview of Basic Functions in OneDrive
  • How to Upload Files or Folders to OneDrive
  • How to Share File or Folder with Others in OneDrive
  • How to Share OneDrive Files in Blackboard

4 Articles Flipgrid

  • How to access Flipgrid
  • Flipgrid: How to create a topic and share the link
  • Flipgrid: How to record a response and reply to other posts
  • Flipgrid: How to close a discussion topic

6 Articles Ally

  • Ally in Canvas Instructor Guide
  • How Ally Works for Instructors
  • How Ally Works for Students
  • How Ally Looks in Content Collection
  • How to view your Course Accessibility Report in Blackboard

8 Articles Zoom

  • How to Join a Zoom Meeting with UH CougarNet – Student Guide
  • How to Create Breakout Rooms in Zoom Meeting
  • How to Use the Zoom Meeting Scheduler Tool in Blackboard
  • What is “Zoombombing” and How to Prevent It
  • How to Schedule a Zoom Meeting from Web or Desktop

14 Articles Blackboard → Course Tools

  • How to Use the Zoom Meeting Scheduler Tool in Blackboard
  • How to Export or Import Blackboard Rubric
  • How to Create a Journal
  • About Rubrics
  • How to Add a Test Student

15 Articles Accessibility

  • How to Add Captions to your Video using Canvas Studio
  • How to Fix Accessibility Issue in Blackboard Course Collection
  • How to Generate Transcript for Video Uploaded to OneDrive
  • How to Create an Accessible Word Document
  • How to Use Accessibility Checker for Microsoft Files

64 Articles TurningPoint Desktop

  • How to Add a Correct Answer Indicator
  • How to Add a Countdown Timer into PowerPoint Polling
  • Add a Response Grid
  • TP8: TurningPoint Desktop Overview
  • How to Add PointSolutions Account Registration Link in Blackboard

31 Articles Blackboard → Gradebook

  • How to Reorder Columns in Grade Center
  • How to Create Course Sections as Smart Views Links in Full Grade Center
  • How to Upload Blackboard Final Grades to PeopleSoft
  • How to Create a Column in the Grade Center
  • How to Delete Columns in Grade Center

13 Articles Blackboard → Assignments

  • How to Submit a Video Assignment in Blackboard Using OneDrive
  • How to Create a New Assignment
  • Blackboard Annotate Overview – NEW ***
  • How to Use Blackboard Annotate – NEW ***
  • How to Grade Assignment with Blackboard Rubric

33 Articles Blackboard → Assessments

  • How to Delete a Test that is no Longer Needed
  • How to Prevent Images not Loading in Blackboard Exam
  • How to Print Student’s Blackboard Test Attempt
  • How to Use Negative Points for Incorrect Answers in Blackboard
  • How to Grade Exam Short-Answer or Essay Questions

8 Articles Blackboard → Discussion Boards

  • How to Delete Discussion Forums or Threads
  • How to View Students’ Discussion Statistics in Blackboard
  • How to Check for Unread Discussion Posts
  • How to Download Students’ Discussion Posts in One File
  • How to Lock a Discussion Thread, yet Allow Students to Read Posts

17 Articles UH College of Medicine

  • UHCOM – How to use NEW Breakout Rooms in Microsoft Teams
  • UHCOM – Export Alignments by Session (Faculty)
  • UHCOM eMedley Account Settings
  • UHCOM-eMedley-Editing Exam Submission
  • UHCOM-Adding Notes to eMedley Gradebook

3 Articles Kahoot!

  • How to Create a Kahoot! Account
  • How to Create a Kahoot! Quiz
  • How to Play Kahoot! in Class

4 Articles Blackboard → Groups

  • How to Create Self-Enroll Groups
  • How to Make the Sign-Up Sheet Available to Students
  • How to Create Manual Enroll Groups
  • How to Release an Item to Groups

5 Articles Blackboard → Communication Tools

  • How to Communicate with Students
  • How to Send Course Message to Students Within Blackboard
  • How to Send Email in Blackboard
  • How to Add Message Notifications in Blackboard
  • How to Prevent Students from Emailing Each Other through Blackboard

6 Articles Blackboard → Content Collection

  • How to Bulk Download all Blackboard Files
  • How to Delete (Unneeded) Files in Blackboard Content Collection
  • How to Setup WebDAV with Blackboard Course
  • How to Upload Multiple Files to Content Collection
  • How to Delete Outdated Files from Content Collection

1 Article Blackboard → Retention Center

  • About Retention Center

7 Articles TurningPoint Web

  • TP Web: How to Upload PowerPoint Polling Results to Blackboard
  • TP Web: How to Create Poll Questions in PowerPoint
  • TP Web: How to run PowerPoint Polling
  • TP Web: How to Download TurningPoint Web for PowerPoint
  • TP Web: How to Create a New Question List

5 Articles CASA Cloud

  • How to Create a CASA Cloud account
  • How to Upload a File to CASA Cloud
  • How to Share a File from CASA Cloud
  • How to Share a Video from CASA Cloud
  • CASA Cloud security settings

10 Articles Video → Camtasia Studio

  • Prepare, Script, Audio
  • Record Your Screen
  • Saving Files and Project Management
  • Explore the Editor
  • Apply SmartFocus to Zoom and Pan

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New Articles

  • Ally in Canvas Instructor Guide
  • Canvas: How to Restore Deleted Items or Files
  • Canvas: How to Create a Graded Discussion
  • Canvas: How to Copy All Course Files from Blackboard to Canvas
  • How to Bulk Download all Blackboard Files
  • Canvas: How to Navigate between Courses using the Global Navigation and Dashboard
  • Canvas: How to Check for Broken Links in your Course
  • How to Request a Canvas/Teams Course

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