Upcoming OTS Training Workshops
Thursday, May 12th
WordPress for Organizations: Small Scale Web Publishing – 1:30pm-3:30pm – Cook 404A
Monday, May 16th
WordPress for Faculty/Staff: Small Scale Web Publishing – 2:00pm-4:00pm – Cook 404A
Tuesday, May 17th
WebEx Information Session – 12:00pm-12:45pm – WebEx Session
Tuesday, May 17th
Office 365: OneDrive – 1:00pm-3:00pm – Admin 113A
Wednesday, May 18th
Excel: Fundamentals – 9:00am-12:00pm – Admin 113A
To sign up for free technology workshops, visit our workshop schedule. You can also contact us directly regarding any software training related issues at training@towson.edu or 410-704-4070.
OTS Training Tip of the Week
Blackboard End of Semester Reminder
Important Reminder: Please remind your students to check their browser settings before using the Test or Assignment feature on Blackboard. Here is information you can send or post in your course for your students:
Before you take a Bb Test or Assignment – Firefox and Safari are the supported browsers for Blackboard. All users also need the latest version of Java installed on their machine. Run the browser check to make sure your computer is compatible https://en-us.help.blackboard.com/Learn/9.1_2014_04/Student/015_Browser_Support/Browser_Checker
Submitting Final Grades: All final grades must be submitted to PeopleSoft. This video will step you through the process https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRarlavEvnI. If you have any questions, please contact the Registrar’s office 410-704-2096.
Next Semester: Summer and Fall classes have already been created on the system. If you need your courses combine please complete the course combine request form http://www.towson.edu/technology/training/blackboard/combinerequest.html. If you would like to copy a pervious course into your Summer or Fall course site this video https://towsonu.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=44ecfaf8-e312-47a4-a499-1acbc8098b1b will step you through the process.
If you need assistance with Blackboard please visit the Blackboard Support Portal http://blackboard.towson.edu or call 1-844-613-0155
