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Blackboard i-SMSPresented by : Sally Loan
National Institute of EducationSenior Educational Technologist
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• NIE SMS• NIE i-SMS• Future Plan
NIE SMS
• SMS is an building block in Blackboard customized in-house for instructors to contact student(s) via phone message
• Instructor can send phone messages to various recipient types
i-SMS
• Interactive SMS is an in-house customized instant lecture feedback feature in GeNIEus available to instructors only.
• Instructors can use this feature to display questions or votes to students.
• The system receives input via mobile devices.
Why i-SMS?
• “i” stands for interactive• Tapping on what the students already have ..
Mobile devices• Enhancement upon NTU’ solution on mobile
feedback• A mean for teaching staff to engage the
students during the lesson
Launch i-SMS
• Access any course• Click “Communications”
Launch i-SMS
• Click “SMS Messaging Tool”
• Click “Interactive SMS”
Start the i-SMS session
• Click “Start Session”
• E.g. student enter the message on phone• 302 Can you give some example of problem-based learning?
Message option
• Switching to vote option
Voting option
• Toggle from message to vote option
Voting (T/F)
• Safe Assignment is a plagiarism tools in GeNIEus (Blackboard)?
“T” or “t” for True“F” or “f” for False
Voting (Y/N)
• You can send SMS via GeNIEus (Blackboard)?“Y” or “y” for Yes“N” or “n” for No
Voting (MCQ)
• Which software allows you to create the test/survey questions offline and publish to GeNIEus (Blackboard)?“A” or “a”: Wimba Voice Tools“B” or “b”: Respondus“C” or “c”: Hot Potatoes“D” or “d”:Quandary
E.g. question posted by students
E.g. Vote reply
Feedback received• Students like the fact that they can use mobile
to post question anonymously• Instructors appreciate the feature to enable
them to gather response without any installation of additional software
• No additional gadget
Future Plan• Next phase for i-SMS
Future Plan
• Mobile enabled• Allow instructor to create question before
lesson time
Future Plan
• Student are allowed to join the session when instructor is also in the same session
Future Plan
• Allow instructor to review the result after lesson time
Future Plan
• Using twitter as a back channeling?
Future Plan
• Using mobile app (eClicker Host)
eClicker
eClicker Host & eClicker
Socrative – student response system
Socrative - Teacher Clicker
Socrative – Student Clicker
Technical specialist
• Eric Bonneau, Project Manager from Computer Service Centre
• Lum Hon Pheng, System Analyst from Computer Service Centre
