What's New in Scholar August 2020

Description



August 2020 brought with it several improvements to Scholar that will affect the workflow of nearly everyone using it.  The assignment grading tool has changed, the content editor has had a much-needed update, and we've moved the photo roster to within Qwickly Attendance.  Additionally, Blackboard Collaborate and TurningPoint have received minor updates.  Academic Technologies strongly recommends you attend a What's New session to get the details on all of these changes.

Assumptions

All faculty that use Scholar should participate in this session, as it contains important information about workflow changes to Scholar

Required Participant Prep Work

Agenda

  • Overview and Schedule:
  • Bb Annotate:
    • Comments
    • Drawing
    • Comment Bank
    • Downloading
  • Qwickly Attendance photos:
    • Accessing Photos
    • Photo Roster will go away October 1
  • Respondus Lockdown Browser/Monitor
    • Setting up Respondus on tests
    • Student experience
    • Viewing Monitor videos
  • Collaborate Adjustments:
    • New setup dialog
    • Share camera
    • Poll Results
  • New TuriningPoint linking process

Learning Outcomes

  • Leave feedback on student assignments using Bb Annotate 
  • View student photos in Qwickly Attendance
  • Set up proctored tests
  • Download poll results from Collaborate
  • Link TurningPoint and Scholar accounts

Status: IN DEVELOPMENT