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Faculty Resources by IDT: "Did You Know?" Archive

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This archive of the "Did You Know?" email blasts keeps all of these help articles available in a single place. Each blast gives more information of useful features for CUC faculty.

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Did You Kow Archive

Name

Date

Link

Blackboard Ally Improves Accessibility in Your Course 

2024-11-25

Ally.docx 

Accommodate Students in Blackboard 

2025-01-20

Accommodations.docx 

Accessibility Features in Blackboard Learn 

2025-03-17

Accessibility.docx 

Name

Date

Link

Add Videos to Blackboard with Kaltura 

2025-01-13

Kaltura.docx 

Post Teams Recordings in Blackboard 

2025-02-24

Post Teams Recordings.docx 

Record a Video Using Blackboard Tools 

2025-03-10

Kaltura Capture.docx 

File Types & Formatting Issues in Blackboard 

2025-03-31

File types and formatting issues.docx 

Name

Date

Link

Batch Edit Blackboard Due Dates in One Click  

2024-11-04

Batch Edit.docx 

Grant Your Students Blackboard Exceptions and Exemptions  

2024-11-11

Exceptions and Exemptions.docx 

Blackboard’s Student Activity Log  

2024-11-18

Student Activity Log.docx 

Print Blackboard Tests 

2024-12-02

Print Tests.docx 

Allow (or Deny) Blackboard Discussion Editing 

2024-12-09

Prevent Editing.docx 

Make Sure Your Course is Open 

2025-01-06

Make a Course Available to Students.docx 

Blackboard’s Student Activity Log  

2025-04-28

Student Activity Log 2025.docx 

Name

Date

Link

Understanding Override Grades in Blackboard 

2024-12-16

Override Grades.docx 

Blackboard Annotate 

2025-02-03

Annotate.docx 

Check for Plagiarism with SafeAssign 

2025-02-17

SafeAssign.docx 

Grade Efficiently with Blackboard Rubrics 

2025-03-03

Grade with rubrics.docx 

Easily Set Up Weighted Grades in Your Gradebook 

2025-03-24

Weighted Grades.docx 

Grade Offline in Blackboard 

2025-04-07

Offline grading.docx 

Name

Date

Link

Set Up a Teams Meeting for Your Class

2024-12-30

Schedule Teams Class.docx

Create Groups in Blackboard

2025-01-27

Groups.docx

Set Up a Personal Meeting Room in Teams

2025-02-10

Personal meeting room.docx

Help Students Track Their Progress with the "How Am I Doing?" Report

2025-04-14

How Am I Doing.docx