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[edit] Using the BCC email system
[edit] What is my email address?
All faculty members at BCC have the opportunity to obtain a BCC email account. With the introduction of the new BristolCC.edu domain there is a change in employee email addresses. All employees follow this format:
firstname.lastname@bristolcc.edu
Learn more about the new addressing system and how it will affect you.
Please note that this is different from student email addresses.
[edit] accessBCC
accessBCC is an online system that allows faculty and students to access, edit and manage their personal and course information. Faculty use accessBCC to obtain their course rosters, view their teaching schedule, submit roster verification statistics, input final grades and gain access to their eLearningBCC course spaces.
Every faculty member can access accessBCC but new faculty will need to set up an account the first time the system is used. Newly hired adjunct faculty members are only able to activate their account after receiving an instructional contract.
[edit] Enrollment Verification
Each semester faculty are required to verify the students who are enrolled in and attending classes. The registrar will send an email to all faculty reminding them of the date and information on the process is also available through Academic Affairs and each division. In order to verify your roster you will need to log into accessBCC and follow the roster verification instructions.
[edit] eLearningBCC
Many instructors use eLearningBCC to provide online content and resources for their traditional face-to-face courses or to teach hybrid courses or 100% online. Course spaces are automatically created for every course offered at the college. If you would like to learn more about how to access or set up your course space please view our eLearningBCC faculty help page or contact the Center for Instructional Technology Expertise (CITE lab) at x2081.
[edit] Information for Distance Learning Faculty
Are you a new distance learning faculty member? Check out our Getting Started Teaching Online Guide to learn about teaching distance learning classes at BCC.
[edit] BrowseAloud
BrowseAloud is a web site plug-in that enables both the BCC website and your eLearningBCC course sites to be “speakable” to students. This technology opens up new avenues of access and also helps students with different learning styles learn in the modality in which they learn best.
[edit] SafeAssign
SafeAssign is a plagiarism detection tool that is built right into eLearningBCC. It SafeAssign, an anti-plagiarism tool, is integrated into eLearningBCC and faculty/students can access it directly through individual course spaces. If you’re concerned about plagiarized work or want to teach your students why citation is important then learn how to set up SafeAssignments in your course.
[edit] Working with PowerPoint Files
Many instructors upload PowerPoint presentations to their eLearning course spaces. However, not all students have PowerPoint (though a viewer is available) and some have difficulty accessing the files due to file size (if you have a dial-up connection, downloading a 2MB PowerPoint file takes a long time...)
There are two strategies that we recommend to make it easier for your students to access your PowerPoint files:
[edit] Create PDF files from your PowerPoints formatted as handouts
Creating your PowerPoint presentations as Portable Document Format (PDF) handouts will provide your students the ability to easily print your presentations, reduce file downloading waiting time from the web, and help conserve resources. In order to create PDF files you will need a PDF creation program.
[edit] Format your PowerPoints as Impatica files
Impatica compresses your presentations into Macromedia Flash files and makes them easily accessible for students. The PowerPoint viewer is not required in order to access the files and the files are also much smaller and accessible for students. This software is available in the CITE lab.
[edit] Copyright
As you prepare to utilize materials in your face-to-face or online courses it is important to make sure that you adhere to copyright and intellectual property guidelines as specified by Fair Use, the TEACH Act, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and other applicable laws.
Below are a number of helpful links dealing with copyright issues:
- Copyright and Fair Use Guidelines for Teachers
- Understanding the TEACH Act
- Crash Course in Copyright
- An Introduction to Fair Use
- Can I tape a program off the TV and use it in the classroom?
- The Campus Guide to Copyright Compliance
- Creative Commons
And, you can also view a video created by Cindy Poore-Pariseau to learn about copyright and disabilities.
[edit] Additional Help
If you have additional questions please contact the Center for Instructional Technology Expertise (CITE Lab) by stopping by A201 on the Fall River Campus or calling 508-678-2811 x2081.
