Blackboard Fundamentals

G-604

Bring your syllabus and course materials to prepare your actual course on Blackboard for Web-enhanced instruction. All faculty must have a CUNY portal ID before attending this workshop. You should

OpenLab: Getting Started on the OpenLab

Library Computer Room, A540

Ready to start using the OpenLab? This workshop introduces you to some of the exciting features of the OpenLab and helps you sign up for your OpenLab account and create

Blackboard Collaborate

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Online videoconferencing is available to all professors and their students using Blackboard. Use a video and voice chat tool to have live conversations with online students. In addition, use push technologies to share your applications and materials with any student using an Internet connection. Guest speakers from outside Blackboard can also be invited to participate

OpenLab: Using Your Site as a Dynamic Syllabus

G-604

Ready to learn more about setting up your course on the OpenLab? This workshop helps you create your course profile and course site with an emphasis on using OpenLab features

OpenLab Office Hours

N-227

All office hours take place in the conference room of the Faculty Commons, N227. Questions: OpenLab@citytech.cuny.edu

Humanities Connections

Humanities Connections, a new NEH grant opportunity, seeks to expand the role of the humanities in the undergraduate curriculum at two- and four-year institutions, offering students in all academic fields new opportunities to develop the intellectual skills and habits of mind that the humanities cultivate. Grant projects focus on connecting the resources and perspectives of

Turnitin

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Turnitin is an online tool to check plagiarism against a paper's originality. It checks a paper against many sources, including online journals, newspapers, and even previously submitted student papers. In addition to checking for plagiarism, the tool can be used to help improve student writing. Turnitin can be used within Blackboard or on its own

Humanities Seminar: Works in the Works – Professor David Sanchez Jimenez presents 400 Years: Cervantes in the Spanish Language and the Spanish Language in Cervantes

A-631

Professor David Sanchez Jimenez writes: In 2016 we celebrate the death anniversaries of Miguel de Cervantes and William Shakespeare, two of the most influential authors of all time in Spanish and English literature. Both of them are well known for their contributions to spreading language in a universal way, much as Homer, Virgil or Ovid

Plagiarism Tools With Blackboard

G-604

SafeAssign and Turnitin are Blackboard tools to check plagiarism against a paper's originality. It checks a paper against many sources, including online journals, newspapers, and even previously submitted student papers. In this workshop, we will cover how to use SafeAssign and Turnitin with Blackboard. To register email itec@citytech.cuny.edu