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Tuesday, 13 October 2015

upload breeze ppt into Sharestream

As long as you don't have to make any changes to the breeze-ified PowerPoint, you can upload it directly into Sharestream as long as you make the loading htm file named index.


  1. In Breeze download content, download the output file


  2. Extract it into a folder with the same name.


  3. Go into that extracted folder,


  4. and rename the opening htm file


  5. "index", then go back to downloads


  6. and delete the original zip file


  7. Zip the folder


  8. And append the standard naming convention to it. 


  9. This can now be uploaded as an asset into Sharestream


Thursday, 8 October 2015

Add McGraw-Hill Connect assignments to Blackboard

McGraw-Hill Connect has assignments students can do online and then port their grades over to Blackboard. Here's how:

  1. After logging into the Blackboard site, open another tab and go to mhhm.com and choose the course and section.


  2. Choose the chapter you would like to assign. Note: if it was already assigned and the due date is past, you will need to change the due date to the future to be able to link it to Blackboard.



  3. Click on the yellow of students not started, and note their names. Then ,edit the assignment.



  4. OK, scroll to the bottom


  5. Click next: assign


  6. Make sure Blackboard is toggled on, thatthe date is in the future, and click assign


  7. You will be automatically moved into Blackboard (login if you are not in already), click Browse to where you would like to post this assignment, click the area you want it in, Submit.


  8. You will see it in that area


  9. You will also see it in the grade center


  10. Grades will eventually be posted automatically, but if you want to sync it manually, click Tools, McGraw-Hill Higher Education.


  11. Synchronize Individual Assignments


  12. Select the assignments that you want to sync, Submit


  13. Then go to the full grade center and enter zeros in for those who didn't do the quiz in step 3


  14. Now assign the McGraw-Hill online Quizzes as Quizzes by going into Manage, Column organization





  15. You can reorganize the order of the columns (since McGraw-Hill Connect will place these Quiz results in front of the columns set there before. Then place checkmarks in front of each Quiz, Click Change Category to, and set them as Quizzes. Submit. They will now calculate properly in the Weighted Total.


Thursday, 1 October 2015

When discussion board links are hidden for no good reason...

In Customization, Tool Availability, turn off the two discussion board things, submit, turn them on again, submit