Assessment

Instructional technologies provide many opportunities to support assessment and track student performance in Blackboard.

The following articles provide details describing the best practices we regularly publish to support our pedagogical community of practice.


 

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USM OnTrack: New Live Labster Demos Available in December

Attend and experience these virtual lab simulations!

USM OnTrack is continuing to support adoption of Labster for online courses and is providing access to Labster for no cost for institutions or students this year.    December Demos: Intro...

Posted: November 12, 2020, 11:31 AM

USM OnTrack: Labster Introduces New Virtual Simulations!

Announcing new General & Organic Chemistry and Biology Labs!

USM OnTrack is continuing to support adoption of Labster for online courses. New simulations available    Labster is pleased to announce the release of brand-new, technique-based Organic...

Posted: November 2, 2020, 5:15 PM

Get Ready for Winter and Spring Semesters with Labster!

Attend Live Demos for Faculty of the Virtual Lab Platform

As a reminder, the USM OnTrack initiative is covering the costs of using Labster this year as part of their commitment to supporting faculty. There is no cost to UMBC or to students to use...

Posted: September 29, 2020, 7:31 PM

USM OnTrack: New Resources on How to Use Labster Available!

Recommendations for enhancing traditionally taught courses

USM OnTrack is continuing to support adoption of Labster for online courses. Please see below recommended resources for enhancing traditionally taught courses with Labster below:     A...

Posted: September 8, 2020, 7:06 PM

Free 3-day Conference on Labs for Online STEM Announced

Attend Innovating STEM Education 2020 online August 19-21

OLC Ideate Labs for Online STEM: Innovating STEM Education 2020   With COVID pandemic, virtual labs are now a requirement rather than a "nice to have".  There are many technologies and...

Posted: August 10, 2020, 5:49 PM

USM OnTrack Update: Labster will be *NO COST* to Students

Take Advantage of this Virtual Resource in your Fall Course!

USM OnTrack is now providing a system-wide site license for all USM institutions for Labster. As a result, it will NOT be necessary to charge students the $45/course fee. The upgraded...

Posted: July 16, 2020, 10:45 AM

USM Sponsoring Access to Labster Virtual Lab Environment

Learn more about Simulations for Lab-Based Courses

USM OnTrack is providing faculty training and inter-institutional coordination of resources to explore the use of virtual reality technologies by Labster for use in lab-based courses. Virtual...

Posted: June 29, 2020, 10:30 AM