CUNYFirst Sign-On to Blackboard CUNY is taking a bigger step towards the holy grail of the CUNY digital community – the single sign-on – with the switchover to signing on to Blackboard using your CUNYFirst ID, beginning in July 2017. It won’t be a true single sign-on, the Blackboard...
EdTech Project Awarded CUNY’s Excellence in Technology Award by George Rosa
Hostos EdTech was recognized by CUNY for the development of the “Are You Ready” online learning readiness course. CUNY’s Excellence in Technology Award, described as an award “to recognize the outstanding IT project that provides benefits to students, faculty and/or staff at a college or at CUNY”...
ETLC’s Coffee & Pi Conversation by ETLC
ETLC (EdTech Leadership Council) meets twice each month on Thursdays at 2pm. We work on a number of tasks. We review the new course shells developed by faculty members who are part of the Online Teaching Initiative. We also judge the students’ ePortfolio competition, and we advocate for our...
Collaborate Ultra and other Blackboard changes by George Rosa
The last week of December is the time when CUNY Blackboard receives its major annual upgrade, which often consists of adding new tools and features, and this one was no different. Among the changes is a new version of Collaborate (Collaborate Ultra) that makes live video streaming online user...
The “Are You Ready” Online Learning Preparedness Course by Carlos Guevara
In response to an increased usage of both the course management system Blackboard and the subsequent development of courses in online modalities, the Office of Educational Technology (EdTech) has developed the “Are You Ready?” course. The course, which resides in Blackboard, is designed to better prepare students in both...
Teaching with Technology by Amy Ramson, George Rosa
I have created courses in the hybrid or fully online mode since the College began its first initiative in instructional technology more than 15 years ago. I am a strong proponent of instructional technology because of its abundant benefits for student engagement and learning. But I have also found...