Issue 19: August 2024
https://bit.ly/idea-NTAGI0824

In this issue:

• Ally Awards Issue

• Top Fixers

• Honors Roll

• Upcoming Accessibility Events

• UDL Resources

Issue 18: January, 2023
https://bit.ly/idea-NTAGI0123

In this issue:

• Faculty Focus featuring Iris Cardenas and Lynn Michalopoulos

• Closing the Feedback Loop on Student Assignments: Take Less Time to Grade and More Time to Engage! (And lots on the Bb Grade Center!)

• 3 Pedagogies we like: Care, Humanizing & Constructivism

• Ways to Get Mid-term Feedback from Students

• Bb Ally: Supported File Types and How Instructors Can Improve Accessibility of Course Materials

• OMSW Sneak Peak from Nakiya Schurman

• The super duper new IDEA Team Commercial with some incredible cameos!

• and maybe even yet still more...!!

Issue 16: April, 2022
https://bit.ly/idea-NTAGI0422

In this issue:

• Voicethread - it can do so much

• Meet our new team member

• Teaching Presence

• Feedback & Anti Racist Writing Pedagogy

Issue 15: Mar, 2022
https://bit.ly/idea-NTAGI0322

In this issue:

• Best Engagement Tool 

• Readings and Learning Resources

• CSWE Competencies

• OCR Tricks for PDF's

• Name Pronunciation in Blackboard

Issue 14: Jan, 2022:
https://bit.ly/idea-NTAGI0122

In this issue:

• Set up your course

• Accessible PowerPoint Slides

• Voicethread in Blackboard

Issue 13: Dec, 2021:
https://bit.ly/idea-NTAGI1221

In this issue:

• Accessibility with Ally - part 3

• Face to Face Class Time

• Setting up for Spring

• The One Take Wonder Lip Sync Singers

Issue 12: Nov, 2021
https://bit.ly/idea-NTAGI1121

In this issue:

• Blackboard ALLY - Round 2

• Choosing Delivery Methods for Blended and Hybrid classes

• Deploying Tests and Quizzes in Blackboard

• Diversity, Inclusion and Universal Design

Issue 11: Oct, 2021:
https://bit.ly/idea-NTAGI1021

In this issue:

• Blackboard ALLY - The Student View

• Active learning and Authentic Assessment

• Saving and Editing Zoom Recordings

Issue 10: Sept, 2021:
https://bit.ly/idea-NTAGI1221

In this issue:

• Early Interventions

• The Retention Center in Blackboard

• Hypothesis Teaching Tool

Issue 9: July, 2021 :
https://bit.ly/idea-NTAGI0721

In this issue: 

• Marking Courses as Favorites in UBN

• Advanced Screen

• 5 Simple things to check out during Summer

• Opinion: Post Pandemic Teaching

Issue 8: May, 2021 :
https://bit.ly/idea-NTAGI0521

In this issue: 

• Feedback Loops - Engaging Students through better feedback.

• The Art of Blackboard Feedback

• Ultra Base Navigation - Coming Soon to Blackboard

• Faculty Focus: Lee Westgate

Issue 7: April, 2021:
https://bit.ly/idea-NTAGI0421

In this issue:

• Great ways to Annotate using Hypothes.is

• The Retention Center in Blackboard

• The New Blackboard Content Editor

• Step by step guide to using the Hypothes.is tool inside of Blackboard.

• Recording from the Hypothesis Pilot Launch (starts at 2 minutes in)

Issue 6: March, 2021:
https://bit.ly/idea-NTAGI0321

In this issue:

• Making Course PowerPoints accessible.

• Weighted Grading

• Faculty Focus: Accessibility Services

Issue 5: January, 2021:
https://bit.ly/idea-NTAGI0521

In this issue:

• Engaging with students using the Voicethread LTI

• Exploring Concourse and the benefits to Faculty (view meetup recording)

• Getting ready for the Spring Semester

Issue 4: December, 2020:
https://bit.ly/idea-NTAGI1220

In this issue:

• Flipped Classroom Models for Online Teaching

• Collaborative Course Design with Dr. Megan Meyer (view recording)

• The New Blackboard Content Editor

• CSWE Competencies: How, Why and More

Issue 3: November, 2020:
https://bit.ly/idea-NTAGI1120

In this issue:

• Rubrics with Dr. Mirian Ofonedu (view recording)

• Course Evaluations Past and Present

• Insights into our Knowledgebase

Issue 2: October, 2020:
https://bit.ly/idea-NTAGI1020

In this issue:

• Becoming a Zoom Pro

• Trello for Student Collaboration Projects with Steven Rivelis (view recording) 

Issue 1: September, 2020:
https://bit.ly/idea-NTAGI0920

In this issue:

• Using Announcements as a teaching tool

• Getting comfortable with the Grade Center