Do you use Pearson MyLabs & Mastering in your course?
If you use Pearson MyLabs & Mastering in your course and want it added to your 2017 Fall courses, please go to https://goo.gl/forms/BpuILeiwMVHdtDZT2 and request Pearson for your course. The deadline for Fall requests is August 16, 2017.
The BOLT integration allows grade sync from Pearson to BOLT. Students must click through the Pearson widget in your BOLT course to sync up their account with BOLT. For more information, search for "Pearson" in the BOLT Help Course.
To get to the BOLT Help Course, login to BOLT and click Help. Click BOLT Help Course. To search, click Content. Enter "Pearson" in the search field at the left of the page.
A blog dedicated to BOLT information and updates for Bloomsburg University faculty.
Thursday, August 10, 2017
TurningPoint Cloud: Versions Must Match
Do you use clickers in class? If you use clickers, make sure your version of TurningPoint Cloud matches the version in the classroom. Versions should be 7.5 (other numbers after that shouldn’t matter).
Instructors discovered when their version did not match with what was in their classroom, they could not open saved sessions without exporting them with a password. To avoid this, make sure your machine and the classroom machine are both version 7.5.
Instructors discovered when their version did not match with what was in their classroom, they could not open saved sessions without exporting them with a password. To avoid this, make sure your machine and the classroom machine are both version 7.5.
Respondus License Update
If you use Respondus 4.0 or StudyMate, you will need our updated license information. We have put this information in the BOLT Help Course.
To go to the BOLT Help Course, login to BOLT and click on Help. Click BOLT Help Course. Click on the link. If you go to the course, you can search for “Respondus License Information” or "StudyMate License Information". The new installation password is available at those links.
When you open the Respondus software or StudyMate software, it will prompt you for the new installation password.
To go to the BOLT Help Course, login to BOLT and click on Help. Click BOLT Help Course. Click on the link. If you go to the course, you can search for “Respondus License Information” or "StudyMate License Information". The new installation password is available at those links.
When you open the Respondus software or StudyMate software, it will prompt you for the new installation password.
Thursday, July 20, 2017
IMDC Trainings
We are offering training on BOLT and instructional technologies this summer, from August 14 through August 24.
Registration for trainings is required.
Please register for the sessions you will be attending here:
https://goo.gl/forms/3pAEIivKoFxBR16r2
August 14
9AM Getting Started with Daylight
10:30AM Assignments
August 15
1PM Quizzes - New Features!
2:30PM LockDown Browser & Monitor
August 16
1PM Getting Started with Daylight
2:30PM Discussions
August 17
9AM Tools for Providing Feedback
10:30AM Video Options
August 21
1PM Reporting/Statistics/Tracking
2:30PM Quizzes - New Features!
August 22
1PM Getting Started with Daylight
2:30PM Synchronous Learning Tools
August 23
9AM TurningPoint Cloud (Clickers)
10:30AM Grades
August 24
9AM Getting Started with Daylight
10:30AM Awards Tool - New to BOLT!!!
Registration for trainings is required.
Please register for the sessions you will be attending here:
https://goo.gl/forms/3pAEIivKoFxBR16r2
Schedule of IMDC Trainings:
August 14
9AM Getting Started with Daylight
10:30AM Assignments
August 15
1PM Quizzes - New Features!
2:30PM LockDown Browser & Monitor
August 16
1PM Getting Started with Daylight
2:30PM Discussions
August 17
9AM Tools for Providing Feedback
10:30AM Video Options
August 21
1PM Reporting/Statistics/Tracking
2:30PM Quizzes - New Features!
August 22
1PM Getting Started with Daylight
2:30PM Synchronous Learning Tools
August 23
9AM TurningPoint Cloud (Clickers)
10:30AM Grades
August 24
9AM Getting Started with Daylight
10:30AM Awards Tool - New to BOLT!!!
