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Blackboard Ultra
Blackboard Ultra Transition Program, Spring 2025 - Spring 2026 The transition plan provides faculty with an opportunity to explore the modernized Ultra Course View, featuring an intuitive...
22 Jan, 2025 Comments: 0
Accessibility
Ally is a separate product integrated within Blackboard with the purpose of checking course materials to ensure they meet Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. Ally Starter Guide Kaltura Capture...
13 Jan, 2025 Comments: 0
Wolfram Mathematica Software
Wolfram Mathematica is a symbolic mathematical computation program, sometimes called a computer algebra program, used in many scientific, engineering, mathematical, and computing fields. How to...
13 Jan, 2025 Comments: 0
Modeler Software (IBM SPSS)
Modeler is a data mining and text analytics software application from IBM. It is used to build predictive models and conduct other analytic tasks. It has a visual interface which allows users to...
13 Jan, 2025 Comments: 0
WebCentral-Banner Web (Self-Service Banner)
WebCentral-Banner Web is the online administration system for CCSU. From WebCentral-Banner Web all Blue Chip cardholders can deposit to their accounts. Faculty can access class rosters, student...
13 Jan, 2025 Comments: 0
Minitab Software
Minitab is a statistical analysis program that automates calculations and the creation of graphs, allowing the user to focus more on the analysis of data and the interpretation of results. Access: ...
10 Jan, 2025 Comments: 0
Wireless Network (WiFi)
The wireless network allows access to the Internet, e-mail, and other web-based services from mobile devices without the constraint of a physical wire. There are wireless access areas in most...
10 Jan, 2025 Comments: 0
Web Site Requests
The University's main website and most departmental websites are managed by the University Marketing department. To request web site update, please visit:...
10 Jan, 2025 Comments: 0
Assessments
This section contains documentation about assignments, tests, surveys, and pools. Assignments Assignments allow students to submit work to be graded by the instructor. Create an Assignment...
10 Jan, 2025 Comments: 0
Camtasia
How to Request Camtasia Our CCSU license for Camtasia allows the software to be installed on Full-time Faculty CCSU-owned PC or Mac computers. It cannot be installed on personally owned computers...
10 Jan, 2025 Comments: 0
What is Kaltura MediaSpace
MediaSpace is a cloud based web service developed by Kaltura which facilitates the conversion and distribution of various audio, video and image media formats. Faculty, staff, and students may upload...
10 Jan, 2025 Comments: 0
Email - Students
All students are automatically given a Central Microsoft 365 account. Your Central email address is assigned to you during your application process. It is your official University email address. The...
10 Jan, 2025 Comments: 0
Microsoft Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA or Two Factor/2-Step Authentication)
Multi-Factor Authenication (MFA), also known as 2-Step or Two Factor Authentication, is a Microsoft feature which allows you to better protect your account by requiring an additional step (after your...
10 Jan, 2025 Comments: 0
Residence Hall Computer Labs
Each residence hall has a small computer lab, complete with Internet access and printing capabilities. Lab setup and policies vary from hall to hall, so you should visit your hall's office or ask a...
10 Jan, 2025 Comments: 0
Spam, Phishing, and Malware Emails
Spam is unsolicited email that is typically sent out to a large number of recipients. It is also called Junk Mail. Phishing is an email that is looking for personal/confidential information and...
10 Jan, 2025 Comments: 0
CTI Workshops
We are excited to introduce a new way to sign up for Blackboard workshops through Microsoft Bookings! This method will also be used for various other workshops including Kaltura, Honorlock, and...
8 Jan, 2025 Comments: 0
Honorlock for Faculty
These documents contain information about using Honorlock as an instructor. Overview of Honorlock How to Get Started Honorlock Faculty Guide: Step-by-step guide on how to add Honorlock into a...
7 Jan, 2025 Comments: 0
Honorlock for Students
These documents contain information about using Honorlock as a student. If your instructor is using Honorlock for a test, you will need to install the Honorlock Chrome extension. Overview of...
6 Jan, 2025 Comments: 0
Kaltura Documentation
Kaltura Capture: Kaltura Capture desktop recorder is an easy-to-use tool for recording videos and capturing your screen. It's perfect for creating tutorials, demos, presentations, or capturing any...
4 Dec, 2024 Comments: 0
Book Publishers
This section provides a list of the existing book publisher links within Blackboard. Our method for pairing your McGraw Hill Connect & Cengage course to your Blackboard shell has been recently...
19 Nov, 2024 Comments: 0
Microsoft OneDrive
OneDrive is online file storage that is included in your Office 365 account. The features of OneDrive include: Active students, faculty, and staff get 1 TB (terabyte) of data storage Inactive...
31 Oct, 2024 Comments: 0
Email Listserv
The University Senate listserv is available for the purpose of facilitating communication among faculty and staff. Only CCSU email addresses can subscribe to the listserv. When an email is addressed...
24 Oct, 2024 Comments: 0
CCSU Banner ID
The CCSU Banner ID is a unique identifier used to authenticate and manage your CCSU Bluenet account. Faculty/Staff/Students: If you already configured the Get Mobile App, you can obtain...
7 Oct, 2024 Comments: 0
FeedbackFruits
What is FeedbackFruits? FeedbackFruits is a robust assessment and feedback tool suite that can facilitate individual or group oriented student-to-student, student-to-content, and...
1 Oct, 2024 Comments: 0
Creating an ACUE Account
ACUE Learning Lab AI Series Courses: Creating a ACUE Learning Lab account is the only way to access the AI Series courses. There are 4 courses in the AI Series. There are additional courses as part...
26 Sep, 2024 Comments: 0