Respondus Monitor is an effective supplement to Lockdown Browser when an instructor cannot be present to supervise student activity while in the testing environment. Students use a webcam to record themselves during an online exam. Afterward, flagged events and proctoring results are available to the instructor for further review.
To enable Respondus Monitor for your Blackboard Ultra assessment, please review the procedural steps in the video below.
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Respondus LockDown Browser is a custom browser that locks down the testing environment within a Blackboard Ultra course. As an instructor, you may require students to use Respondus LockDown Browser to take your assessments (e.g., tests, exams, quizzes) on or off-campus.
To learn more about Respondus Lockdown Browser and its integration with Blackboard Ultra, please review the video below.
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The Respondus LockDown Browser (RLB) is a custom browser that locks down the testing environment within a Blackboard Ultra course. To enable RLB for a Blackboard Ultra assessment, use the following procedural steps:
From Details & Actions and under Books & Tools, select View course & institution tools.
From the Books & Course Tools side panel, scroll down to Respondus LockDown Browser Dashboard and click to launch the tool.
If you are launching the RLB Dashboard for the first time in Blackboard Ultra, you will be prompted to authorize the 3rd party tool integration. This step will only need to be performed ONCE. The authorization will carry over to all other Ultra courses where you are enrolled as an instructor user. Select Allow to permit the integration.
From the list of assessments in the course, locate the desired test or quiz and click Settings from the chevron icon to the left of the assessment title.
Choose Require Respondus LockDown Browser for this exam.
NOTE: For exams using only LockDown Browser (not Respondus Monitor) the iPad setting is automatically enabled.
Click Save and Close when finished adjusting the settings.
The RLB-enabled assessment now displays to the student with the “Proctored” branding. Students attempting to access the assessment from a standard browser (Chrome, Firefox, MS Edge, or Safari) will either be redirected to download the RLB application to their device or, if RLB is already installed on their device, the application will launch automatically and redirect the student to the test in the secure browser.
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As an instructor for a First Day/Inclusive Access course, you will need to add the First Day Course Materials (FDA) tool link in your Blackboard Ultra Course Content area so that students can choose to opt-out of the program during the designated period of time.
McGraw-Hill specific First Day course materials such as the eBook will also be accessed by the students through the FDA tool link. Courseware associated with the eBook, including assignments, quizzes, and other assessments will be accessed by the student through individual links that the instructor will create in the Course Content area using the McGraw-Hill Higher Education tools in the Content Market.
Adding the First Day Course Materials Link
From the Course Content page, click on an Add Content (+) icon and from the drop-down menu, select Content Market.
2. In the Content Market page, scroll down and locate First Day Course Materials. Click the Add Content (+) icon to add the tool link to the Course Content page.
3. Newly added items to the Course Content page automatically default to “Hidden from students”. Click the arrow next to the visibility setting to make the link available to student users. Select the More Options icon (…) to edit the link name, should you want to change “First Day Course Materials” to a custom title.
Linking McGraw-Hill Courseware
Instructor support for linking your designated McGraw-Hill platform (Connect, GO, or SIMnet) to your Blackboard course:
As an instructor for a First Day/Inclusive Access course, you will need to add the First Day Course Materials (FDA) tool link in your Blackboard Ultra Course Content area so that students can choose to opt-out of the program during the designated period of time.
Cengage-specific First Day course materials such as the eBook and associated courseware, including assignments, quizzes, and other assessments will be accessed by the student through a Course Content link(s) that you will add separately.
Adding the First Day Course Materials Link
From the Course Content page, click on an Add Content (+) icon and from the drop-down menu, select Content Market.
2. In the Content Market page, scroll down and locate First Day Course Materials. Click the Add Content (+) icon to add the tool link to the Course Content page.
3. Newly added items to the Course Content page automatically default to “Hidden from students”. Click the arrow next to the visibility setting to make the link available to student users. Select the More Options icon (…) to edit the link name, should you want to change “First Day Course Materials” to a custom title.
Linking Cengage Courseware
Instructor support for linking your designated Cengage platform to your Blackboard course:
As an instructor for a First Day/Inclusive Access course, you will need to add the First Day Course Materials (FDA) tool link in your Blackboard Ultra Course Content area so that students can choose to opt-out of the program during the designated period of time.
If an instructor intends to use solely the Macmillan eBook, students will use the FDA tool link to view the content as well as opting-out of the book fee should they decide to drop the course.
If instead the instructor intends to utilize Macmillan courseware through the Achieve platform, then students will use the FDA link solely to opt out of the Macmillan resources fee should they decide to drop the course. Students will then access Macmillan resources including the eBook and all associated courseware through specific links the instructor will create in the Course Content area using the Macmillan LTI Advantage Course Tools in the Content Market.
Adding the First Day Course Materials Link
From the Course Content page, click on an Add Content (+) icon and from the drop-down menu, select Content Market.
2. In the Content Market page, scroll down and locate First Day Course Materials. Click the Add Content (+) icon to add the tool link to the Course Content page.
