Distance Ed Resources
These resources will assist faculty with online teaching.
Online Instruction
Blackboard
- Blackboard Learn 9.1
- Login to the e-Education platform.
- Blackboard 9.1 Instructor’s Manual
- Learn about the teaching and learning environment and find detailed information about creating and managing courses.
- Blackboard 9.1 Help for Instructors
- Search help topics and find step-by-step instructions on using Blackboard.
- Blackboard 9.1 Tutorial Videos (SSCC DE YouTube channel)
- Watch step-by-step tutorials on various Blackboard features and functions.
- Blackboard 9.1 Instructor Training (Atomic Learning)
- Complete a training series on Blackboard features and tools.
- Blackboard 9.1 Instructor – Grade Center Training (Atomic Learning)
- Become familiar with Grade Center’s flexibility and its many features.
- Blackboard 9.1 Instructor – Advanced Training (Atomic Learning)
- Learn new and revised instructional enhancements and course delivery options.
Bb Collaborate
- Indexed Collaborate Tutorial
- Become familiar with using the features of Blackboard Collaborate.
Instructional Design
- Quality Matters (QM) Rubric
- Discover assigned point values to standards of course instruction.
- ADDIE
- Watch a brief explanation of the ADDIE (Analyze, Design, Develop, Implement, Evaluate) Process.
Digital Storytelling
- Center for Digital Storytelling
- Share in stories of learning, action and positive change.
- University of Houston – Educational Uses of Digital Storytelling
- Find examples, essentials and resources of digital storytelling.
Serious Games/Gamification
- Serious Games stack on Delicious
- View an ongoing collection of articles, videos and other information on serious games.
- Educause – 7 Things You Should Know About Gamification
- Learn about the application of game elements in non-gaming situations to motivate or influence behavior.
Universal Design
- Center for Universal Design in Education
- View a collection of web-based resources on applying universal design to all aspects of eductaion.
Organizations
Tools
3D Animation
- Blender
- Create 3D videos.
Audio
Blackboard
- Blackboard Learn 9.1
- Login to the e-Education platform.
- Blackboard IM
- Access the campus instant messenger.
- Blackboard Collaborate
- Connect with this real time web conferencing and classroom space.
- Blackboard Mobile App
- Gain limited viewing and interaction of Bb courses from anywhere. Select your device from the photos shown to install the correct app.
- bFree
- Use this Blackboard course content extractor to open .zip (archive) files.
Browsers
- Internet Explorer
- Microsoft’s web browser
- Firefox
- Mozilla’s open source web browser
- Chrome
- Google’s web browser
Graphics
- GIMP
- Create graphics and edit photos.
- Inkscape
- Create vector graphics.
- Save and organize web graphics socially.
Presentation
- Prezi
- Create non-linear, interactive presentations with this cloud-based program.
- SlideRocket
- Create and share presentations.
- SlideShare
- Upload and share presentations.
Productivity
- Google Docs
- Create documents, spreadsheets, drawings, forms and presentations online.
- OpenOffice
- Download this open source office productivity suite (includes Writer, Impress, Calc, Draw, Base).
- Zoho
- Access productivity and collaboration tools (Writer, Show, Sheet, etc.).
Utilities
- SpeedTest
- Test your Internet connection speed.
Video
- Handbrake
- Capture DVD and video segments.
- Jing
- Capture screen shots and up to five minute screen capture videos.
- KeepVid
- Capture YouTube, DailyMotion, Google, Megavideo, Vimeo and Metacafe videos.
- Screenr
- Create screencasts with this web-based screen recorder.
- VLC Media Player
- Play a variety of media.
- Windows Movie Maker (Live Essentials)
- Create videos through a simpler interface with this newer version of Movie Maker
- Windows Movie Maker (2.6)
- Create videos with greater user control than Live Essentials.
- XtraNormal Movie Maker
- Create animated videos through this cloud-based creator.
- XtraNormal Desktop
- Create animated videos with more advanced features.
- YouTube FLV Downloader
- Capture YouTube, Google, Fox and other videos.
