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General
- CTL Book Club: What We Read in 2023
- NEW Faculty Professional Development Course: Essentials of Course Design, Development, and Teaching at BSPH (Bloomberg School of Public Health)
- The Importance of Building a Community of Inquiry in Your Online Course
- Know Where You Are Going! Simple Steps to Writing SMART Learning Objectives
- A Syllabus for All Learners
- Spring Cleaning Tips for Your Course
- Upcoming University Closures for the 2021 Winter Holidays
- Harvesting The Commons: Finding & Using Open Images for Teaching
- Daylight Saving Time Starts Sunday, March 8, 2015
- What Devices Students Are Using to Consume Course Lectures?
- VoiceThread Gets an Upgrade
- Reminder: University Closure for the Thanksgiving Holiday
- CTL Teaching Assistant (TA) Short Courses and Resources
- PDF Annotator Now Available from Information Systems
- CoursePlus Will Be Offline Starting at 5pm on Tuesday, August 12 Until 5am Wednesday, August 13
- Two Things all JHSPH Faculty and Students Should Do...
- The Innovative Instructor: Peer Learning, Formative Assessment and Poster Projects
- Teaching During Inclement Weather
- Merging the Online Courses and CoursePlus Systems
- Are You Using a Supported Web Browser?
- Major CTL Site Outage on November 22-23, 2013
- November 13 & 22 Workshops: Service Learning
- 9/11 & 9/20 CTL Workshop: Accessibility
- Problems Accessing Videos and Lecture Files, August 1
- JHU Quality Matters Subscription and Workshop
- CTLT Help Becoming CTL Help
- CoursePlus, TRAMS and Other Systems Offline on May 28 and 29, 2013
- E-reserve System Maintenance on Friday, March 15
- Daylight Saving Times Begins on Sunday, March 9
- SOURCE Supports Service-Learning Courses to Deepen Student Learning
- End of Support for Windows XP and IE8 on June 1
- Closures for the Holidays
- Limited Support During University Closures
- Problems with the SPH Data Center on November 16
- Outlook for Business Tip #1: Scheduling Meetings
- Problems with the SPH Data Center on November 13
- No Official Support (Yet) for Windows 8
- Massive Open Online Courses to Launch This Weekend
- A Warning About iOS 6 and Facebook Integration
- End of Google Apps Support for Internet Explorer 8
- Social Media, Twitter, and Future Applications to Public Health
- Help Us Provide Better Help to You!
- CTL Fall Teaching Toolkit Events
- Social Media in Higher Education: Facebook
- URL Shortening
- CTLT Server Maintenance on June 26, 2012
- Free Open Educational Resources Workshop
- No Access to JHSPH Websites on Saturday, June 9, 6-8am
- Teaching with Technology Fair 2012: Collaboration in Health Professions Education
- Weds April 11: Teaching Toolkit: VoiceThread
- Flipped Classrooms: Lectures and Homework Trade Places
- 25 Ways to use Twitter in Education
- Weds May 9 CTL Teaching Toolkit: Discussion U: Facilitating Effective Discussions
- Workshop on Rubrics 3/14/2012
- Social Media in Higher Education: Mobile Devices
- Server Migration and Downtime Complete
- Extended Downtime January 5, 2012
- Social Media in Higher Education: Twitter
- Applying Recent Research on How Memory Works to Teaching and Learning
- Prezi, Technotroubadours and Teacherpreneurs
- Extended Site Downtime Coming in January
- Limited Support over the Thanksgiving Holiday
- Wikipedia: Gaining Respect in the Classroom?
- Why I like Google’s Tools
- Ingredients of a Good Blend
- Integrating Social Media
- Course Highlight: Life Course Perspectives on Health
- Enhancing the Virtual Classroom: Communicating with VoiceThread
- New CTLT Help Site
- Systemwide Outages at SPH on Wednesday, August 17
- Maintenance on December 30, 2010
- University Closings for the December Holidays
- Top 10 Topics in Effective Teaching Strategies
- Major JHSPH Outages on Aug 12 and 13
- Another PDF Annotation Tool Available for Full and Part-Time Students
- 'Practice Leaders in Medical Homes' Training Course Launched
- Special School Events and Seminars Now Online
- New eLearning Account Management Tool
- Possible New Online Courses
- Welcome to the CTLT Blog!
CoursePlus
- A Tour of the New Peer Assessment Student Activity Interface
- Workflows That Changed in the New Version of the Peer Assessment Tool
- A Tour of the New Peer Assessment Setup and Rubric Interfaces
- A New Version of the Peer Assessment Tool Arrives on March 19
- View a History of Changes in the Online Library
- Who Is Your Course Instructional Designer?
- Quick Look: Adding a Zoom Link to Schedule Builder
- Quick Look: Highlighting Assignments in Schedule Builder
- Unleashing the Power of CoursePlus Data: Making Data-Informed Course Management and Redesign Decisions
- Making the Transition to Schedule Builder: Make Page Builder Pages Always Available
- Grade Student Work via Rubrics in the Gradebook
- Retiring the Class Sessions Tool in CoursePlus
- Students Can Now Insert Images into Essay Question Responses
- The Importance of Building a Community of Inquiry in Your Online Course
- Know Where You Are Going! Simple Steps to Writing SMART Learning Objectives
- A Syllabus for All Learners
- Reminder: Access to AY19-20 Courses Ends May 31, 2023
- Spring Cleaning Tips for Your Course
- Recent Problems with the Discussion Forum
- New: Extra Credit Question Support in the Quiz Generator
- Removal of the Twitter Tracker Feature from CoursePlus
- A Brief Primer on Merged CoursePlus Sites and Enrollments
- University Closure December 24, 2022 - January 2, 2023
- CoursePlus Downtime on December 30, 2022
- Access to Four Years of Courses in CoursePlus
- CoursePlus Outage on October 24, 2022
- The Schedule Builder Gets an Upgrade
- A New, Improved CTL Help Site Is About to Launch
- A Refreshed, Simpler Page Builder Main Page
- New LiveTalk Recording Option: Link to Cloud Recording
- An Updated Sign In Screen Is Coming to CoursePlus
- A Shift to Faculty-Run LiveTalks in AY22-23
- Reminder: Access to AY19-20 Courses Ends May 31, 2022
- View CoursePlus with a Low Vision-Friendly Font
- Student Degree Program Available on the Course Roster
- Retiring the CoursePlus Text Chat Module
- The New Online Library: Copy the Online Library from Any Course You Teach (or TA)
- The New Online Library: Distribution of Files via Amazon's Global Content Delivery Network
- The New Online Library: Upload Any Type of File
- The New Online Library: Improved Durable Storage
- The New Online Library: File Uploads Up to 2GB in Size
- The New Online Library: An Improved File Deletion Mode
- The New Online Library: A New, More Intuitive Interface
- A New Online Library Is Coming to CoursePlus
- A Change to the Handling of LiveTalk Slides
- Progressive Loading of Discussion Forum Posts on the 'My Discussion Forum' View
- A New Process for Sending Quiz Results in Large Classes
- Open-Book Exam? Don't Show the Warning About Tracking in CoursePlus
- Link to a Specific Drop Box from Schedule Builder
- A Rebuild of the Class Email Tool
- Showing Your Preferred Pronouns in CoursePlus
- Reminder: You Can View CoursePlus with a Dyslexic-Friendly Font
- A Redesigned, More Accessible Quiz and Exam Timer
- A Makeover for the Discussion Forum
- Planned CoursePlus Outage on Friday, June 11, 2021
- Reminder: Access to AY18-19 Courses Ends May 31, 2021
- Quick Look: Track Which Students Accessed Your Online Lectures
- Quick Look: Import Email Messages from Previous Offerings of the Class
- Quick Look: Submitting Files to a Drop Box on Behalf of a Student
- Why Did I Have Problems Accessing CoursePlus on Saturday Morning?
