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Tip Archive

Check out our archived Tips for quick and easy techniques to simplify, organize, and enhance your course site!

"What's New" in My Course Sites?

Here is a tip that you can pass on to your students in class.

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The University of Tennessee on iTunes U

The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, has joined Stanford, MIT, and other world-class universities in publishing video and audio podcasts using iTunes U.

We are proud to announce the launch of the University of Tennessee on iTunes U, enabling the delivery of course materials, lectures, seminars, and other valuable information related to your course or project. Your students can access your podcasts by logging on to UTK on iTunes U with their NetID and password. They will be able to download their course-related content to their computer or mobile device and study anywhere, any time they choose.
Learn more about iTunes U

The New Grade Center

The Grade Center, a redesigned and renamed grading tool, is one of the major enhancements in the Blackboard 8 upgrade. Our summer Tip of the Month highlights the Grade Center’s new and improved features. You will find the Grade Center How-To guides and other resources on this page.
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Semester Transitions

This Tip focuses on important tasks that include saving a backup of your gradebook, archiving your course site, activating next semester’s course sites, creating combined sites, and copying course content from a past semester’s course site.
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Sign-up Lists in Online@UT

The Sign-up List, an electronic version of a paper sign-up sheet, allows students to reserve a space in an activity: exam study sessions, class projects, essay topics, office hours, workshops, field trips, and more.
Learn more about Sign-up Lists in Online@UT

SafeAssign in Online@UT

The SafeAssign Tool encourages original writing and proper citation practices by cross-referencing submitted materials against other submitted papers, the Internet, and numerous published journal, newspaper, and magazine articles.
Learn more about SafeAssign in Online@UT

Blackboard Scholar in Online@UT

Blackboard Scholar allows you to save your bookmarks online, share resources with other Scholar users, discover new links, and tag your bookmarks for sorting and easy retrieval from any computer on the Internet.
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Google Scholar in Online@UT

Google Scholar is a supplemental research tool that allows faculty and students to search, locate, and link to scholarly literature from within Online@UT.
Learn more about Google Scholar in Online@UT

Blogging in Online@UT

A blog page in your Online@UT course is an easy, familiar, and informal way for an instructor and students to communicate and publish their thoughts in a journal style.
Learn more about Blogging in Online@UT


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