Student Preview for faculty

Blackboard course sites have a student view available to faculty. To switch into Student Preview mode, click the EYE icon in the upper right of your course site:

Student Preview button

Clicking this button temporarily turns a faculty account into a student account. While in Student Preview mode, the course site a faculty member sees will be exactly what the student sees. Faculty in Student Preview mode can even perform activities normally restricted to students, such as submit quizzes or assignments.

To exit Student Preview, click the Exit Preview button.

Exit Preview button

On exiting the preview, you will be confronted with a set of choices.

Exit Preview Dialog

The default selection, Delete preview user and all data deletes from the course anything you’ve done while in preview mode. The second selection, Keep the preview user and all data, preserves any work you’ve done while in preview mode. Select this option if you want to see, for example, how test results display in the Grade Center. The preview user account will appear in the Grade Center as Yourlastname_PreviewUser.

To delete this data, re-launch preview mode, then exit again choosing the first option.

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Laptop loan for faculty

The Instructional Design Studio has a limited number of laptops that may be checked out by faculty and staff interested in developing online course content. These laptops have Camtasia software installed, which makes it a breeze to record any onscreen activity, from PowerPoint lectures to software tutorials. Our new laptops include high quality touchscreens, making it easy to annotate your presentations, or write or draw your own. Check out a short demo of the software here …

Laptops can be checked out for one week by UDM faculty or staff.

If you’re using Camtasia to create pre-recorded lectures for your students — whether on a checked out laptop or on your own — the Instructional Design Studio would be happy to produce and post those recordings for you, provided they’re less than 20 minutes in length. Turn-around time for Camtasia production is 3 days.

Interested in checking out a laptop or taking advantage of our production services? Contact the Instructional Design Studio for help!

(313) 578-0580 or ids@udmercy.edu

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Getting started with Knowledge (Blackboard)

This series of videos introduces the basics of using the University of Detroit Mercy’s Blackboard course site, which we refer to locally as Knowledge.

Your Computer: You’ll need a proper PC to complete most of your coursework. An iPad, Android Tablet, Windows RT device, or smart phone will be useful for many things, but to post content (online discussion, assignments, etc), take tests, or participate in live classroom sessions you will need a full PC. Mac computers (lap or desktop) are fine, as are Windows 8 devices (laptops, desktops, and hybrid devices like the Surface PRO or Lenovo Yoga line).

Web Browser: Your web browser is the software you use to view the internet. We recommend Firefox or Internet Explorer as a primary browser (Safari and Chrome generally work but are not officially supported and therefore occasionally have issues). Whatever browser you use, please stay up to date with the latest set of patches and updates.

There are a number of other video and text walkthroughs for both students and faculty on this site. To find help for a particular tool, please use the search or browse functions on the right hand side of this page.

You may also want to refer to our Knowledge Intro [PDF] handout for further assistance.

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