- Randomize the Display Order of Quiz Questions in Question Blocks
- Quick Look: Subscribing to Categories and Topics in the Discussion Forum
- See All Files Submitted to a Drop Box by a Single Student
- Quick Look: Tracking Downloads from the Online Library
- Quick Look: Give a Student Additional Access to or Time for an Exam
- Now Playing: In-Lecture Quizzes
- Quick Look: Import Surveys from Other Courses You Teach
- Quick Look: Moving Discussion Forum Topics and Posts
- Quick Look: Rubric-Based Grading Using the Faculty/TA Peer Assessment Type
- Quick Look: Graded Discussion Forum Posts
- CTL Help Holiday Schedule
- Custom Display Order of Drop Boxes
- Quick Look: Tag Rule-Based Exams in the Quiz Generator
- LiveTalk Attendance Time Data Available in CoursePlus
- Quick Look: Answering Multiple Questions at Once with the Combo Question Type
- Quick Look: Creating Choice-Based Simulations with PathFinder
- Two Changes to CoursePlus Based on Student Feedback
- Rich Text in Multiple Choice Answers
- LiveTalk Poll Results Available in CoursePlus
- Quick Look: Importing Existing Online Lectures Into Your Class Site
- CoursePlus Outage on October 7, 2020
- Improvements to the Downloadable Course Calendar
- The New Combo Question Type in the Quiz Generator
- The Drop Box Setup Interface Gets an Overhaul
- Quick Look: Student Performance Statistics on Quizzes and Exams
- Quick Look: Selecting Recipients for Class Email Messages Based on Filters
- Quick Look: Copy Quizzes from Other Classes You Teach
- Quick Look: Block Students from Seeing a File in the Online Library
- See a List of All Emails Sent to a Student from a Class
- Quick Look: Managing Presentation Signups with the Signup Sheets Tool
- Introducing a Zoom How-to Video Series
- Quick Look: Randomly Picking From Multiple Versions of an Exam with Quiz Sets
- Quick Look: The Timed Drop Box
- Quick Look: Giving Students Early Access to Content in Page Builder
- Quick Look: Setting Up Your Course Content Page with Schedule Builder
- Build a Quiz or Exam from Question Tags
- Quick Look: Control Access to Files in the Online Library with Open and Close Dates
- Quick Look: Convert Class Sessions into Schedule Builder
- Four New Features in the Quiz Generator from July 2020
- Enhancements to Question Tagging in the Quiz Generator
- View CoursePlus with a Dyslexia-Friendly Font
- A Powerful New Tool for Delivering Exams: Quiz Sets
- Zoom Links for Individual Class Sessions
- Randomize Answers to Multiple Choice Quiz or Exam Questions
- Manage LiveTalk Polls from Within CoursePlus
- Daily Notification of Who Added or Dropped a Class
- Delete Multiple Files at the Same Time in the Online Library
- New CoursePlus Features Available in the Fourth Term
- Reminder: Access to AY17-18 Courses Ends May 31, 2020
- Changes to the Quiz Generator in the Fourth Term
- See a History of Changes to the Syllabus and Course Schedule
- Limit the Word Count in Essay Questions
- One-Click Import of Class-Wide Email Messages from the Previous Term
- Report a Content Problem or Transcript Error While You Watch Online Lectures
- Hear How Students Pronounce Their Names in CoursePlus
- CoursePlus Now Pulls Enrollments for Multiple Terms in the Future
- CTL Services During the “Remote” Fourth Term
- Peer Assessment Tool Updates for the Third Term
- New CoursePlus Features Available in the Third Term
- New Student Health and Well-Being Section on All Course Syllabi
- Student Grade Systems Now Shown in CoursePlus
- New Methods of Assessment Tool in the Syllabus
- Save Time Organizing Students with Signup Sheets
- Web Accessibility Improvements to CoursePlus
- Highlights of What's New in CoursePlus for the First Term
- Peer Assessment Updates for the Start of First Term
- Send Both Individual Student and Class-Wide Feedback from the Gradebook
- End of Access to Pre-AY19 LiveTalks in CoursePlus
- More Accurate Reporting of Abandoned Quiz Attempts
- PathFinder Gets a User Interface Overhaul
- New, Zoom-Based LiveTalk Tutorials for Students and Faculty
- Reminder: Access to AY16-17 Courses Ends May 31, 2019
- Important, Big Changes to All LiveTalks in Online Courses in CoursePlus
- New Look for the Main Faculty Tools Page
- Lots of Little Wiki Improvements
- Access to Three Years of Courses in CoursePlus
- CoursePlus Updates, Listed by Month
- See the Exact Steps Taken in Calculating a Student Grade in the Gradebook
- Panopto Outage on Saturday, December 15
- Say Hello to Signup Sheets!
