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Whether you’re heading out or staying on campus, keep your online education skill up to snuff this summer with archived webinars from our partners.

UDM is a member of the Teaching, Learning, and Technology Group. The TLT has a deep archive of webinars on a huge variety of topics related to effective use of technology in teaching. Sample topics include active teaching/learning activities, using apps, social networking… Continue reading

Blackboard Collaborate is our newest online collaboration tool that allows you to interact with students in a “real time” virtual classroom setting. Unlike Wimba, Blackboard Collaborate works directly with your web browser and Java to provide a “session” based learning experience. This tutorial focuses on creating a basic session to use for meetings or office hours. Continue reading

More and more courses are being taught online or at least have an online component in the course work. Testing is often a part of online courses, just like it is in traditional, face-to-face courses. When administering an online test, there are a few strategies you can employ that will encourage honesty.

Random Questions, Random Answers

The first and most effective strategy is to provide students with a randomized test… Continue reading

Using Lime Survey to gather data can be a great resource to all University of Detroit Mercy Faculty/Staff/Administrators/Students. It’s a free, supported tool should UDM folks ever need assistance. Currently, we are working on additional tutorials to better assist folks with their Lime Survey needs. Until then, please contact the Instructional Design Studio at: 313-578-0580 or ids@udmercy.edu to schedule an appointment to learn how to use Lime Survey.

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Before adding questions into your course’s test canvas one by one, we suggest you write your test questions in Word (.doc, .docx), Notepad (.txt), or Text Edit (for mac) using the Standard Respondus Formatting then sending us the file to be uploaded.

Sometimes publishing companies will have pre-made tests and pools that you can use by importing their course cartridge into your course.

After your questions are… Continue reading