Resources for Teaching Online
A few resources have been gathered here for faculty teaching this coming semester, in the hopes that they will be helpful as course preparations go on.
Getting started: Login to Blackboard
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Online Teaching Community of Practice
A group of UMB faculty and staff who teach online or who want to learn how to do so. The group was created as an informal online community to support each other in online teaching and to share best practices, tips, and tools. Contact Dr. Michelle Pearce to join.
iDesign Instructional Design Consulations
iDesign is a free consultation service, sponsored by the University System of Maryland, providing concierge instructional design support to University of Maryland, Baltimore faculty. Need help with course planning, assignment creation, or using Blackboard, Zoom, or other educational technologies effectively? iDesign's instructional design specialists will help you solve these or other instructional challenges. Email them at umbsupport@idesignedu.org
How-To...Collaborate
- Lecturers: Simple How to Access Blackboard Collaborate (updated 8/11/20)
- Course Directors & TAs: How to Use & Setup Blackboard Collaborate (updated 8/11/20)
- Collaborate Browser Settings:
Chrome, Firefox, Safari - Accessing Groups in Collaborate for Faculty
- Troubleshooting Collaborate AV Issues
- Giving Presenter Access in Collaborate
How-To...Blackboard General
- Modifying Blackboard Pages
- Display Blackboard Avatar
- Grading Assignments in Blackboard
- Using Grade Center in Blackboard
How-To...Zoom
Blackboard & Collaborate Help
GPILS Collaborate Traning Sessions
Blackboard Help page here:
- Video: Getting started in Blackboard
- Video: Setting up the gradebook
- Video: Assessments and assignments
Collaborate Help page here:
Online Teaching Strategies
- Video: UMB FCTL Strategies for Effective Online Classrooms
- 10 Essential Principles and Practices
- Common Misperceptions
- Remote Teaching & Learning Resources from the Thurgood Marshall Law Library
The GPILS program coordinators will be on hand to assist you with issues that you might as you are getting your session started. The Coordinator that will be helping you is listed below:
For those that were not able to attend a Blackboard Collaborate training session, please view the recording of one of the sessions here and here.