- Full Emoji Support in the Rich Text Editor
- Requesting Classroom Recordings via CoursePlus
- Peer Assessments Back in CoursePlus
- New Behavior for the 'Post Before View' Option on Discussion Forum Categories
- More Gradebook Updates for the First Term
- More Granular Control Over the Display of Quiz Results
- Automatically Flag Students Who Leave the Exam Page During an Exam
- Proper Extra Credit Support in the Gradebook
- Drop Box Updates for the Summer
- Use of the Preferred Student Name from SIS in CoursePlus
- Planned CoursePlus Outage on Saturday, August 25
- The New Survey Tool
- New Text Chat App, and the End of Flash in CoursePlus
- Archived Pages in Page Builder
- Planned CoursePlus Outage on Saturday, June 23 - CANCELLED
- Behind the Scenes Improvements to Maintaining Connections to CoursePlus While Taking Exams
- Reminder: Access to AY16-17 Courses Ends May 31, 2018
- Alternative Ways of Grading Discussion Forum Posts
- Updates to the Gradebook in March, 2018
- Student Academic Ethics and Proctor Signature Options in the Quiz Generator
- How Do I See the Current Grades for Students in My Class?
- Better Handling of Add/Drop Combinations in the Same Course
- Gradebook Updates in February
- Change Scores When Grading All Responses to a Single Question
- One-Click Conversion of Class Sessions to Page Builder + Schedule Builder
- What's New In the New Gradebook?
- New Gradebook Tool Coming in the Third Term
- Blocking Sign in to CoursePlus Using Internet Explorer 11
- Lots of Tweaks to the Printed Syllabus
- Tagging and Searching Questions in the Quiz Generator
- A Tweak to Drop Boxes for Exams
- Lots of New Statistics Data in the Quiz Generator
- Better Reminders for Students to Sign in to Class
- Reminder: IE 11 is No Longer Supported for CoursePlus
- Let CoursePlus Randomly Assign Students to Groups
- Pulling the Peer Assessment Tool for a While
- Drop Boxes for Specific Course Groups
- An 'Exam Dates' Section in Your Syllabus
- Logging of Quiz Setup Changes
- Reminder: Access to AY15-16 Courses Ends May 31, 2017
- Display and Open Discussion Forum Categories on a Specific Date
- Grant Special Access to a Page Builder Page
- Interface Refresh for the On-Campus Class Sessions Tool
- Interactive Transcripts During Lecture Playback
- Page Builder for On-Campus Classes
- On-Campus Classes Can Now Use the Schedule Builder Tool
- Publicly Viewable Page Builder Pages
- Full CoursePlus UI in Lecture Playback
- CoursePlus 101: Give TAs, Editors, or Guests Access to Your CoursePlus Site
- Important Notes About LiveTalk for Chrome and Safari Users
- Tracking the Work You've Done in Online Courses
- Portfolio Updates for the Second Term
- CTL Help Closings for the Holidays
- Enhanced Logging in the Quiz Generator
- Marking an Online Lecture as 'Watched'
- Portfolio Updates for the First Term
- New Table Tools in the Rich Text Editor in CoursePlus
- Important Notice about Safari 10 and LiveTalk
- Cleaning Up the Syllabus Builder Interface
- Vastly Improved Printing of the Syllabus
- Recording and Notes from 'What's New in CoursePlus AY16-17'
- Change Submitted Answers for a Quiz Back Into an Active, In-Progress Quiz
- On-Campus Session: What's New in CoursePlus, Fall 2016
- Portfolio Updates for the Summer Term
- What Happened to CoursePlus on Sunday, July 24?
- Faculty: Download the PPT Used for an Online Lecture from Within CoursePlus
- Farewell to 'Review' Quizzes: Multiple Attempts on Quizzes
- Track Access of All Content Pages in an Online Course, Not Just Lecture Sections
- Reminder: Access to AY14-15 Course Websites Ends May 31
- Access to the Schedule Builder Tool in Online Courses
- Portfolio Updates for the Fourth Term
- WYSIWYG Editing in Page Builder
- Required Surveys Before Accessing Course Content
- All New Faculty Guide to CoursePlus
- Show and Hide Academic Terms on Your 'My Courses' Page
- Video Thumbnails During Lecture Playback
- Report on Non-Participating Students in Online Courses
- Portfolio Updates for the Third Term
- Adding Online Lectures to On-Campus Class Sessions
- Update Bookmarks That Point to CoursePlus.jhsph.edu
- Change to the Display of Upcoming Schedule Dates on the Online Course Home Page
- JHED Sign In is Coming to CoursePlus!
- Discussion Forum Grading Improvements
- Alerting When Students Complete Exams Very Quickly
- A Refresh to the Student View of the Online Library
- Emoji Reactions in the Discussion Forum
- Portfolio Enhancements for October
- New Role: Course Coordinator
- The Online Library Trash Can
- New Class Email Filters
- Lots of Small CoursePlus Changes for the First Academic Term
- The On-Campus Attendance Tracker
- Sending Content to the Portfolio Tool
- What's New in CoursePlus Session on Monday, August 24
- Changing the Deadline for Editing Course System-Linked Sections in the Syllabus
- Ad-Hoc Peer Assessments
- New Features for Summer Term
- The New CoursePlus Portfolio Tool
- CoursePlus is Changing Its Web Address on August 6, 2015
- Hiding or Showing the Display of an Academic Year on the My Courses Page
- Wikis Can Now Have Unlock and Lock Dates
- A New Syllabus Editing Workflow for Academic Courses
- New Syllabus Editing Workflow Now Live
- See the File You Submitted to a Drop Box Immediately After Upload
- Track Twitter Accounts and Hashtags in CoursePlus
- Reminder: Access to AY2013-2014 Course Sites Ends on June 1, 2015
- Reminder: End of Support for IE9 in CoursePlus
- Lots of Little Changes to CoursePlus
- Updates to Discussion Forum Grading
- Syllabus Changes for Accreditation
- Follow @CoursePlus on Twitter for the Latest on CoursePlus
- Searching for Courses on the Course List Page
- Send Automatic Reminders to Complete a Quiz
- Daylight Saving Time Starts Sunday, March 8, 2015
- Listening to You About the 'My Calendar' Tab
- Intermittent Problems Uploading Files to a Course Drop Box - UPDATED
- Requiring Comments for Every Criteria in Your Peer Assessment Rubric
- Ending Support for IE9 in June, 2015
- CoursePlus Outage on Friday, February 13, 2015
- See Who Dropped Your Course
- A Slew of CoursePlus Changes for Third Term
- A Couple of Gradebook Changes for the New Year
- Schedule the Sending of Class-Wide Emails
- A New Way of Handling Large Course Drop Box Downloads
- Two Things to Help Prepare for Teaching During Inclement Weather
- A New 'My Calendar' View, with All Your Courses Listed
- Reminder: CoursePlus Will Be Offline This Weekend
- Follow @CoursePlus on Twitter!