Quizzes: New Shuffle feature
Have you wanted to be able to shuffle both the questions and sections in your quizzes in BOLT? Previously you were able to randomize questions or add random sections in quizzes. Now, you are able to also shuffle the order of sections, or the order of questions in a section, in quizzes.
To discourage cheating in quizzes, instructors can now shuffle the order of all questions in quizzes, or specific groups of questions (sections) in quizzes.
When editing a quiz in the Quizzes tool, a new option to Shuffle order of questions at the quiz level displays in the Quiz Questions section. When creating a new section to group specific questions in a quiz, a new option to Shuffle order of questions in this section is visible in the Display Options section. Once the shuffle option is selected, a shuffle icon appears next to each affected question in the quiz.
To shuffle all questions in a quiz,
1. On the quiz Properties tab, under Quiz Questions, select “Shuffle order of questions at the quiz level”.
2. Save the quiz.
To shuffle specific questions in a quiz,
1. On the quiz Properties tab, under Quiz Questions, click Add/Edit Questions.
2. Create a section.
3. Import questions to the section.
4. Under display options for the section, select “Shuffle order of questions in this section”.
5. Save the section.
You can shuffle the order of random sections at the quiz level, but random sections do not have the new shuffle questions option since the nature of random sections is to provide a random number of questions from a pool of questions, performing a similar function.
Starting Friday 7/21, you will be able to use this new feature in BOLT.
To discourage cheating in quizzes, instructors can now shuffle the order of all questions in quizzes, or specific groups of questions (sections) in quizzes.
When editing a quiz in the Quizzes tool, a new option to Shuffle order of questions at the quiz level displays in the Quiz Questions section. When creating a new section to group specific questions in a quiz, a new option to Shuffle order of questions in this section is visible in the Display Options section. Once the shuffle option is selected, a shuffle icon appears next to each affected question in the quiz.
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| The new Shuffle feature coming to Quizzes on July 21 |
To shuffle all questions in a quiz,
1. On the quiz Properties tab, under Quiz Questions, select “Shuffle order of questions at the quiz level”.
2. Save the quiz.
To shuffle specific questions in a quiz,
1. On the quiz Properties tab, under Quiz Questions, click Add/Edit Questions.
2. Create a section.
3. Import questions to the section.
4. Under display options for the section, select “Shuffle order of questions in this section”.
5. Save the section.
You can shuffle the order of random sections at the quiz level, but random sections do not have the new shuffle questions option since the nature of random sections is to provide a random number of questions from a pool of questions, performing a similar function.
Are you Ready for Daylight?
BOLT will have a new look and feel next month. Daylight goes live on August 17, 2017.
The Daylight Experience is coming to BOLT to bring a new, modern, responsive design to BOLT. If you haven’t, take a look at our video introducing Daylight.
Instructors also have access to preview Daylight at https://bloomudev.desire2learn.com. Use your BU login as you do in BOLT to preview Daylight.
The Daylight Experience is coming to BOLT to bring a new, modern, responsive design to BOLT. If you haven’t, take a look at our video introducing Daylight.
Instructors also have access to preview Daylight at https://bloomudev.desire2learn.com. Use your BU login as you do in BOLT to preview Daylight.
Improvements to the HTML Editor in BOLT
Do you use the Create a File feature in Content, post Announcements, or use the Discussions tool in BOLT? If you do, you may notice some improvements to the HTML editor used in all these places.
- Unsaved Changes Prompt
- Preserved Formatting from Microsoft Word
Unsaved Changes Prompt
If you are working on a file, and you try to navigate away from the page without saving, your browser will display a prompt to let you know that you have unsaved changes and give you the choice to leave or stay on the page to save your file.
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| New Unsaved Changes Prompt for the HTML Editor |
Preserved Formatting from Microsoft Word
When you copy and paste from Word, the formatting in the Word document will be preserved when you paste into the HTML editor. Images pasted from Word will save to your course files in Manage Files.
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| New Preserved formatting in HTML Editor when pasting from Microsoft Word |
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