A frequent enhancement request for Blackboard Learn 9.1 by our faculty and many other faculty around the country is the ability to see if you have a message within a course without having to log into each course. This would …

New Building Block “My Messages” Makes Blackboard Learn Life Easier Read more »

I thought that might get your attention! The majority of people I have talked to that currently use Twitter regularly have all admitted to thinking Twitter sounded like the stupidest idea ever before using it. The approximately 85% of U.S. …

Twitter: The Stupidest Idea Ever? Read more »

We all know that book prices are reaching the point where students may not be able to afford school, not because of the tuition – but because of the textbooks.  In an effort to help educate and assist faculty in …

Textbook Choices 101: A Guide for Faculty (2011 Edition) Read more »

Blackboard recently released Blackboard Learn 9.1 SP6 – We now have it installed at Valencia College! I’m very happy to see a few of the frequently request enhancements finally integrated into the LMS; such as interactive rubrics, enhance assessment timers, …

Blackboard Learn SP6 Adds a Few Frequently Requested Enhancement Read more »

GoToMeeting recently launched the HDFaces option to make your meetings feel a little more personal. HDFaces enables high-definition video conferencing with one click. I use GoToMeeting and GoToWebinar all the time for my job at Valencia for training and virtual …

HDFaces bring Face to Face meetings to GoToMeeting Read more »

SoftChalk 7 continues to build upon the success of previous versions of SoftChalk and responds to the needs of digital learners with a variety of new features. SoftChalk 7 increased its mobile functionality with the ability to automatically generate a …

SoftChalk 7 is here! Mobile, CONNECT, & iFrames Oh My! Read more »