- Schedule Course Announcements
- Get Your Discussion Forum Subscriptions in Daily Digest Format
- Lecture and LiveTalk Tracking Tools for Students
- CoursePlus Will Be Offline Starting at 7pm on Friday, November 21 Until 5pm Sunday, November 23
- Discussion Forum Updates for the First Term
- Using Online Lectures in Your On-Campus Courses
- CTL Teaching Assistant (TA) Short Courses and Resources
- The eLearning Account is Now the CoursePlus Account
- A Slew of Summertime Updates to CoursePlus
- Assign Grades by Group in the Gradebook
- Copy Quizzes from Other Sections of the Same Course
- CoursePlus Will Be Offline Starting at 5pm on Tuesday, August 12 Until 5am Wednesday, August 13
- Grading TA Role Added to CoursePlus
- Lots of Updates to the Peer Assessment Tool
- Reminder: The Rich Text Editor in CoursePlus Has an Equation Editor and a Drawing Pad!
- New Quiz Generator Features for Those Coming from the Old CoursePlus
- Two Things all JHSPH Faculty and Students Should Do...
- Copying Your Syllabus or Online Library From One CoursePlus Site to Another
- Change Your TAs from the 'Editor' Role to the 'TA' Role in the New CoursePlus
- One Last Reminder Before the CoursePlus Merge: Supported Web Browsers
- If You Need Access to Your Old CoursePlus BBS After the Merge
- Reminder: Access to AY2012-2013 Course Sites Ends on May 23, 2014
- 5-Minute Look at What's New and Different in CoursePlus for Faculty
- The 'Ongoing Feedback' Tool Will Not Be in the New CoursePlus
- Delayed Sending of Mail from CTL Servers
- Two Changes to the Class Email Tool
- 'Recent Items from the Online Library' Box on the Course Home Page
- Variable Credit Courses Will Not Be Listed in the Merged CoursePlus
- The New 'My Courses' Page
- 'About the Course' is Becoming 'Syllabus'
- Questions about the Migration of JHSPH Email to JHU and CoursePlus
- What Will the Merged CoursePlus System Look Like
- CoursePlus 101: Create Drop Boxes for Student Assignment Submissions
- 90 Second Overview of the New Class Sessions Tool in CoursePlus
- Merging the Online Courses and CoursePlus Systems
- End of Support for Internet Explorer 8 in CoursePlus
- CoursePlus Outage on Friday, December 20, 2013
- Major CTL Site Outage on November 22-23, 2013
- Big New Features for the CoursePlus Drop Box
- CoursePlus Maintenance on October 16
- CTLT Help Becoming CTL Help
- CoursePlus, TRAMS and Other Systems Offline on May 28 and 29, 2013
- End of Access to AY2011-2012 Courses in CoursePlus
- Custom eReserves Link in Your CoursePlus Site
- Major Updates to the Drop Box in CoursePlus
- Reminder: End of Access to Online Courses and CoursePlus with Internet Explorer 8
- New Syllabus Tool in CoursePlus is Live!
- New Syllabus Tool Coming to CoursePlus During Spring Break
- E-reserve System Maintenance on Friday, March 15
- End of Support for Windows XP and IE8 on June 1
- Closures for the Holidays
- How to Record Audio from Your Desktop Tutorial Posted
- Limited Support During University Closures
- Problems with the SPH Data Center on November 16
- Problems with the SPH Data Center on November 13
- Two CoursePlus Changes
- No Official Support (Yet) for Windows 8
- CoursePlus Problems on Friday, October 26
- Office Hours for Instructional Technology
- Help Us Provide Better Help to You!
- Reminder: New Gradebook in CoursePlus!
- CTL Fall Teaching Toolkit Events
- New Syllabus Tool Coming to Online Courses (and CoursePlus)
- Emergency eReserves Outage this Weekend (July 6-8)
- What's New in the CoursePlus Gradebook
- Emergency eReserves Outage this Weekend
- End of Access to AY2009-2010 Courses in CoursePlus
- CTLT Server Maintenance on June 26, 2012
- No Access to JHSPH Websites on Saturday, June 9, 6-8am
- CoursePlus Downtime on Thursday, May 31
- Problems with CoursePlus on Sunday, February 26
- New Online Library Coming to CoursePlus This Week
- Server Migration and Downtime Complete
- Extended Downtime January 5, 2012
- Two Changes to the Drop Box
- Extended Site Downtime Coming in January
- Delay on Rollout of New Online Library in CoursePlus
- What's New in the Drop Box for Students
- What's New in the Drop Box for Faculty and Editors
- CoursePlus Downtime on Tuesday, November 15
- Important Note About Browser Support and the New Online Library in CoursePlus
- New Online Library Coming to CoursePlus
- New CTLT Help Site
- What Works (and What Doesn't) Using Mobile Devices in Online Courses and CoursePlus
- Systemwide Outages at SPH on Wednesday, August 17
- CoursePlus Downtime on August 20 for the New Version of the Drop Box
- A New Version of the Drop Box Coming to CoursePlus
- Reminder About End-of-Year Access to CoursePlus Sites
- Small Change in the CoursePlus Quiz Generator
- March 2011 Update to CoursePlus
- Maintenance on December 30, 2010
- Winter 2010 Update to CoursePlus Now Live
- University Closings for the December Holidays
- Upcoming Changes to Class Sessions Tool for Students
- Changes to the CoursePlus Class Sessions Tool
- Remaking the BBS: My BBS
- Summer 2010 CoursePlus Update
- Scheduled Site Outages 9/17-9/19
- Remaking the BBS: A New Start Page
- So What Happened to CoursePlus Today (Aug 19)?
- Cleaning Up the 'About the Course' Page in CoursePlus
- Remaking the BBS
- Major JHSPH Outages on Aug 12 and 13
- Looking for Student Feedback on the BBS
- Improving the CoursePlus Class Sessions Tool
- Having Trouble Opening PDF Files?