3. Newly added items to the Course Content page automatically default to “Hidden from students”. Click the arrow next to the visibility setting to make the link available to student users. Select the More Options icon (…) to edit the link name, should you want to change “First Day Course Materials” to a custom title.
Linking Macmillan Courseware
Instructor support for linking Macmillan Achieve courseware to your Blackboard course:
As an instructor for a First Day/Inclusive Access course, you will need to add the First Day Course Materials (FDA) tool link in your Blackboard Ultra Course Content area so that students can choose to opt-out of the program during the designated period of time.
Pearson-specific First Day course materials such as the eBook and associated courseware, including assignments, quizzes, and other assessments will also be accessed by the students through the FDA tool link.
Adding the First Day Course Materials Link
From the Course Content page, click on an Add Content (+) icon and from the drop-down menu, select Content Market.
2. In the Content Market page, scroll down and locate First Day Course Materials. Click the Add Content (+) icon to add the tool link to the Course Content page.
3. Newly added items to the Course Content page automatically default to “Hidden from students”. Click the arrow next to the visibility setting to make the link available to student users. Select the More Options icon (…) to edit the link name, should you want to change “First Day Course Materials” to a custom title.
Linking Pearson Courseware
Instructor support for linking your designated Pearson platform to your Blackboard course:
Before copying content to an empty Blackboard Ultra course, close the course to student users. A closed course will prevent past due dates for copied Blackboard graded content (tests, assignments, journals, discussion board forums) from appearing in the Activity Stream of the students enrolled in the current course. A closed course allows you to update all availability and due dates first, then open the course to the current student roster.
To close a course, click Course Settings in the top right of the course page.
2. From the Course Settings page, select Closed to make the course inaccessible to student users. Select Open when you have updated the content and are ready for student users to access the course.
Copying an Entire Course
On the Course Content page, click the More options icon (…) and from the drop-down menu, select Copy Items.
2. From the Copy Items page, a list of your courses appears. Only courses you are enrolled as an instructor or Course Builder will display in this list. In addition, courses you have hidden from your view in Blackboard Ultra Navigation (Courses) will not appear in the Copy Items list. If you do not see the course you would like to copy, use the search bar and type the name or synonym number and the list will display all matches. By default, the list will show only 10 courses per page. Expand the number of courses displayed from the items per page drop-down menu or use the arrows to navigate to another page.
3. Select the checkbox to the left of the course to copy over all its contents. The selected course will add to the right of the Copy Items page. If you do not want to copy the selection, click the X icon to remove it. Once you have selected the desired course, click Start Copy to initiate the copying. You do not need to stay in the course while the copy is in process.
Copying Individual Course Items
Individual items or folders from another course can be copied instead of the course in its entirety. Note: If you choose to copy individual folders or items, that content will be automatically set to “Hidden from students” when added to the Course Content page.
On the Course Content page, click the More options icon (…) and from the drop-down menu, select Copy Items. The copied items will be added below any existing items already in the Course Content page.
2. However, if you would prefer to copy an item or folder to a specific place w/in your Course Content page, click on an Add Content (+) icon and from the drop-down menu, select Copy Content.
3. In either instance, you will be redirected to the Copy Items page. To select individual folders or items from a course, click the arrow to the right of the course name to access the available contents within.
4. Select the checkbox(es) for the folder(s) you would like to copy. If you would prefer to select individual content within a folder, click the arrow to the right of the folder name. Your selections will add to the right of the Copy Items page. If you do not want to copy a selection, click the X icon to remove it.
5. Once you have decided on the selections, click Start Copy to initiate the copying. You do not need to stay in the course while the copy is in process.
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NOTE: Instructors using Class for the first time, please contact an Educational Technologist to verify your system role (Instructor) in the user list. As of Monday, July 29th, 2024, Class will only be accessible via Class for Web. This means that the downloadable Windows and Mac versions of the Class application will no longer be available after that date. Instructors and learners will access Class using a supported browser of their choice.
Instructor users can download/export previous Class session chat transcripts as Comma-separated Values (CSV) files. Transcript files only include conversations that occur in the public chat. Private chat conversations between a student user and instructor are not included in the export file, but can be acquired upon request through Class support (Class session link & session date must be provided).
From the schedule calendar, locate the desired Class session and select it.
Select the ellipses icon (…) in the top right and click Download Chat.
Select the desired date range. Multiple days of chat conversations will be consolidated into a single CSV export file. Likewise, multiple sessions in a single day will be consolidated into a single CSV export file. Once the date range is determined, click Export. The file will download to your device’s designated folder or desktop.
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From any Add Content icon (+) in Course Content, select Content Market.
From the Content Market, scroll down and select Panopto Video Link / Embed Tool.
You will be redirected to the Panopto provisioned folder for this Blackboard course. Select your video and click Insert.
The selected video is now added to Course Content as a link (the link name is the video name by default). To change the link name and/or add a text description, click the More Options icon (…) and select Edit. To move the link to a different location in Course Content, click and hold the Move icon (six dots) and drag the link to the desired location.
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