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What is the ODU online portal?

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How do I log in to the Blackboard Learning System?

Blackboard. Blackboard is the web-based course management tool that is used by a majority of ODU faculty to adminster course content. In order to access their course (s) in Blackboard, Students must: have a MIDAS account ID and password, validate that the Blackboard service in MIDAS is active, have an active student email account, and.

How do I give feedback to ODU?

Blackboard at ODU. The Blackboard Learning System enhances the classroom experience by enabling collaboration, feedback, and access to documents, assignments and other materials. Before using Blackboard in your courses, you should attend a Blackboard training class with the Center for Learning and Teaching (CLT).

What is the myodu portal?

May 10, 2017 · You have a future hold coming up in the next 30 days. Click the View Holds button for more details.

What is the grade center in Blackboard?

It is a dynamic and interactive tool, allowing you to record data, calculate grades and monitor student progress. You can generate reports to communicate information to parents, administrators and other stakeholders. You can determine which assigned grades to show to your students in My Grades, including columns displaying performance results.

What is Respondus in Blackboard?

Respondus is a tool for creating and managing exams that can be printed to paper or published directly to Blackboard. Respondus locks down the testing environment within Blackboard. When an assessment is started, students are locked into it and are unable to print, copy, go to another URL or access other applications until they submit their exam for grading.

What should I do before using a blackboard?

Before using Blackboard in your courses, you should attend a Blackboard training class with the Center for Learning and Teaching (CLT). While many aspects of Blackboard are intuitive, it is important to be prepared for the variety of situations you may encounter in the classroom.

What does force completion mean on Blackboard?

This means that if a student accidentally closes their browser, or loses their connection to the test, they cannot continue with the exam until the instructor intervenes and resets the exam.

What is a discussion board?

A discussion board forum is an area where participants discuss a topic or a group of related topics. Within each forum, users can create multiple threads. A thread includes the initial post and all replies to it. You can create forums and threads to organize discussions into units or topics relevant to your course.

What is a blog in Blackboard?

A blog (short for web log) is a personal online journal that is frequently updated and intended for general public access and use. Instructors create and manage blogs in Blackboard, and only enrolled users can view and create entries and comments in them.

What is an organization site?

Organization sites allow administrative departments or other units to provide training to the university community for non-university credit. Organizational leaders can add or remove students on demand and manage course delivery outside of a semester's time constraints.

What is myodu portal?

MyODU is a web-based, personal gateway for official ODU information, with direct access to many university services. The portal pulls together the ODU online resources you need most, providing easy and centralized access to:

What can staff use myodu for?

Staff can use myODU to stay abreast of campus news and events, to communicate with students, faculty and one another, and to access employee services, which include a leave-balance and benefits and access to key human resource forms.

Can faculty use myodu?

Faculty. Faculty can also use myODU to prepare for the term, from home or campus. Faculty will find course rosters, access to advising holds, student email distribution lists, and information from key offices, such as the provost's office, their college or department.

Key Features

View, complete, and submit course materials online using easy-to-use tools such as:

Overview

The Blackboard Learning System helps professors and students enhance the classroom experience by enabling continued class collaboration, facilitating feedback from peers and instructors, and allowing for unlimited access to course documents, reading assignments, and other supplementary materials.

Getting Started

Access Blackboard at https://www.blackboard.odu.edu and log in with your MIDAS ID and password.

Student Computing

Computing is at the core of the modern education and Old Dominion University offers students a vast array of powerful computing resources.

Faculty & Staff Computing

ITS provides services and support for the technology and academic computing resources at ODU.