Instructional Technology Resources
Services & Tools to Support Teaching & Learning at Temple /
Instructional Support Services
7/10/2014
FACILITIES
The Instructional Support Center
The ISC provides consulting services, training, and access to state-of-the-art computer equipment for use by Temple faculty and staff who are interested in incorporating technology into the teaching and learning process. The Center has certified instructional designers and technology instructors who work in partnership with you for the design of technology enhanced courses, learning opportunities to expand computer productivity skills, media production services, and the exploration of technology to complement instruction and student learning.
To read more about the Instructional Support Center, please visit
Collaborative Meeting Spaces
The TECH Center has two meeting rooms that are dedicated for faculty and staff with specialized computer technology to facilitate meetings and specialized events. Faculty and staff are required to contact the ISC in order to reserve the rooms.
Resource / ResourceFaculty Breakout Room (107)
The Faculty Breakout Room is a conference room that seats up to 12 people. Room 107 contains a computer with Internet access and a patch panel with connections for a laptop or other presentation equipment. Room 107 is equipped with a state-of-the-art Web conferencing system that includes ceiling mounted microphones, an HD video camera, and two HD widescreen video monitors / Faculty Demo Room (Room 111)
The Faculty Demonstration Room seats approximately 35 people. Furniture can be arranged for a lecture style or collaborative event. Room 111 contains a podium computer with Internet access, a digital projection system controlled by a touch panel, and a patch panel with connections for a laptop or other presentation equipment.Web conferencing capability is included as well as setup for class capture through Echo 360.
Information & Resources for Breakout & Demo Rooms
INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS
Blackboard
Blackboard is a Web-based course management system that serves as Temple's primary online course creation, delivery, and management too that offers faculty the ability communicate with and distribute materials to students.
What can Instructors do with Blackboard?
- Host a class online or both online and face to face (blended)
- Create and deliver online tests and quizzes
- Manage course grades
- Deploy assignments
- Deter plagiarized materials
- Post recorded class lectures for student access
- Facilitate asynchronous online threaded discussions
- Enable students to collaborate on projects using Blogs and Wikis
- Teach with Images using Gallery, an online image database
Blackboard Information & Resources
Resource / ResourceMaterials Provided by Blackboard.com
Blackboard.com regularly updates the Blackboard Learn On Demand Tutorials page with video tutorials on how to use the various tools that comprise the Blackboard system. / Materials Provided by the Instructional Support Center
The Instructional Support Center provides video tutorials and documentation that step instructors through the use of the tools that comprise the Blackboard system.
Bb Information & Resources Provided by Blackboard.com
Catalog of Blackboard Training Materials
/ Bb Information & Resources Provided by the ISC
Blackboard Quick Reference Guides & Video Tutorials for Temple
Assessment
Applications are available to help instructors assess student progress, measure knowledge, track performance, and calculate grades.
Resource / ResourceBb Assignments
Present learning activities and enable students to easily submit work within any content area of a Blackboard course. Submissions appear in the Blackboard Grade grading. / Bb Safe Assignment
A Safe Assignment is similar to a regular Assignment. Both tools distribute instructions to students who then use the tool to submit their completed work. Safe Assign differs from Assignments as it includes plagiarism prevention tools and is used to create opportunities to help students properly attribute sources rather than paraphrase.
Information & Resources for Assignments
Inline Grading for Assignments:
/ Information & Resources for Safe Assign
Bb Grade Center
The Grade Center enables faculty to calculate and weight grades, and monitor student progress. Grades can be managed for a variety of assessments that include assignments, tests, discussion board posts, blogs, and wikis. Faculty can create Grade columns for other class activities thatrequire grading such as attendance, class participation, and special projects. / Bb Tests & Surveys
Instructors can easily create tests and surveys in a Blackboard course to measure student knowledge, gauge progress, and gather information from students. Instructors can make a test or survey available in any content area of a Blackboard course. For tests, points can be assigned to questions and test results will automatically appear in the Blackboard gradebook.
