Tuesday Tip: Managing Email Expectations
Students need boundaries, and so do you. This is as true online as it is in the classroom. At the same time, students need feedback and a stable, responsive learning environment. All too often, though,...
View ArticleTuesday Tip: Delayed Gratification
Despite the date, today’s tip is no joke: it’s often best not to answer your students’ emails as soon as they come in. This may seem counterintuitive, but it’s usually a good idea to let student emails...
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Tuesday Tip: The Digital Dropbox
One of the issues we see frequently in the FTC is with instructors who can’t see files their students have added to the digital dropbox. When the student logs in, the file is there. When the instructor...
View ArticleTuesday Tip: saving YouTube videos with vixy.net
One of our most frequently asked questions in the FTC is “how can I save a YouTube video,” for offline use, to insert into a presentation, or just to save for later in case it gets taken down. The...
View ArticleBlackboard upgrade: August 8th-10th
Fordham’s Blackboard Learning Management System will be upgraded to version 8 for the coming academic year. To facilitate the upgrade, the system will be offline for 72 hours beginning at 12:00am on...
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