Need Blackboard or other technical assistance? There are three ways to get help with academic technology issues: 1) Submit a Help Ticket 2) Email onlineclasses@palomar.edu, or 3) Call (760) 744-1150 ext. 2862

Welcome.  The purpose of the Academic Technology Resource Center is to facilitate and enhance teaching and learning at Palomar College through the use of technology.  

What's New in technology - a new version of Blackboard, new Blackboard tools, anti-plagiarism tools, learning activity tools, hardware checkout, including video cameras, laptops, and digital audio recorders, a new help ticketing system, and ...

News & Events

News New Blackboard Export vs. Archive Screencasts New training videos available for Safe Assignment Blogging & Wiki Tools Added to Blackboard AT Spring 2009 Training Schedule now available Blackboard 9 is coming - call for testers TurnItIn to be terminated December 19 The Wimba Voice Tools are now available. New Blackboard Web Portal New Blackboard and Academic Technology Help System Subscribe to our RSS feed for updates on technology news and events at Palomar College.  Help.

Events Blackboard course purge Course from Fall 2007 will be deleted from Blackboard system December 23, 2008. Blackboard upgrade The Blackboard system down January 6-8 for upgrade Academic Technology Training Academic Technology Training Schedule published for Spring 2009.  Elluminate Training Online recorded and live training in our new econferencing product

	The Blackboard Feature of the week... Teaching with Technology tips...   Tech-Talk-Topic...   Wassailing Blackboard Uses for the Wimba Voice Tools Your Technology Toolkit

	Follow along with this podcast/website/e-newsletter and learn Blackboard from the ground up.  Every other week David Gray and Dr. Haydn Davis deliver instruction and discussions on the technical and pedagogical how-tos of building a blackboard course site and getting it to work to achieve your instructional goals. Visit the Index of Episodes Subscribe to the podcast. Subscribe to the e-newsletter. Blackboard support:  create a help ticket  | email  onlineclasses@palomar.edu |  or call (760) 744-1150 ext. 2862.   "Teaching with Blackboard" How-to screencasts   Using Safe Assign anti-plagiarism service   Using the Wimba Voice Tools screencasts   Using Learning Objects blog, wiki, podcast and search tools   Using Elluminate eConferencing Tools   Using StudyMate Learning Activity Builder

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	Blackboard Upgrade Blackboard will be down January 6-8 for a service pack upgrade. Our TurnItIn subscription will be terminated, December 19.  Click here for details. Safe Assignment is here.

The latest how do I topics:

• What are the new blogging and wiki tools in Blackboard?
• How do I create and manage groups in Blackboard? 
• How do I use the Wimba Voice Tools?
• How to create a Safe Assignment using the Safe Assign anti-plagiarism tool 
• What are the Elluminate eConferencing tools and how do I use them?
• How do I create links in Blackboard to journal database articles at Palomar College?
• How do I use Google Earth?
• How do I use audio and video in PowerPoint?
• How to set up a Learning Unit in Blackboard?
• How to request digitization for streaming media purposes from Academic Technology?
• How do I use the new SmartArt tools in PowerPoint 2007?
• What's New in the Blackboard 8 Grade Center
• What is the best way to save a PowerPoint presentation for the web?
• How to embed a YouTube video in Blackboard.
• How to embed a YouTube video in a PowerPoint 2007 Presentation.