Faculty Resources
DEET Newsletters
- Faculty Supervisor Points of Contact
- Faculty Qualifications and Responsibilities
- Distance Education Faculty Handbook
- Master Course Requirements
- Student Attendance Tracking (with revisions)
- Employee training schedules and materials are available by contacting Employee Training.
- Online Faculty Blackboard Training
- Faculty Checklists
BB Gradebook:
- Detailed Instructions for Downloading and Submitting Your BB Gradebook to CTAM
- Access BB Gradebook Assistant (rename downloaded gradebook)
- Use Blackboard gradebook settings to convert percentages to points
- Requirements for using Blackboard Gradebook
- Creating Blackboard Grade Columns
- Creating Manual ISD Total column
- Creating Calculated ISD Total column
Submitting Grades from Blackboard to Colleague:
Attendance:
BB Learn:
- On-Demand Videos for Blackboard Original View - Recommended for new Blackboard faculty
- Blackboard Learn for Instructors Playlist
- Copy Limited Content from One Course to Another
- How to Edit Notification Settings
- How to Find Your Course Section in Blackboard
- How to Export and Import a Blackboard course
- Blackboard Test Generator
- How to Allow Extra Time for Students with a Disability
BB Collaborate:
- Blackboard Collaborate Tutorial for Faculty
- Add Blackboard Collaborate Tool to Course Menu
- 10 Cool Ways to Engage with Blackboard Collaborate
- Top Ten Ways of Using Blackboard Collaborate
- Help and Technical Support
- General System Requirements
- Blackboard Collaborate recording download
- About Collaborate Ultra Experience
- Ultra Experience Browser Support
- Ultra Experience Start here with the Basics
- Ultra Experience Help for Moderators
Biometric Signature ID™:
- What is BioSig-ID™?
- How to use BioSig-ID™ in Blackboard courses
- How to Exempt Students from BioSig-ID™
BioSight-ID™:
- BioSight-ID™ Activation Instructions
- BioSight-ID™ Guidelines and instructions
- BioSight-ID™ Dashboard
- BioSight-ID™ Infractions summary
- BioSight-ID™ Filter & Policy Recommendations
SafeAssign:
Course Information:
- Decipher Your Course Name
- View Your Course Evaluations
- View summary results of submitted course evaluations
- Lecture Course Section Look-up (by start date and course alpha)
- Faculty Course Section Look-up (by course ID, section name, or course synonym)
- Access BB Gradebook Assistant
- View High School students enrolled in your classes
Course Design:
- Using YouTube for Teaching
- Course Design on a Shoestring Budget
- Fourteen Simple Strategies to Reduce Cheating on Online Examinations
- SACSCOC Best Practices for Electronically Offered Degree and Certificate Programs
- Faculty eCommons: an Online Instructor's Idea Hub
- CTC Curriculum Management (accessible from on-campus or via VPN only)
Student Engagement:
- Engaging Students Through Asynchronous Video-Based Discussions in Online Courses
- Flipping the Classroom
- 7 Essential Techniques to Increase Engagement and Enhance Online Learning Outcomes
- Maximize Engagement & Extend the Learning Experience in Blackboard Learn with Social Learning
- Using Bloom's Digital Taxonomy to Maximize Student Engagement
- Beginnings, Middles, and Ends: Motivating and Engaging Your Online Students
- Gagne's 9 Events of Instruction
Other Resources:
- Free podcasts for classroom management, online teaching and more
- MERLOT II (Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching)
- How to Be a Better Online Teacher
- How to Teach Online Classes - Recommended Tools
- Teaching Without Walls: 10 Tips for Online Teaching
- Are You Bored with Discussion Boards? Collaborative Strategies in Blended and Online Courses
- The Goodwill Community Foundation (GCF) offers free online lessons on technology, reading, math,
and careers, as well as other topics.
- Click this link to go directly to the section on computers: https://edu.gcfglobal.org/en/topics/computers/.
- Select specific topics such as Basic Computer Skills, Typing Tutorial, or Tech Savvy Tips and Tricks
- Websitebuilders.com is a free online guide that covers topics ranging from setting up your computer to doing e-business: https://websitebuilders.com/how-to/
- Get Microsoft Office 365 for free. Go to https://www.ctcd.edu/students/student-it-services/it-hardware-software-links/.
Eagle Self-Service
- Log in to Eagle Self-Service
- Eagle Self-Service Technical Assistance
- E-Mail Eagle Self-Service Tech: SelfService.Support@ctcd.edu
- Call 800-792-3348 ext. 1637 or 254-526-1637
CTC Email
- CTC Email Access (Outlook Web App/OWA)
- Google Apps Message Center Quick Guide
- Maximize In-Class Time by Moving Student Presentations Online
- 5 Accessible Design Tips for Blended Courses
- Successful Online Strategies
- Five Things Online Students Want from Faculty
- Babson Study: Over 7.1 Million Higher Ed Students Learning Online
- Brief History of Online Learning
- Better, More Affordable Colleges Start Online: How digital learning can become a part of every campus
- Blackboard Innovative Teaching Series (BITS)
- Cheating in Distance Learning Courses
