IT Teaching and Learning Commons
Room 126 Ruth Ann Musick Library
Phone: 304.367.4810 option 3
E-Mail: help@fairmontstate.edu
The Teaching & Learning Commons supports Blackboard and its related technologies. For assistance with any of these, please contact the Teaching & Learning Commons at TLC@fairmontstate.edu. You may also call 304-367-4810.
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Blackboard Vista is our online course management systems which provide a set of tools that facilitates a web-based learning environment. |
Wimba classroom is a live, virtual classroom environment with robust features that include audio, video, application sharing and content display. |
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Respondus LockDown Browser |
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Respondus LockDown Browser™ is a custom browser that locks down the testing environment within Blackboard. When students use Respondus LockDown Browser they are unable to print, copy, go to another URL, or access other applications. When an assessment is started, students are locked into it until they submit it for grading. |
StudyMate Class, a companion tool to Respondus, is a tool which can be used to create learning objects, practice quizzes and unscored exams.
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Student Response System (Clickers) |
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The Safe Assign plagiarism tool makes it easy to identify students who submit unoriginal work, and also acts as a powerful deterrent to stop plagiarism before it starts. |
Student response technology is an effective tool that helps facilitate pedagogical best practices and enhance student learning. |
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For a preview of Blackboard Learn 9.1, click here.