Reminder! 

You will need to make your BlackBoard Learn courses available to students by following the instructions on this PDF.

Courses will not be available to students until June 3rd unless the instructor emails blackboard@uh.edu to ask for special permission.

Instructional Design & Technology is part of the Office of Educational Technology in the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences at the University of Houston.

What we do

We are a resource to instructors in...

• Identifying appropriate technologies for achieving course objectives.
• Determining which course elements are more appropriate for online delivery.
• Designing, developing and implementing technology-enhanced courses.
• Assessing the overall effectiveness of courses.
• Providing support and applying revisions as a course progresses.
• Providing support and training as necessary for implementing course materials in Blackboard.

To accomplish these objectives, we frequently support instructors with:

• Course Development
• Syllabus design or redesign
• Creating assessments and surveys 
• Graphic design
• Microsoft Powerpoint
• Image and document scanning
• Creating PDF files
• Lecture capture using MediaSite
• Audio and video editing
• Using technology tools such as Turnitin, Wimba and Respondus
• Designing course websites
• FDIP grants
• EOP grants

We provide training in:

• Blackboard Learn
  • General Intro
  • Course Content
  • Assessment
  • Grade Center
• Turnitin
• Turning Point
• MS Word
• MS Excel
• MS Powerpoint