Q: My question is about creating math equations in LMS. How to meet accessibility standards? What would you recommend?

A: A credit for this answer goes to my colleague, Julie Allen, who "found an online tool that will generate MathML code from a standard equation: https://mathmlcloud.org/#/. It’s really easy, and the code displays well in Bb [Blackboard]." This tool should work on any platform according to the  MathML Cloud website.

Q: How do I check students papers for plagiarism?

A: There is Plagiarism Checker Tool: http://www.plagiarismchecker.com/help-authors.php

You can download it for free: http://www.plagiarismchecker.com/

or Turnitin

https://turnitin.com/static/products/index.php

Turnitin is very powerful but it is not free.

Look for the plagiarism checking tools incorporated into the LMS platform you use. For example, you can create Safe Assignments using Blackboard.
SafeAssign checks all submitted papers against the following databases:

• Internet - comprehensive index of documents available for public access on the Internet
  
  
• ProQuest ABI/Inform database with over 1,100 publication titles and about 2.6 million articles from '90s to present time, updated weekly (exclusive access)
  
  
• Institutional document archives containing all papers submitted to SafeAssign by users in their respective institutions
  
  
• Global Reference Database containing papers that were volunteered by students from Blackboard client institutions to help prevent cross-institutional plagiarism.

Blackboard Help Articles

• About Safe Assignments
• Create & Edit Safe Assignments
• Grade & Manage Safe Assignments
• Understanding Originality Reports
• Direct Submit a Paper for Plagiarism Check

Top 10 FREE Plagiarism Detection Tools for Teachers

Google offers a Scholar Plagiarism Search tool to search " not only plagiarized phrases but also correct missing quotation marks and citations. This software scans your research paper, essay, coursework or dissertation completely from its database of internet resources, past exam papers, past essays, old dissertation papers and published journals."

Q: How faculty integrate technology in teaching? Could you share some examples?

A: I'd like to point to my colleagues:  Sustainability and success: Teaching with technology | ASU News

Q: Where I'll get the code to embed video in my Blackboard course?

A: Use Embedomatron - a new web app called Embedomatron. It automatically optimizes video for use in course learning management systems by:

• Resizing all videos to be 650 pixels wide
• Limiting the amount of corporate branding
• Preventing “Related Videos” from being displayed at the end of video playback
• Generating HTTPS embed code for use on the secure pages on your LMS

Embedomatron currently works with YouTube, Vimeo and ASU CLAS MediaSpace/Relay videos. More platforms will be added soon

Read more: http://teachonline.asu.edu/2013/10/improve-course-videos-embedomatron/#ixzz2s1YLo85A

Q: What Social Web applications for creating and sharing mind maps are available? I want students to use mind mapping for group projects to generate, visualize, and organize ideas, and develop stronger problem solving, and decision making skills.

A:  Try bubbl.us https://bubbl.us/ and Mindomo http://www.mindomo.com/

Q: I want to learn Analytics to build my online courses in the most effective way. Where to start?

A: this Mindmap will help you to see a big picture and all resources available: http://www.mindomo.com/mindmap/learning-analytics-62e500f49d144638b444cc5f26275e0e

Q: How can I improve my online course?

A: the Quality Matters workshops are now available online! Join the session to improve the quality of your online materials: http://www.qmprogram.org/professional-development-web-conferencing-workshops-available-now

Q: I'd like to create Wiki page for my class. How do I start?

A: Wiki  proved to be a great tool for collaboration. You can request Wiki through ASU Blackboard: http://help.asu.edu/sims/selfhelp/SelfhelpKbView.seam?parature_id=8373-8193-4586 

or build your own outside of Blackboard.

Here is the link to a brief response and resources: https://educators.pbworks.com/w/page/18697857/StudentWikiAssessment
The advantage of using Wiki instead of Google documents is: you can track individual contribution of the student to evaluate his/her participation in the collaborative project: http://community.wikia.com/wiki/User_blog:Meighan/Tracking_Contributions:_Recent_Activity

Q: Where I can find information about online workshops offered at ASU?

A: UTO Training provides a variety of free in-person and online workshops at - please follow this link:

https://sites.google.com/a/asu.edu/utotraining/

Q: I would like to have a list of the e-mail addresses of the students in my course but can't seem to extract them from the Blackboard site. Is there a way to put the addresses into a text file?

A: Yes.

From your Blackboard site's control panel:

1. Go to User Management > List/Modify Users
2. Place your cursor directly to the right of the first letter of the first name on the list, click and hold.
3. Drag down to highlight the rest of the page
4. Hit Ctrl & C or Apple & C on your keyboard to copy
5. Open a blank text file page (such as Notebook)
6. Click in the top left corner of the blank text file page, and hit Ctrl & V or Apple & V on your keyboard to paste
7. Save text file page to desktop and close
8. Open Excel and from the File menu, select Open
9. Find the text file page you just saved in the dialog box that opens, select it, and click the Open button (you may have to change "Files of type" to "All Files" or "Text Files" to find it)
10. In the next dialog box that opens, select Delimited and click Next
11. Select "Space" as your delimiter and click Next
12. Click Finish
13. Double click the top of the column in Excel that has the e-mail addresses
14. Hit Ctrl & C or Apple & C on your keyboard to copy
15. Now you can paste the list into a text file or into your e-mail. You can also paste them directly into a To line of an e-mail composition and hit enter. In most clients, this will put them each on a separate line. You could also paste them into the address book. 

http://www.princeton.edu/bb/bbfaq/Questions/email.htm

Q: How to run a Report of User Activity in Blackboard 9.1?

A: Here is link to a video tutorial:

Release 9.1: Reports: Running a Report of User Activity

Q: How to obtain a temporary or guest ASURITE in order to give sharepoint access to partners outside of ASU?

A: Blackboard Access
If you want an ASURITE ID to be able to take a class in Blackboard, please do the following: 

• Contact someone in the ASU department that you are working with and ask them to submit an online Courtesy Affiliate Request form at forms.asu.edu to request an account for you.

If you are a department and need to sponsor someone that requires an ASURITE ID to access ASU resources, please do the following:

• Go to forms.asu.edu, Computer Account Requests, and fill out a Courtesy Affiliate Request form on behalf of the person who needs the account;You must give the full name, birth date, non ASU email address, and if possible the last 4 digits of the SSN so we can make sure they aren't already in our system.
  
  http://help.asu.edu/sims/selfhelp/SelfhelpKbView.seam?parature_id=8373-8193-5021&source=Selfhelp&cid=7017
• If you have Guest access make sure to switch to the Folder view (the List view is by default and you can't see the content in that setting)

Q: Does Blackboard support publishing, sharing and consumption of open educational resources (OER) across its platforms?

A: Blackboard Inc.announced a series of new initiatives to provide greater support for open education efforts. 

http://www.blackboard.com/About-Bb/Media-Center/Press-Releases.aspx?releaseid=1618654

Q: How to use Clickers in classroom?

A: You need to register at http://clickers.asu.edu/ 

Some assistants will be assigned to help you and install software for your laptop.

Here is the link to a tutorial:

http://clickers.asu.edu/sites/default/files/file/tpbbreg.pdf