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Creating a "fillable form" using Adobe Acrobat? Be aware that Acrobat 8 Professional ships with Adobe LiveCycle Designer, an application used to create advanced PDF forms. The learning curve for this software is quite steep, so we suggest you only use it if you're creating complicated forms. For most forms, use the Acrobat forms tools, available from the Advanced Editing menu in Acrobat. See the workshop handout, Adobe Acrobat: Introduction, for help getting started with basic PDF forms.

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Want to know how to copy files to your website using FTP? Visit the File Transfer Procotol (FTP) website for detail information.

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Want to know how to copy files to your website using FTP? Visit the File Transfer Procotol (FTP) website for detail information.

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Want to know how to copy files to your website using FTP? Visit the File Transfer Procotol (FTP) website for detail information.

 

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Want to know how to copy files to your website using FTP? Visit the File Transfer Procotol (FTP) website for detail information.

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Are you concerned about response rates for your surveys? Most folks are. "Improving Engagement in Studies" from the Flashlight Evaluation Handbook is a great place to start if you are looking to improve response rates. The author proposes a dozen principles of good practice to help increase your numbers and improve your study!

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Copy the text in Outline View; paste the text in a Word document; apply styles to the text; save as Rich Text or txt file. See PowerPoint for ALL (PDF) for more information regarding accessible PowerPoint presentations.

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Don't forget the Respondus-ready test banks! There are over 1,500 available via Respondus. If a test bank is not available for the textbook you are using, you can put in a request. See the Respondus Web site for more information.

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Watch Tutorials with step-by-step instructions to create interactive activities or games for your students.

 
 

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Online Exams: Strategies to Minimize Cheating (pdf)
This list provides a variety of ways to make your exams and quizzes more secure.

Discussion Board: Online Discussions for Blended Learning (pdf)
Techniques and strategies to improve student learning through the use of the Discussion Board in a course taught partially online (a "blended" or "hybrid" course).

How-To Guides

Tips and Tricks (pdf)
Be aware of different options in SacCT that will help you use and navigate your courses more easily.

Course Backups (pdf)
Create a course backup and save it to your computer.

Creating Extended-Time Exams (pdf)
Create copies of your exams that have a longer duration for students who require more time due to special needs (learning or physical disability).

Customize a Courses Look (pdf)
Follow these steps to change course icons and colors.

Discussion Tool: Blogs (pdf)
Instructions on how students and instructors can create a "web log" within your course.

Discussion Tool: Journals (pdf)
Learn how students can create a private online journal.

E-Packs (pdf)
Learn how to obtain and use publisher-created content within SacCT.

Gradebook with Excel (pdf)
Manage your grades via Excel and the SacCT Gradebook.

Grading Forms (Rubrics) (pdf)
Create a rubric that you can use to grade students’ work based on specific criteria.

Import/Export Exams Between SacCT Courses (pdf)
Copy quizzes, surveys or self-tests and/or your entire question database between courses using the Import/Export option in SacCT. You can also use the Import/Export option to share assessments with other course designers.

Resetting Your Course (pdf)
Recommended steps to clean up your SacCT course for the new semester.

Selective Release (pdf)
Learn how to release content based on a date, student name or grade book score.

Using WebDAV to Upload or Download Files (pdf)
Use WebDAV to transfer files to and from your SacCT course.

Working with Publisher Test Banks (pdf)
Use publisher-provided exam software to create and export a quiz or exam for a SacCT course, export a Word or text file from the publisher into a SacCT course using Respondus and export a Respondus-formatted test bank file into a SacCT course.

Presentations

Effectively Managing Online Discussions and Learning Modules for Blended Learning (pdf)
Best practices and strategies to develop a Community of Inquiry and structuring content when using F2F and online environments.

Training Manuals

Introduction to SacCT (pdf)
Learn about SacCT's features and capabilities and create a plan to take other SacCT workshops specific to your course needs.

Quick Start (pdf)
Learn the basics of creating and managing a SacCT course such as adding content and using two communication tools: mail and discussions.

File and Content Management (pdf)
Manage and display content in your course using folders, content links and learning modules.

Communicating Online (pdf)
Learn to use Interactive and Informational communication tools in SacCT such as Discussions, Chat, Mail, Announcements and the Calendar.

iMEET: Deliver Virtual Classes (pdf)
Learn how to use iMEET in a SacCT course and various iMEET collaboration and presentation tools to deliver a lecture online.

Assessment and Assignments (pdf)
Learn to create and deliver online quizzes, surveys, assignments and other assessment tools in your course.

Cooperative Learning with Groups (pdf)
Learn how your students can work collaboratively and privately in groups using mail, discussion and chat tools.

Gradebook (pdf)
Learn to maintain an online gradebook and perform other administrative tasks in your course.

Designer and Instructor Reference Manual (pdf)
This manual created by Blackboard Inc. details in step-by-step instructions how to use the Blackboard Learning Management system. The manual is divided into chapters that focus on a specifc tool and/or function in the SacCT/Blackboard system.

Last updated: October 1, 2009