Instructional Technology Blog

Welcome to the Instructional Technology Blog. Here you will find posts related to supported software and instructional technologies like Blackboard Learn, Collaborate and Camtasia, just to name a few. To view the full post, click on the link provided. You can also access the full Instructional Technology Blog site in SharePoint Online.

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Learn Discussion: Can Students Edit or Delete Their Posts

05 Apr 2025

If you use Discussions in your Drexel Learn course, students may make a post or reply that they want to edit or delete. That ability depends on the course interface (Original or Ultra) and how the particular discussion forum is set up.
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Creating Annoto Video Quizzes

11 Mar 2025

You can activate the video quiz preference in Annoto, allowing the creation of gradable video quizzes.
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Using the Show Your Work Feature in Respondus Monitor

06 Mar 2025

Respondus Monitor allows instructors to enable a “Show Your Work” feature that prompts students to take webcam photographs of offline materials utilized during their exam attempt.
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Ultra Course Copy Procedure and Follow-up

25 Feb 2025

Pulling content into your Ultra courses is a streamlined and easy-to-perform procedure compared to Original courses.
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Excluding Bibliography from the Similarity Report in Turnitin

18 Feb 2025

When creating Turnitin assignments, instructors may choose to exclude the bibliography, references or works cited from the Similarity Report, as these can influence the similarity score.
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