- Faculty: Expected to Graduate Indicator Now Displayed on Course Rosters
- BBS Problems in CoursePlus
- Summer Change: Matching Your Name to What's in JHED
- Maintenance and Site Outages on Tuesday, May 25
- Slowdowns and Problems on CoursePlus
- What the Heck Happened to the Site on Thursday?
- CoursePlus Emergency Maintenance, Saturday April 3
- Course Evaluation Period Extended through March 31
- Change in Data Storage Policies for Online Courses and CoursePlus
- The October 2009 Patch to CoursePlus
- Another PDF Annotation Tool Available for Full and Part-Time Students
- What Happened to CoursePlus on October 12 and 13?
- Reminder About Data Storage Policies for JHSPH eLearning Sites
- CoursePlus 101: Simple, How-To Videos for Faculty
- CoursePlus Access Problems on 4/22 and 4/23
- The May 2009 Patch to CoursePlus
- Harvesting The Commons: Finding & Using Open Images for Teaching
- Two Things to Help Prepare for Teaching During Inclement Weather
- Go Ahead, Duplicate a Quiz
- VoiceThread Gets an Upgrade
- Fall Updates to the Survey Tool
- Upload Your LiveTalk Slides Directly Into the Course Website
- Four Updates to the Discussion Forum
- Fall Updates to the Peer Assessment Tool
- Two New Drop Box Features: Automatic Reminders and an Honor Pledge
- A New File Uploader for the Online Library
- Schedule Course Announcements
- Numeric Value Question Type Added to the Quiz Generator
- Deleting Wiki Comments
- Get Your Discussion Forum Subscriptions in Daily Digest Format
- Lecture and LiveTalk Tracking Tools for Students
- Using Online Lectures in Your On-Campus Courses
- A Slew of Summertime Updates to CoursePlus
- Assign Grades by Group in the Gradebook
- Copy Quizzes from Other Sections of the Same Course
- New Quiz Generator Features for Those Coming from the Old CoursePlus
- Two Things all JHSPH Faculty and Students Should Do...
- Change to the 'Preview Quiz' Page in the Quiz Generator
- Two Changes to the Class Email Tool
- 'Recent Items from the Online Library' Box on the Course Home Page
- New Peer Assessment Tool in Online Courses
- New Version of the Rich Text Editor includes Equation Support and a Drawing Tool
- Anonymize Student File Names in the Drop Box
- More Announcements on the Course Home Page
- Copy Core Syllabus Content from One Section of a Course to Another
- Faculty, TA and Staff Indicators on BBS Posts
- Submit Files to the Drop Box from Google Drive or Dropbox
- Draft Email Messages in the Class Email Tool
- Using the Rich Text Editor on iOS Devices
- Upload Images Directly Into BBS Posts
- Major Updates to the Drop Box in CoursePlus
- Letting Students Know You've Seen Their BBS Posts Without Directly Replying
- Farewell, Audio Chat
- Get Notified About Drop Box Submissions after the Deadline
- Timed Drop Boxes Now Available in Online Courses
- New For Online Courses: Grade BBS Posts
- Office Hours for Instructional Technology
- CTL Fall Teaching Toolkit Events
- New Drop Box Feature: Submit Files for a Group!
- New Syllabus Tool Coming to Online Courses (and CoursePlus)
- Updates to the Online Course System for Summer Term
- Weds April 11: Teaching Toolkit: VoiceThread
- 25 Ways to use Twitter in Education
- Updates to the Online Courses for the Fourth Term
- Mid-Term Updates to the Online Course System
- Downloading the Course Schedule
- Stealth Updates to the Online Courses
- Two Changes to the Drop Box
- Making It Easier for Faculty and TAs to Edit Online Course Sites
- BBS Updates for Second Term Courses
- Lots of Tool Updates for Online Courses in the Second Term
- Rich Media Embed Tool for Adding Content in Online Courses
- What Works (and What Doesn't) Using Mobile Devices in Online Courses and CoursePlus
- Faculty Can Now Manage Non-Student Access in Online Courses
- Changes to the Gradebook, Surveys, and Video in Online Courses
- Wiki Changes for Summer 2011
- Change in the Way Essay Questions in Quizzes Are Answered
- What's New in Quiz Generator 5.5
- Changes to the Gradebook in Online Courses
- Changes to the Drop Box in Online Courses
- Remaking the BBS: Category Organization
- Remaking the BBS: Category and Topic Options
- Remaking the BBS: Options and Subscriptions
- Top 10 Topics in Effective Teaching Strategies
- Remaking the BBS: The New Topic View
- Remaking the BBS: Bookmarks
- Remaking the BBS: My BBS
- Change to Display of Quiz Instructions in Online Courses
- Two Small Changes to Online Courses
- Remaking the BBS: A New Start Page
- How Would You Improve the BBS?
- Remaking the BBS
- Looking for Student Feedback on the BBS
- Summer Change: A New Face to the Online Library
- Important Changes to Online Courses in the Summer Term
- Summer Change: A Few Fixes to the Quiz Generator
- Summer Change: New Features in the Gradebook
- Summer Change: Download the Course Schedule to Your Calendar
- Results from Winter 2010 Course Tools Survey
- Popup Profiles
- Global Classroom at JHSPH
- Small But Important Change to the Audio Chat Tool
- October 2009 Update to the Online Library
- Another PDF Annotation Tool Available for Full and Part-Time Students
- Reminder About Data Storage Policies for JHSPH eLearning Sites
- Small Change to News Flashes in Online Courses
- Changes to the Course Wiki Tool
- New Features in the Class Email Tool
- Updates to the Course BBS
- Recap of Updates to the Online Library
OpenCourseWare
- Harvesting The Commons: Finding & Using Open Images for Teaching
- Massive Open Online Courses to Launch This Weekend
- Free Open Educational Resources Workshop
- Flipped Classrooms: Lectures and Homework Trade Places
- Trends, Headlines and Hot Topics in eLearning
- OCW: Gratis and Libre
- Two Population Science Courses Added to OCW
- OpenEd2009 Conference in Vancouver
- Baltimore Food Systems: A Case Study of Urban Food Environments
Online_Courses
- Meaningful Assessments in MOOCs
- The Importance of Building a Community of Inquiry in Your Online Course
- Know Where You Are Going! Simple Steps to Writing SMART Learning Objectives
- A Syllabus for All Learners
- Spring Cleaning Tips for Your Course
- Harvesting The Commons: Finding & Using Open Images for Teaching
- VoiceThread Gets an Upgrade
- CTL Teaching Assistant (TA) Short Courses and Resources
- Blended and Flipped: Exploring New Models for Effective Teaching & Learning
- Two Things all JHSPH Faculty and Students Should Do...
