Center for Teaching and Learning

Faculty Tutorials

Whether you’re a seasoned educator new to online instruction or a tech-savvy faculty member looking to refine your digital course design, these tutorials will serve as a guide. They will help you prepare to transform your expertise into a dynamic and impactful online learning experience for your students.

Blackboard Ally

Blackboard Ally empowers faculty to create accessible course content. It automatically scans and provides feedback, making materials usable for all students.

Blackboard App

Blackboard’s Student Mobile app provides students with a quick and easy way to manage their courses. Students can also connect with their instructors and peers and view course content.

Blackboard Learn

Blackboard Learn is a Learning Management System that allows instructors to build online courses and enables students to access them from anywhere with an internet connection.

Microsoft Education

Teams is GovState’s web conferencing software. If you have a hybrid or online course, use Teams for prerecorded lectures, live lectures, or office hours.

Faculty Success (formerly Digital Measures)

Faculty Success by Watermark is a tool used by faculty and administrators to provide evidence and feedback for instructor evaluations at scheduled intervals.

Outcomes Assessment Projects (formerly Aqua)

Outcomes Assessment Projects by Watermark is a tool used by faculty and administrators for juried assessment projects and standards reporting on capstone assignments for departmental accreditation. It is also used by students for capstone assignment submission.

Panopto

Panopto is GSU’s video streaming server that integrates with the Blackboard Learning Management System. Please view the tutorials below for further information.

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Publisher Content

Access publisher content directly in your Blackboard course, eliminating the need for students to navigate external websites and providing a convenient, single point of access to textbooks, interactive assignments, multimedia resources, and more—right where they do their learning.

Respondus LockDown Browser and Monitor

LockDown Browser is a custom browser that allows users to view only the testing environment within the Learning Management System. In addition to LockDown Browser, Respondus Monitor uses a webcam and analytics to help prevent cheating.

Student Learning & Licensure (formerly Via)

Student Learning & Licensure by Watermark is a tool used by faculty and administrators for assessment reporting on key assessment assignments aligned with standards sets for departmental accreditation. It is also used by students for key assessment assignment submission and the creation of online portfolios.

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