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We are pleased to bring you the August 2021 edition of the TTLC Newsletter.

In this issue you will find:
1) Blackboard Updates and Tips
2) The August Training Calendar
3) Special Faculty Development Sessions
4) The August Ally Tip
5) Application Spotlight: Camtasia
6) VoiceThread: The New Assignment Builder
7) Turnitin’s Summer Series
8) Perusall Updates
9) HyFlex Classroom Information
10) Light Board Information
11) New Applications: NVivo and EndNote

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Blackboard Test Availability exceptions allow instructors to make special exceptions to the time limit or test availability for students who need additional time, or need to take a makeup exam.

Creating a Test for Students with Accommodations | University of Houston-Downtown Test Availability exceptions allow instructors to make special exceptions to the time limit or test availability for students who need additional time, or need to take a makeup exam.

The Announcements tool provides an area in Blackboard Learn for posting important information about the course, such as assignment due dates or content changes. The Instructor can add, edit, and delete announcements from the Announcements page.

Blackboard Learn: Announcements | University of Houston-Downtown ​The Announcements tool provides an area in Blackboard Learn for posting important information about the course.

Your class is full of diverse students with unique learning abilities. Providing them with more accessible original content means they can choose formats that work best for them. Ally automatically scans your original content and helps make them more accessible.

Faculty & Staff Training | University of Houston-Downtown Learning materials for faculty and staff on various software and online tools.

BbWorld is entirely online, taking place July 13-15 & 20-22 and is packed with a line up of client and student stories, interviews with community leaders, keynote speakers and updates from Blackboard. Faculty and staff can register for free at

Online Teaching & Learning Conference Registration | BbWorld Registration is open to attend BbWorld where you can experience the latest EdTech trends including data and analytics, student success, and institutional change.

It is our pleasure to bring you the July 2021 Edition of the TTLC Newsletter.

In this edition you’ll find the following:
1. July Blackboard Information
2. Blackboard World Information
3. Application Spotlight: Camtasia
4. The July Training calendar
5. July’s Blackboard Ally Tip
6. VoiceThread’s new Assignment Builder
7. Turnitin’s Summer Series – Hosted by Turnitin
8. Perusall Updates
9. HyFlex Classroom information
10. A Reminder about the Light Board Room

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BbWorld is back, free and taking place fully online. Register through the link below to experience the future of learning July 13-15 & 20-22.

BbWorld | Blackboard Online Teaching Conference 2021 | Experience the Future of Learning BbWorld is back, free and taking place fully online. This July 13-15 & 20-22 we’re broadcasting sessions, keynotes, DevCon, networking opportunities, and more.

Turnitin is an online plagiarism checker that runs papers through a series of databases to check for already existing content within a student’s paper. Turnitin can be used for online plagiarism detection, grammar check, and as a grading tool. To learn how to create Turnitin Assignments in your Blackboard courses, check out

Turnitin Assignments | University of Houston-Downtown How to create and submit assignments, and view and read originality reports in Turnitin.

You can use OneDrive which is available to students, faculty and staff to share videos or other large files with other people or to your Blackboard course.

How to Share a Video in OneDrive | University of Houston-Downtown How to share a video using OneDrive.

A discussion board is a general term for any online "bulletin board" where you can leave and expect to see responses to messages you have left. Participants do not need to be logged in at the same time; the communication process is asynchronous.

Blackboard Learn: Discussion Boards | University of Houston-Downtown How to use discussion boards in Blackboard.