Tools for Instructional Continuity

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

• How to post resources (PDF)
• How to open a discussion board (PDF) 
• How to have a synchronous class online (Blackboard Collaborate PDF)

VoiceThread is a collaborative tool that can facilitate asynchronous online discussion around multimedia. 

Just-in-time training

• How to utilize a VoiceThread (PDF)

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 

• How to get started using Echo360 Universal Capture: Personal (PDF)

• How to create a capture using Echo360 Universal Capture: Personal (PDF)

GW IT Support Center

• Phone: 202-994-4948, Email: [email protected], or http://go.gwu.edu/ithelp
  • Provides instructor and student support for access issues related to Blackboard (NetID), Banner (student enrollment, faculty assignments) and email. 

Instructional Technologies Lab (ITL) 

• Phone: 202-994-0485 or [email protected]
  • Provides instructor support on the use of Blackboard, VoiceThread, Echo360, and other instructional technologies. 

School IT and Instructional Design Support teams

• Contact your department or school for school-specific support options.