- Change to the 'Preview Quiz' Page in the Quiz Generator
- Reminder: Access to AY2012-2013 Course Sites Ends on May 23, 2014
- Delayed Sending of Mail from CTL Servers
- Two Changes to the Class Email Tool
- Speeding Up (or Slowing Down) Lecture Playback
- 'Recent Items from the Online Library' Box on the Course Home Page
- Variable Credit Courses Will Not Be Listed in the Merged CoursePlus
- The New 'My Courses' Page
- 'About the Course' is Becoming 'Syllabus'
- Questions about the Migration of JHSPH Email to JHU and CoursePlus
- What Will the Merged CoursePlus System Look Like
- New Peer Assessment Tool in Online Courses
- Merging the Online Courses and CoursePlus Systems
- New Version of the Rich Text Editor includes Equation Support and a Drawing Tool
- Are You Using a Supported Web Browser?
- Major CTL Site Outage on November 22-23, 2013
- Anonymize Student File Names in the Drop Box
- More Announcements on the Course Home Page
- 9/11 & 9/20 CTL Workshop: Accessibility
- Copy Core Syllabus Content from One Section of a Course to Another
- Submit Files to the Drop Box from Google Drive or Dropbox
- Draft Email Messages in the Class Email Tool
- Printing Lecture Slides in Different Ways
- Embed Images into Your Online Course Syllabus and Class Emails
- JHU Quality Matters Subscription and Workshop
- No Access to Online Courses Using Internet Explorer 8
- CTLT Help Becoming CTL Help
- CoursePlus, TRAMS and Other Systems Offline on May 28 and 29, 2013
- Changing to Video-Based Lectures
- Using the Rich Text Editor on iOS Devices
- Upload Images Directly Into BBS Posts
- Reminder: End of Access to Online Courses and CoursePlus with Internet Explorer 8
- E-reserve System Maintenance on Friday, March 15
- Letting Students Know You've Seen Their BBS Posts Without Directly Replying
- Farewell, Audio Chat
- Access to Online Course Websites from Previous Terms
- End of Support for Windows XP and IE8 on June 1
- Closures for the Holidays
- How to Record Audio from Your Desktop Tutorial Posted
- Get Notified About Drop Box Submissions after the Deadline
- Limited Support During University Closures
- Problems with the SPH Data Center on November 13
- Timed Drop Boxes Now Available in Online Courses
- New For Online Courses: Grade BBS Posts
- No Official Support (Yet) for Windows 8
- Office Hours for Instructional Technology
- Help Us Provide Better Help to You!
- CTL Fall Teaching Toolkit Events
- New Drop Box Feature: Submit Files for a Group!
- Social Media in Higher Education: Facebook
- New Syllabus Tool Coming to Online Courses (and CoursePlus)
- New Look Coming to the Online Courses Home Page
- The End of QuickLinks
- Updates to the Online Course System for Summer Term
- CTLT Server Maintenance on June 26, 2012
- Teaching with Technology Fair 2012: Collaboration in Health Professions Education
- Weds April 11: Teaching Toolkit: VoiceThread
- The For-Real End of Access to Online Courses Using IE7
- Rubrics: Students Like Them!
- Flipped Classrooms: Lectures and Homework Trade Places
- 25 Ways to use Twitter in Education
- Updates to the Online Courses for the Fourth Term
- Flash on the iPad?
- Mid-Term Updates to the Online Course System
- Downloading the Course Schedule
- Stealth Updates to the Online Courses
- Server Migration and Downtime Complete
- Extended Downtime January 5, 2012
- Social Media in Higher Education: Twitter
- Two Changes to the Drop Box
- Prezi, Technotroubadours and Teacherpreneurs
- Extended Site Downtime Coming in January
- Making It Easier for Faculty and TAs to Edit Online Course Sites
- Mac Users Experiencing “No Audio” Problem while Listening to Lectures
- Trends, Headlines and Hot Topics in eLearning
- Listening to Your Feedback and Making Changes: The Add New Topic Button
- Layering: Presence on Content
- Problems With Online Courses Resolved
- Improved Mobile Support for Online Courses
- Course Highlight: Life Course Perspectives on Health
- BBS Updates for Second Term Courses
- Lots of Tool Updates for Online Courses in the Second Term
- Enhancing the Virtual Classroom: Communicating with VoiceThread
- Rich Media Embed Tool for Adding Content in Online Courses
- New CTLT Help Site
- Running Mac OS X 10.7 'Lion'? Update Your Flash Player
- What Works (and What Doesn't) Using Mobile Devices in Online Courses and CoursePlus
- Udpate to Ongoing Slowness on Online Course Websites
- Systemwide Outages at SPH on Wednesday, August 17
- Problem with LiveTalk, Flash, and Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion)
- Faculty Can Now Manage Non-Student Access in Online Courses
- New BBS Coming to All Online Courses in August
- Changes to the Gradebook, Surveys, and Video in Online Courses
- Wiki Changes for Summer 2011
- Change in the Way Essay Questions in Quizzes Are Answered
- What's New in Quiz Generator 5.5
- Speeding Up or Slowing Down Online Lecture Playback
- Changes to the Gradebook in Online Courses
- Changes to the Drop Box in Online Courses
- Remaking the BBS: Category Organization
- Remaking the BBS: Category and Topic Options
- Using Google Chrome?
- A Few Changes in the Online Course Tools for the Third Term
- Remaking the BBS: Options and Subscriptions
- Maintenance on December 30, 2010
- University Closings for the December Holidays
- New Web Events Ready for Viewing
- Top 10 Topics in Effective Teaching Strategies
- Remaking the BBS: The New Topic View
- So What Happened to the Online Courses Today (Nov 29)?
- Remaking the BBS: Bookmarks
- Remaking the BBS: My BBS
- Change to Display of Quiz Instructions in Online Courses
- Two Small Changes to Online Courses
- Scheduled Site Outages 9/17-9/19
- Remaking the BBS: A New Start Page
- How Would You Improve the BBS?
