Blackboard, Technology, & Accessibility Resources and Support

CSCU Online Help Desk

Services Covered: myCommNet, Banner Self Service, Office 365, NetID Support / Password Resets, Wireless, Library, WebEx.

• Phone: (860)723-0221
• Help Desk website

Asnuntuck Help Desk

Services Covered: Office 365, Password Resets, wireless login on campus

• Phone: (860)253-1290
• Email: As-ServiceDesk@acc.commnet.edu

Updates / News

In order to streamline authentication services, improve productivity and security, CSCU is migrating from an on-premise authentication service (ADFS) to a cloud service (Azure). With the new Azure authentication method comes:

• Enhanced Password Reset Services in using the Microsoft Password Reset Tool (using security methods you configure) when you need to reset your NetID password
• Improved access/Availability by using a cloud service
• Additional security features (conditional access, multi-factor authentication, etc.)
• All CSCU student and staff must update their Security Information on the following link: https://mysignins.microsoft.com

Quick Links

• Login Issues (Mac & PC): Clear your browser’s cache, close browser and re-open
• Kaltura 3rd Party Cookies Issues: Enable 3rd Party Cookies (works for Blackboard, too)
• Login Instruction
• Password Reset
• Look Up NetID
• MyCommNet
• Microsoft Office 365
• Protective Enclave
• WebEx Portal
• CSCU Support site

Self-Training

• myCommNet Tour for Students, Faculty, & Staff
• Microsoft 365 Video Training
• Microsoft Teams help website
• Microsoft Teams video training
• OneDrive

How To

• Log Into Campus Computers
• Print Course Schedule and Transcript
• Print from Google Docs
• Microsoft Word: Saving and Printing or Emailing Document
• Use Dictate Feature in Word
• Microsoft Office Products Access and Download
• Blackboard Access
• Microsoft Teams: Recording Calls 
• Microsoft Teams Start Meeting and Background Change
• Microsoft Office Products Access and Download
• Microsoft Teams Download and Installation

Computer Skills for Blackboard

• Basic Technical Skills Resources (videos and websites)

Setup Self-Reset Password Options for NetID Login

• Update your Security Information on the following link: https://mysignins.microsoft.com to allow self-reset of password.

How Do I Get to My Blackboard Courses,  Student Records, and Email?

• Video Tour of myCommNet   (Register for Courses, Add/Drop Courses, Tuition Payments, Financial Aid, Blackboard, Email)

Blackboard

• Navigate your Blackboard Course
• Basic Blackboard Tools Videos
• Blackboard Collaborate Ultra for Students

WebEx

• Join a Personal Room or Meeting

Microsoft Teams

• Installing and Using Microsoft Teams

Setup Self-Reset Password Options for NetID Login

• Update your Security Information on the following link: https://mysignins.microsoft.com to allow self-reset of password.

Visit the Faculty Professional Development website to find:

• Pre-Blackboard Competencies Self-Assessment form
• Pre-Blackboard Competencies Resource website
• iTeach Certificate information

Faculty Training – Find & Register for Training Sessions

• Training Calendar Website
• Frequently Asked Questions about the Training Calendar

CSCU EdTech YouTube Channel

• CSCU EdTech Training YouTube Channel

Blackboard Video Playlist and Getting Started Quick Guide

• Watch: Blackboard Complete Playlist for Faculty
• Print: Quick Guide for Blackboard Basics

Video Conferencing Tools

• Blackboard Collaborate Ultra YouTube Playlist
• WebEx Meetings: Essentials for Faculty
• Schedule a Meeting in Microsoft Teams
• Microsoft Teams Training Agenda (System Office Training)
• Microsoft Teams Support & Training

Kaltura Media- Recording, Uploading and Captioning Videos

• Watch: Kaltura video playlist
• Print: Quick Guide to adding “automatic speech recognition” captioning to your videos

Accessibility

• Use Blackboard Ally to gauge the accessibility of your course and make improvements. Ally is a built-in Blackboard tool.
• Read: 20 Tips for Teaching an Accessible Course
• Microsoft: Creating accessible Word documents
• Microsoft: Creating accessible PowerPoint presentations
• Microsoft: Creating accessible Excel workbooks

Blackboard Resource Courses – all faculty are enrolled as students

Look in your Bb Course List (scroll down to where you see you are a student) for these two courses. Email your Ed Tech Director is courses don’t show.

NEW! Course Design and Delivery Competencies – self-paced training course for faculty!
This course includes information for faculty about both pedagogy as well as self-paced units that will help you, step-by-step, to learn how to use various tools in Blackboard, including best practices that will help you plan, create and locate course content, create videos, find rubric resources, and much more. It is intended as a “just-in-time” learning or refresher resource for faculty to use in combination with other professional development opportunities, such as training webinars (see the Online Training Calendar) as well as the NEW “Peer Faculty Support Network, where you can book one-to-one peer mentoring sessions.

The Best Practices Demonstration Course for Faculty – use this course to get ideas on how to set up your course

Why Accessibility?

• Accessibility, Usability, and Inclusion    8-9 minute read
• “A Taxonomy of Inclusive Design: On Disclosure, Accessibility, and Inclusion”  6-minute read

Writing for the Web

• Why Everyone Should Write Accessible Content
• Writing for Web Accessibility  
• Checklist for Plain Language on the Web

Creating Accessible Documents

• Microsoft Word
• PowerPoint Presentations
• Excel Worksheets
• Create Accessible Tables in Word
• Test and Remediate PDFs for Accessibility

Images and Color

• Color Contrast Analyzer – Use Bb Content Editor Accessibility Checker
• How to write Effective ALT text

Video and Audio

• Using Kaltura in Blackboard (scroll playlist for videos of interest)
• Using & Editing Automatic Captioning on YouTube
• Add and Edit Closed Captioning and Audio Transcription in Zoom
• How to View Transcripts in YouTube

Blackboard Accessibility Tools

• View File Accessibility with Ally
• Content Editor Accessibility Checker

Virtual Meetings and Collaboration

• Blackboard Collaborate Accessibility Features & Options
• Accessibility Overview of Microsoft Teams
• Accessibility Tips for Webex

Social Media

• Social Media Accessibility Toolkit