Tools

We use a lot of tools, but they all have their specific purpose.

• Announcements are always done via Blackboard and accessible there. They are also forwarded by email.
• Most learning material is available directly from this website, so you can access it anytime and anywhere without logging in. Some material may be distributed via Blackboard.
• Feel free to ask private questions via email or Teams chat, but ask questions that are interesting to everyone on the Discussion Forum, so that all can read the answer. (If you ask the teachers or student assistants via email something that belongs into a public discussion, they may ask you to ask that question there once again.)
• Deliveries such as the reports done via Blackboard, where you also receive an announcement for the deliveries.
• For the online lectures, we use Zoom. The meeting details are available as announcement or note on Blackboard.
• Microsoft Teams we use for document sharing, collaboration within your teams and contact with the teaching assistants.

Make Sure You are on Blackboard

Most students are registered automatically on Blackboard, so that TTM4115 comes up in your list of courses. If you are not registered, please send a mail to kraemer@ntnu.no.

Zoom

• Install Zoom.
• You can find the meeting ID and password for Zoom in the information section in Blackboard.

Microsoft Teams

For many aspects of collaboration, we are going to use Microsoft Teams in this course. It has functions for chat as well as sharing and collaborating on files.

• Visit the site about Office 365 and install Microsoft Teams on your laptop.
• Install it on your mobile devices (Android or iOS), too.
• Select Join or create a team
• Select Join a team with a code
• You can find the team code in the information section in Blackboard.