Digital Tools
Director of Digital Pedagogy and Scholarship
Welcome
Welcome to your guide to support, resources and tutorials for digital tools available for your use as a Catawba College instructor. If you have questions, please feel free to reach out and contact me. My contact information is listed below.
SnackBytes (PD) and Support
Online Office Hours
Tuesday: 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Thursday: 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM
You can join the Office Hours using the Zoom link below:
Confused about who to Contact?
- For Blackboard Support and Help with Ultra: Create a Help Desk Ticket by emailing ithelp@catawba.edu. You can also visit the HELP DESK site and browse FAQs.
- For help designing your course in Ultra: email Mary Beth Messner for support at mmessner22@catawba.edu
- For help locating or selecting digital resources and tools to support student learning and/or engagement, contact Amanda Bosch at abosch@catawba.edu
Snack Bytes: Professional Development Opportunities
Spring 2023 Snack Bytes Topics and Professional Development Opportunities are COMING SOON! Feel free to email me with suggestions for topics by clicking my email on the left side of this page.
Snack Bytes Fall Schedule
- Where: Library Wentz area or ONLINE
- When: Thursdays at 3:00
- What: BYOS (Bring Your Own Snack) and join others in discovering digital resources and tools or becoming a Blackboard Ultra Master. Facilitators will be onsite in the library for each session.
Water Bottles will be provided in the library for all attendees. You can also grab a coffee in the Lilly Center and bring it with you!
September 2022 Topics
Overview of OneDrive (including Blackboard Ultra integration) Click title to view the Video for this session or watch video below
Getting Started with Ultra Gradebook Click the title for access to video of presentation
October 2022
Using Library Resources via Ultra Content Market Click title to view video for this session or watch video below
Managing Question Banks in Ultra Click title to view video for this session or watch video below
November(Registration links coming soon)
An Introduction to MS Teams
Using Thinglink to Engage Students. Click title to watch video or access video below.
Check out this website for more information about Thinglink!
- Snack Bytes: Using Thinglink to Engage StudentsThis google sites website was created to support the instructional session offered as part of Snack Bytes Professional Development Fall 2022.
Snack Bytes Videos
- Snack Bytes Library Resources HandoutThis handout goes with the Snack Bytes video from 10/6/2022 on Using Library Resources