Information & Resources for Grade Center
Getting Started With the Grade Center: / Information & Resources for Tests & Surveys
Create a Test:
Google Form (Survey)
The Google Form tool can be used to create an interactive survey that can be easily distributed to participants. / Poll Everywhere Classroom Response Systems(online )
Poll Everywhere is a classroom response solution for instructors who need to poll students in the classroom and do not have access to TurningPoint clickers. Students respond to questions using a mobile phone, Twitter, or web browser. Responses are posted live on the web or in a PowerPoint presentation.
Information & Resources for Google
/ Information & Resources for Poll Everywhere
Turnitin
Turnitin is a web-based plagiarism prevention application that can be accessed within a Blackboard course to deter plagiarism. Turnitin also serves as an educational tool to teach students how to work with sources and ways that they can improve their citation and paraphrasing skills. / TurningPoint Classroom Response Systems (Clickers)
To encourage active classroom participation, Temple instructors may use a classroom response system such as TurningPoint. Using response pads, also referred to as “clickers,” students can answer questions, respond to surveys, take opinion polls, and much more through PowerPoint slides.
Information & Resources for TurningPoint
/ Information & Resources for TurningPoint
Collaboration
Collaborative software applications are designed to help students involved in a common task such as a class project, homework assignment, or problem solve to achieve a common goal online. Collaborative software applications are designed to help faculty manage the classroom through the use of Announcements to send timely news, wikis to create sign-up lists, and more!
Resource / ResourceBlackboard Announcements
Faculty can use the announcements tool to inform students of events or other time sensitive information. / Blackboard Discussion Board
The Discussion Board is a tool used for sharing thoughts and ideas about class materials. The Discussion Board is made up of Forums. Forums are a way of organizing the discussion around a topic or group of related topics called threads.
Information & Resources for Announcements
/ Information & Resources for Discussion Boards
Create a Discussion Board Forum:
Blackboard Wikis
Wikis enable course members to contribute and modify one or more pages of course-related materials, providing a means of sharing and collaboration. Instructors can create wikis and grade contributions and all course members can create pages and offer comments. / Blackboard Blogs
Students can use journals as a self-reflective tool to post their opinions and ideas about the class, course-related project, or event The Blogs tool within Blackboard enables faculty to create a shared online diary for use in class.
Information & Resources for Blackboard Wikis
Create and Manage a Wiki: / Information & Resources for Blackboard Blogs
Create a Blog:
Sites.Temple.Edu Blogs
Faculty and staff can use Temple Website Hosting to build online Curriculum Vitae or to present creative works. These templates also include a blog that you can use to communicate ideas, connect with students and facilitate discussion with your colleagues both inside and outside of Temple. / OwlBox
Temple faculty, students, and staff are provided with access to Box, a system to share files and collaborate on projects and assignments.
Information Resources for Blogs on sites.temple.edu
/ Information & Resources for Owlbox
Tools for Online Instruction
A number of tools are available for instructors who need to allow their students to listen and view lectures online.
Resource / ResourceCamtasia Relay
Camtasia Relay is a desktop application enabling instructors to record lectures, presentations, video via a webcam, and more. Recordings can be automatically uploaded to and hosted from Temple’s Ensemble video server, and the url that is generated can be placed in any content area of a Blackboard course. / Echo 360
Echo360 is a classroom capture system that is scheduled to run in room 111 at the TECH Center and designated smart classrooms. Echo360 captures and publishes classroom lectures by recording an instructor’s voice with the visual contents presented on a computer such as PowerPoint slides, websites, applications, document camera, video, and audio files. Echo360 then automatically creates a rich media version of the lecture, which is presented as web links that can then be viewed through any Web browser. The links can be sent directly to your email address or accessed through Blackboard.