- Remaking the BBS
- Major JHSPH Outages on Aug 12 and 13
- August 2010 Update to Online Courses
- Looking for Student Feedback on the BBS
- Having Trouble Opening PDF Files?
- Summer Change: Single Sign In to All Online Courses
- Summer Change: Jump to Other Courses
- Summer Change: A New Face to the Online Library
- Faculty: Expected to Graduate Indicator Now Displayed on Course Rosters
- A Big, Behind the Scenes Change for Online Courses
- Important Changes to Online Courses in the Summer Term
- Summer Change: A Few Fixes to the Quiz Generator
- Summer Change: New Features in the Gradebook
- Summer Change: Warning When You Get Disconnected from the Server
- Summer Change: Matching Your Name to What's in JHED
- Maintenance and Site Outages on Tuesday, May 25
- Summer Change: Download the Course Schedule to Your Calendar
- New School Events Ready for Viewing and Listening
- What's With All the Site Errors Lately?
- Would You Miss the QuickLinks Feature If It Were Removed?
- What the Heck Happened to the Site on Thursday?
- Course Evaluation Period Extended through March 31
- New Web Events Ready for Viewing
- Results from Winter 2010 Course Tools Survey
- Popup Profiles
- New Connect Add-In for LiveTalks
- Resolution to LiveTalk Archive Playback Issues
- Small But Important Change to the Audio Chat Tool
- October 2009 Update to the Online Library
- Another PDF Annotation Tool Available for Full and Part-Time Students
- Reminder About Data Storage Policies for JHSPH eLearning Sites
- A Small But Nice Bonus: Download All Lecture Materials at Once
- End of Access to Online Courses Using Internet Explorer 6
Teaching_Tips
- 6 Benefits to Taking CTL's Faculty Professional Development Course in 2024
- Meaningful Assessments in MOOCs
- Engaging Students with a Conscientious and Inclusive Lecture
- NEW Faculty Professional Development Course: Essentials of Course Design, Development, and Teaching at BSPH (Bloomberg School of Public Health)
- The Importance of Building a Community of Inquiry in Your Online Course
- Know Where You Are Going! Simple Steps to Writing SMART Learning Objectives
- A Syllabus for All Learners
- Spring Cleaning Tips for Your Course
- Rubrics: Benefits for Faculty and Students
- Inclusive Zoom Meetings, Part 4 - Facilitating the Meeting
- Inclusive Zoom Meetings, Part 3 - The Tech During the Meeting
- Inclusive Zoom Meetings, Part 2 - Meeting Preparation Beyond the Tech
- Inclusive Zoom Meetings, Part 1 - The Tech Before the Meeting
- Inclusive Zoom Meetings: The List
- A Video Discussion About Moving High-Stakes Exams Online
- Tips for Limiting FACULTY’s Extraneous Cognitive Load in Online Classes
- On-Campus Session: What's New in CoursePlus, Fall 2016
- Harvesting The Commons: Finding & Using Open Images for Teaching
- Two Things to Help Prepare for Teaching During Inclement Weather
- VoiceThread Gets an Upgrade
- CTL Teaching Assistant (TA) Short Courses and Resources
- Blended and Flipped: Exploring New Models for Effective Teaching & Learning
- The Flipped Classroom
- The Innovative Instructor: Peer Learning, Formative Assessment and Poster Projects
- Teaching During Inclement Weather
- November 13 & 22 Workshops: Service Learning
- 9/11 & 9/20 CTL Workshop: Accessibility
- JHU Quality Matters Subscription and Workshop
- CTL Fall Teaching Toolkit Events
- Social Media in Higher Education: Facebook
- URL Shortening
- Free Open Educational Resources Workshop
- Teaching with Technology Fair 2012: Collaboration in Health Professions Education
- Weds April 11: Teaching Toolkit: VoiceThread
- Rubrics: Students Like Them!
- Flipped Classrooms: Lectures and Homework Trade Places
- 25 Ways to use Twitter in Education
- Weds May 9 CTL Teaching Toolkit: Discussion U: Facilitating Effective Discussions
- Workshop on Rubrics 3/14/2012
- Applying Recent Research on How Memory Works to Teaching and Learning
- Wikipedia: Gaining Respect in the Classroom?
- Employing Creativity When Using Technology in the Classroom
- Layering: Presence on Content
- Ingredients of a Good Blend
- Integrating Social Media
- Teaching with Wikipedia?
- 'Unleash Your Inner Spielberg When Creating (Online) Presentations' Video Archive Posted
- V is for Variation
- Kevin Frick's Dean's Lecture Recap--Part 1
- Top 10 Topics in Effective Teaching Strategies
- OpenEd2009 Conference in Vancouver
- Teaching Naked
- Improve Your Lecture
CoursePlus_101
- CoursePlus 101: Introduction to the Gradebook
- CoursePlus 101: Working with Questions in the Quiz Generator
- CoursePlus 101: Working with the Quiz Generator
- CoursePlus 101: Working with Files and Folders in the Online Library
- CoursePlus 101: Give TAs, Editors, or Guests Access to Your CoursePlus Site
- CoursePlus 101: Signing In and Setting Up a Site in the New CoursePlus
- CoursePlus 101: Setting Up Your CoursePlus Site
- CoursePlus 101: Create Drop Boxes for Student Assignment Submissions
- CoursePlus 101: Add an Editor to Your CoursePlus Site
- CoursePlus 101: Add a File to the Online Library
- 90 Second Overview of the New Class Sessions Tool in CoursePlus
- CoursePlus 101: Add a Session to Your Class Schedule
- CoursePlus 101: Simple, How-To Videos for Faculty
Web_Events
- New Web Events posted
- Teaching with Technology Fair 2012: Collaboration in Health Professions Education
- Revving up web events
- New Web Events posted
- New Web Event Posted
- New Web Event Posted
- 'Unleash Your Inner Spielberg When Creating (Online) Presentations' Video Archive Posted
- New Special Events Available for Viewing
- New Web Events Ready for Viewing
- New Web Event Posted: Kevin Frick
- New Web Events Ready for Viewing
- New School Events Ready for Viewing and Listening
- New Web Events Ready for Viewing
- New recorded JHSPH Special Events Now Available for Viewing
Distance_Learning
- VoiceThread Gets an Upgrade
- CTL Teaching Assistant (TA) Short Courses and Resources
- Blended and Flipped: Exploring New Models for Effective Teaching & Learning
- Two Things all JHSPH Faculty and Students Should Do...
