Tools for Instructional Continuity
The Instructional Core provides training and personalized guidance on the tools and best practices for virtual learning. Please contact the Instructional Core by email at [email protected] or by phone at (202) 994-0485 or see this list of upcoming workshops.
Blackboard
Blackboard provides a platform for you to share materials with students, as well as facilitate synchronous (Blackboard Collaborate) and asynchronous communications (Includes Discussion Boards and integrations with VoiceThread and Echo360).
Just-in-time training
VoiceThread
VoiceThread is a collaborative tool that can facilitate asynchronous online discussion around multimedia.
Just-in-time training
Echo360 Universal Capture: Personal
Echo360 Universal Capture is a recording tool GW faculty can use to capture screencasts or lecture videos from their personal device. The resulting capture video can be shared via Blackboard to your class roster.
Just-in-time training
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How to get started using Echo360 Universal Capture: Personal (PDF)
- How to create a capture using Echo360 Universal Capture: Personal (PDF)
Support
GW IT Support Center
Provides instructor and student support for access issues related to Blackboard (UserID), Banner (student enrollment, faculty assignments) and email.
- Phone: 202-994-4948
- Email: [email protected]
- Visit the GWIT website
Instructional Technologies Lab (ITL)
Provides instructor support on the use of Blackboard, VoiceThread, Echo360, and other instructional technologies.
- Phone: 202-994-0485
- Email: [email protected]
- Visit the Instructional Technology Lab website
School IT and Instructional Design Support teams
Contact your department or school for school-specific support options.