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Supporting Engagement with New Audience Response System
DoIT is pleased to announce the availability of Poll Everywhere, which now includes the ability of students, faculty and staff to login with their UMBC credentials. Many UMBC faculty are already...
December 13, 2022
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3:33 PM
Use mobile devices to participate in live polls
At the end of Spring 2022, DoIT announced an intention to pilot Poll Everywhere as an alternative to clickers. After much anticipation, DoIT is pleased to announce the launch of our Poll...
September 21, 2022
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2:17 PM
Use mobile devices to participate in live polls
10/6/22 Update: To clarify, during the 2022-23 academic year, while DoIT pilots the Poll Everywhere institutional license, we will continue to also support Point Solutions (formerly Turning...
May 18, 2022
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12:08 PM
Also discover student views of Collab recordings
While teaching a synchronous session using web conferencing tools, instructors juggle content, conversation, and context. Engaging participants and maintaining a high level of interaction is an...
April 11, 2022
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3:30 PM
Maintain student learning between course & live sessions
Breakout groups are a powerful engagement tool for active learning in a synchronous session, providing private audio, video, whiteboard, application sharing, and chat for small group...
September 7, 2021
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11:59 AM
Draw freehand customize text & retain session annotations
A whiteboard is an important pedagogical tool to support handwritten expression and annotation, especially in a virtual classroom. Over the last year, Blackboard has been redesigning the...
August 2, 2021
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10:30 AM
Engage & explore teaching & technology in new ENGR rooms
Over the summer, Engineering rooms 023, 025 and 102 were all renovated with brand new furniture and new technology to further enhance faculty & staff training, in addition to classroom...
August 25, 2016
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10:56 AM