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Summer Writing Group 2026
If you’re working on a writing project for publication this summer, consider joining the Faculty Center’s new writing group. The group will meet on Tuesdays from 9 – 11 AM, […]
Teaching and Learning Focus Areas
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A Faster Way to Get Your Test Questions into Blackboard (finally!)
Dr. Sarah Portway, Department of Human Ecology, SUNY Oneonta, If you have ever tried to create a quiz or test in Blackboard, you’ve probably noticed that the part where you…
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Breakout Groups for Dialogic Exercises
Dr. William Walker, History Department, SUNY Oneonta, Professor Will Walker explains the effective use of breakout groups for dialogue-based activities. Will explains how this is done quite simply by using the breakout group function in Blackboard collaborate. This is part…
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Virtual Whiteboard Solutions
Dr. Keith Jones, Mathematics Department, SUNY Oneonta, One of the best pieces of advice I saw early in the online switch was to pick up a relatively inexpensive document camera and use…
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All About Blackboard (Polls, Screenshots, and Grading Exams)
Dr. Keith Jones, Mathematics Department, SUNY Oneonta, Blackboard Collaborate Polls I am used to running a classroom where students speak just as much as I do, but it has become much more…
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Using LaTeX with Blackboard
Dr. Keith Jones, Mathematics Department, SUNY Oneonta, LaTeX is the universal standard for typesetting mathematical communications; so any subject that involves the use of equations can benefit from LaTeX. Blackboard technically has built-in LaTeX…
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Using Perusall
Dr. Keith Jones, Mathematics Department, SUNY Oneonta, About the Website The website Perusall is designed to facilitate reading and discussion online. It provides a platform which integrates textbook (or other document) reading with annotations that…
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Another Day, Another Folder
Dr. Sallie Han, Anthropology Department, SUNY Oneonta, I reorganized the folders on Blackboard so that each one contains all the materials for one day/lesson, and my students have told me that this has been…
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Blackboard Collaborate: Polls, Breakout Groups, and how I use them
Dr. Elizabeth Small, Foreign Language & Literature Department, SUNY Oneonta, Beth Small provides some helpful tips and tricks on how to interact with students remotely on Blackboard. Dr. Small explains how to use Blackboard’s functions…
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Creating A Custom Landing Page in Blackboard
Dr. Gregory Fulkerson, Sociology Department, SUNY Oneonta, Greg Fulkerson has some ideas for how to change the landing page when logging into a Blackboard shell. Making these alterations in a…
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Valuable Online Teaching Resources
Valerie Bolger, Health and Fitness Department, SUNY Oneonta, There are many resources I utilize while teaching online higher education courses that engage students in their virtual learning experience. A side from course…
