Tech Tip: How to Prevent “Zoom-Bombing”
Zoom-bombing is the term for when individuals “gate-crash” Zoom meetings. These uninvited guests share their screens to bombard real attendees with disturbing pornographic and/or violent imagery. Most of these are perpetrated via publicly available Zoom links; however, not all depending on your settings. Here are ways to protect you and your guests from falling victim. Read more about what you can do to protect yourself here: https://security.berkeley.edu/resources/cybersecurity-and-covid-19/settings-preventing-zoom-bombing Tips courtesy of Zoom and UC Berkeley
Customer Spotlight: E-Learning at Blue Ridge CTC
The E-Learning department at Blue Ridge Community and Technical College hosted its tenth successful Welcome Back Week in January 2020. The department’s e-learning support awareness program was started in the fall of 2016 to educate students about the support options for Blackboard and online learning while on campus. During the first week of classes each semester, E-Learning sets up a table in the café area on campus to serve as a one-stop shop for login assistance and Blackboard support. In addition to offering on-demand support at a convenient location for students, E-Learning chooses a campaign theme for each Welcome Back…
Customer Spotlight: Quality Matters at Glenville State College
As part of spring prep week 2020, Glenville State College offered a face-to-face “Applying the Quality Matters Rubric” course. Prior to the start of each semester, Glenville State College offers a prep week to ready and inspire its faculty. This was Glenville’s first time hosting a face-to-face Quality Matters (QM) workshop. Dr. Roxann Humbert facilitated the four hour course. Since joining in the summer of 2017, Glenville has embraced QM with over 60 percent of faculty completing a workshop. The workshop generated positive feedback from faculty. They felt Dr. Humbert was an excellent and very knowledgeable facilitator. They enjoyed the…