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[30 Aug 2009 | Sherry.Ransdell | No Comment | ]

It's the first day of fall classes, don't forget to make your courses available in Blackboard. #
Come to "SoftChalk Lesson Builder" Today from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm. Building interactive lessons to use in Blackboard.: http://bit.ly/Fn7sA #
Come to "Blogs" Tomorrow …

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[14 Aug 2009 | Chris Duke | No Comment | ]

It’s likely a safe assumption that Microsoft Outlook is the single most used application by college employees; Outlook is situated at the center of our communications network.  In an effort to improve college communications, EdTech will begin offering this fall …

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[14 Aug 2009 | Sherry.Ransdell | No Comment | ]
Getting Started

Given general business continuity and disaster preparedness planning needs (particularly following Hurricane Ike), the college will be making an effort to ensure all courses have a Blackboard course site that includes at least the course syllabus and faculty contact information …

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[14 Aug 2009 | Sherry.Ransdell | No Comment | ]
San Jacinto College Disaster Preparedness

During a hurricane or other crisis, count on San Jacinto College to provide you with informational communications, assistance, and information to help you maintain contact with your students and fellow employees.
Making course information available in Blackboard where students can easily …

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[14 Aug 2009 | Chris Duke | No Comment | ]

We are currently working through two related, but distinct, projects to establish an initial college presence in the online virtual world of Second Life.  The Instructional project  will enable faculty exploration of educational possibilities in virtual environments, and the Texana …

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News and Events »

[13 Aug 2009 | Niki Whiteside | No Comment | ]
communication

Beginning in Fall 2009, the San Jacinto College Educational Technology Department (EdTech) is focusing our efforts on improving communications with faculty and staff who use our services and to those who don’t yet use our services but could. Our goal …

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Blackboard »

[6 Aug 2009 | Sherry.Ransdell | No Comment | ]
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Did  you know that you can combine multiple sections of the same course in Blackboard to create one course site to maintain? For example, if you are teaching four sections of GOVT 2301 these can be combined into one course …

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Instructional Design, Training »

[6 Aug 2009 | Sherry.Ransdell | No Comment | ]
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In order to obtain the certification in online instruction, it is necessary to complete 12 hours of face-to-face instruction. Faculty must attend the five (5) Required Courses (10 hours) and choose from one of the Elective Courses (2 hours). This …

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