Information & Resources for Announcements
/ Information & Resources for Echo 360
Ensemble Video
Ensemble Video is an Enterprise Media Content System used at Temple University that enables departments to easily upload and manage media via a “YouTube” like interface. / Gallery
Gallery is an online digital image database used by instructors who teach with images. Images that are uploaded to the database can be packaged into slideshows for display through a digital projector in the classroom. Two images can be displayed at one time for comparison and contrast. Slide shows with image date can be packaged in a format for student self-student through the web. Gallery can be accessed within a Blackboard course or at
Information & Resources for Ensemble Video
/ Information & Resources for Gallery
Ares Course Reserves
Instructors can reserve course materialsfrom Paley Library to be placed online for student access through Blackboard. / WebEx
WebEx is Temple University’s Web Conferencing application that can be used by Temple Instructors to host online classes, office hours, conferences, interviews, and other meetings on line. Presenters and participates communicate in real-time using chat, voice (microphone and speakers), and video (web cam).
Information & Resources for Ares Course Reserves
/ Information & Resources for WebEx
Accessibility at Temple
Temple University is committed to ensuring that the facilities, information, and technology it creates or provides are accessible in accordance with applicable law.
Resource / ResourceResources for Accessible Materials & More
Temple University is committed to ensuring that the facilities, information, and technology it creates or provides are accessible in accordance with applicable law. / Obtain Help on How To Make Course Materials Accessible
Consultants at the ISC are available to assist faculty with the conversion of documents that are accessible to people with disabilities.
Information & Resources for Accessibility
/ Information & Resources for Accessible Materials
PRODUCTION SERVICES
Poster Printing & DVD Duplication Services
Resource / ResourcePoster Printing
Poster printingservicesare only available to Temple University faculty and staff. A fee is required / DVD/CD Duplication
The Instructional Support Center will duplicate DVD and CD materials for instructors. A fee is required.
Information & Resources for Poster Printing
/ Information & Resources for DVD/CD Duplication
Audio/Video Duplication & Conversion
A/V duplication and conversion services are only available to Temple University faculty and staff. A fee is required / Steaming Media
Instructional Support staff will assist instructors with the creation of digital audio and video using tools that include FinalCutPro and iMovie. Assistance with delivering digital audio and video on a web site or Blackboard is provided.
Information & Resources for AV Duplication & Conversion
/ Information & Resources for Streaming Media
TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES
Training is delivered online for self-paced learning and scheduled workshops for hands-on practice on a variety of topics for currently employed Temple University faculty and staff, and currently enrolled Temple University students.
Resource / ResourceFace-to-Face
Face-to-face training is available for faculty on the use ofinstructional technology tools to support teaching and learning such as Blackboard,classroom response systems (clickers),collaborative applications, plagiarism prevention, and the creation of accessible documents.
Workshop Information & Catalog of Current Workshop Events / Self-Paced Online
Free unlimited access to Lynda.com, an online library of high quality instructional videos is available 24/7 to currently employed faculty and staff, and currently enrolled students.Topics include business skills, photography, design, music, video, animation, and web design and development, and more!
Information & Resources for Face-to-face Training
Workshop Calendar & Registration
/ Information & Resources for Online Training
Go to or select Lynda.com through your TUportal account.
Technology Solutions for Instructors
Scenario / Technology SolutionI can’t meet my face-to-face class and need to use a tool to conduct my class online from home. / WebEx
I would like my students to jointly collaborate on a web page. / Blackboard Wikis
I would like to record an application that I’m using on my computer desktop to post to Blackboard or another web site for online instruction / Camtasia and Ensemble
I’m participating in a poster session at a conference and need to obtain help designing and printing a poster / Schedule an appointment to meet with a consultant at the ISC who will assist with the design and will print the poster. Consultation services are free. A fee will be charged for poster printing.
Do you have a Scenario and Technology Solution to Offer?
Student Fellows, as you work with faculty throughout the semester, please let us know the questions that you are receiving from your Faculty Fellow so that we may add them to the Technology Solutions for Instructors list for future Student Fellows.
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