- 9/11 & 9/20 CTL Workshop: Accessibility
- Faculty, TA and Staff Indicators on BBS Posts
- JHU Quality Matters Subscription and Workshop
- CTL Fall Teaching Toolkit Events
- Social Media in Higher Education: Facebook
- Free Open Educational Resources Workshop
- Teaching with Technology Fair 2012: Collaboration in Health Professions Education
- Weds April 11: Teaching Toolkit: VoiceThread
- Rubrics: Students Like Them!
- Flipped Classrooms: Lectures and Homework Trade Places
- 25 Ways to use Twitter in Education
- Social Media in Higher Education: Twitter
- Prezi, Technotroubadours and Teacherpreneurs
- Trends, Headlines and Hot Topics in eLearning
- Layering: Presence on Content
- Ingredients of a Good Blend
- Enhancing the Virtual Classroom: Communicating with VoiceThread
- Top 10 Topics in Effective Teaching Strategies
- Global Classroom at JHSPH
Variables_Before_Assessment
Course_Highlights
- Inclusive Zoom Meetings, Part 4 - Facilitating the Meeting
- Inclusive Zoom Meetings, Part 3 - The Tech During the Meeting
- Inclusive Zoom Meetings, Part 2 - Meeting Preparation Beyond the Tech
- Inclusive Zoom Meetings, Part 1 - The Tech Before the Meeting
- Inclusive Zoom Meetings: The List
- Harvesting The Commons: Finding & Using Open Images for Teaching
- VoiceThread Gets an Upgrade
- Update Your Flash Player to Fix the Problem with LiveTalk Crashing When You Adjust Your Sound
- Two Things all JHSPH Faculty and Students Should Do...
- New Poll Everywhere Features
- Teaching During Inclement Weather
- Outlook for Business Tip #1: Scheduling Meetings
- Massive Open Online Courses to Launch This Weekend
- A Warning About iOS 6 and Facebook Integration
- Office Hours for Instructional Technology
- Teachng Toolkit Workshop - VoiceThread
- End of Google Apps Support for Internet Explorer 8
- Social Media, Twitter, and Future Applications to Public Health
- CTL Fall Teaching Toolkit Events
- URL Shortening
- Teaching with Technology Fair 2012: Collaboration in Health Professions Education
- Weds April 11: Teaching Toolkit: VoiceThread
- 25 Ways to use Twitter in Education
- Social Media in Higher Education: Mobile Devices
- Social Media in Higher Education: Twitter
- Prezi, Technotroubadours and Teacherpreneurs
- Mac Users Experiencing “No Audio” Problem while Listening to Lectures
- Layering: Presence on Content
- Why I like Google’s Tools
- Integrating Social Media
Innovation_Inspiration
QuickLooks
- Quick Look: Adding a Zoom Link to Schedule Builder
- Quick Look: Highlighting Assignments in Schedule Builder
- Quick Look: Track Which Students Accessed Your Online Lectures
- Quick Look: Import Email Messages from Previous Offerings of the Class
- Quick Look: Submitting Files to a Drop Box on Behalf of a Student
- Quick Look: Subscribing to Categories and Topics in the Discussion Forum
- Quick Look: Tracking Downloads from the Online Library
- Quick Look: Give a Student Additional Access to or Time for an Exam
- Quick Look: Import Surveys from Other Courses You Teach
- Quick Look: Moving Discussion Forum Topics and Posts
- Quick Look: Rubric-Based Grading Using the Faculty/TA Peer Assessment Type
- Quick Look: Graded Discussion Forum Posts
- Quick Look: Tag Rule-Based Exams in the Quiz Generator
- Quick Look: Answering Multiple Questions at Once with the Combo Question Type
- Quick Look: Creating Choice-Based Simulations with PathFinder
- Quick Look: Importing Existing Online Lectures Into Your Class Site
- Quick Look: Student Performance Statistics on Quizzes and Exams
- Quick Look: Selecting Recipients for Class Email Messages Based on Filters
- Quick Look: Copy Quizzes from Other Classes You Teach
- Quick Look: Block Students from Seeing a File in the Online Library
- Quick Look: Managing Presentation Signups with the Signup Sheets Tool
- Quick Look: Randomly Picking From Multiple Versions of an Exam with Quiz Sets
- Quick Look: The Timed Drop Box
- Quick Look: Giving Students Early Access to Content in Page Builder
- Quick Look: Setting Up Your Course Content Page with Schedule Builder
- Quick Look: Control Access to Files in the Online Library with Open and Close Dates
- Quick Look: Convert Class Sessions into Schedule Builder
Accessibility
- Digital Accessibility's Intersection with Universal Design for Learning
- Reminder: You Can View CoursePlus with a Dyslexic-Friendly Font
- A Redesigned, More Accessible Quiz and Exam Timer
- Inclusive Zoom Meetings, Part 4 - Facilitating the Meeting
- Inclusive Zoom Meetings, Part 3 - The Tech During the Meeting
- Inclusive Zoom Meetings, Part 2 - Meeting Preparation Beyond the Tech
- Inclusive Zoom Meetings, Part 1 - The Tech Before the Meeting
- Inclusive Zoom Meetings: The List
- A Beginner's Guide to Authoring Universally Accessible Materials, Part 6: Tables
- A Beginner's Guide to Authoring Universally Accessible Materials, Part 5: Hyperlinks
- A Beginner's Guide to Authoring Universally Accessible Materials, Part 4: Color
- A Beginner's Guide to Authoring Universally Accessible Materials, Part 3: Alt Text
- A Beginner's Guide to Authoring Universally Accessible Materials, Part 2: Structure and Formatting
- A Beginner's Guide to Authoring Universally Accessible Materials, Part 1: Document Properties
Recordings
Diversity_Equity_Inclusion
- Engaging Students with a Conscientious and Inclusive Lecture
- Digital Accessibility's Intersection with Universal Design for Learning
- Inclusive Zoom Meetings, Part 4 - Facilitating the Meeting
- Inclusive Zoom Meetings, Part 3 - The Tech During the Meeting
- Inclusive Zoom Meetings, Part 2 - Meeting Preparation Beyond the Tech
- Inclusive Zoom Meetings, Part 1 - The Tech Before the Meeting
- Inclusive Zoom Meetings: The List