ISC How-To Documents
How-To documents give step-by-step instructions on common tasks that instructors who teach with technology will find helpful. For additional information on any of these topics please contact or stop by any Instructional Support Center.
Getting Started with Blackboard
- Blackboard Quick Start
- Getting Started with the Grade Center (by Blackboard, Inc.)
- Grade Center Basic Functions
- Creating an Assignment in Blackboard
- Creating and Deploying Blackboard Assessments
- Creating Custom Learning Paths with Adaptive Release
- What’s New in the Blackboard Discussion Board
- How To Prepare Your Blackboard Course(s) for Next Semester
- Blackboard Student Guide
Taking Blackboard Further
- Using SafeAssign plagiarism detection in Blackboard
- Social Bookmarking with Blackboard Scholar
- Blogs & Wikis in Blackboard- See below under Learning Objects
Respondus
Respondus is a tool for creating and managing exams that can be printed to paper or published directly to Blackboard. A site license makes the software available to all Temple Faculty & Staff; it can be downloaded at download.temple.edu
- Using Respondus to Import Questions and Create Exams in Blackboard
- Quick Reference: Import Exam Questions to Blackboard via Respondus
Learning Objects
- Blogs (Journal LX) Online Help
- Wikis (Teams LX) Online Help
- Podcast LX Online Help
- Expo LX Online Help
- Search LX Online Help
Classroom Enhancement
- Apreso Classroom Quick Start Guide
- Masterfile (E-Portfolio) How-To Guide
- NetOp School Quick Start Guide
Turning Point (Classroom Response System)
Gallery (MDID2)
- An Instructors Guide to MDID2
- What's New in MDID2
- How to link to Gallery Slideshows from Blackboard
- ImageViewer Quick Reference Sheet
Adobe Acrobat
Adobe Dreamweaver
- Creating a Web Page at Temple
- How to Configure and Use Macromedia Dreamweaver to Upload and Download Web Pages to the WWW server
- How to Configure and Use Macromedia Dreamweaver to Upload and Download Web Pages to Your ASTRO.TEMPLE.EDU personal web space
Listserv Mailing Lists
Scanning Text and Images
Various Applications
Helpful Links
The following links are to sites that provide information about technology.
Some sites provide step-by-step instructions while others define
terminology or provide an overview on a particular technology. Sorted
by topic, each has instructions, and offers a world of help to anyone
interested in learning more about teaching with technology and computers
in general. These web pages are not maintained or controlled by the ISC.
Computer Terminology
Temple Guides & References
Java Applets & HTML Coding