Ideal Learning Environment
(ILE)
classrooms are equipped with computers and A/V projection equipment. You
can request
training anytime to learn more about using these
resources.
Clickers
add interactivity to your classroom. With the receiver and response pads,
you can give short quizzes, take attendance, play learning games,
instantly assess students' comprehension of your lecture, and more.
Course Management UMKC hosts several online course management
solutions to make it easier to communicate and to share
digital content with your students.
Blackboard is
a course management tool with a comprehensive feature
set, including document sharing,
gradekeeping and social
networking. Learn more about Blackboard at our
Blackboard support site.
Moodle is an
alternate course management tool with many of the same
features as Blackboard.
Moodle documentation is available to help you get
started using the service.
Respondus is a program that acts as a translator
between Blackboard and word processing documents and
text files. It allows tests that are created in a
document to be uploaded to Blackboard. It also allows
instructors to download and/or print tests that
currently exist in Blackboard.
Tegrity is
screen-capture/coursecasting software
that can be used to create recordings of
class lectures and presentations for
viewing at a later date. In addition to
web streaming, Tegrity also offers the
instructor the ability to easily create
audio and video podcasts, rss feeds and
more. Tegrity is enabled for both
Blackboard and Moodle at UMKC.
Wimba Classroom is a real-time
virtual classroom environment designed
for distance education and
collaboration.
WordPress
- UMKC hosts its own instance of this
popular blog hosting platform to support
teaching, research, and student
organizations.
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