Greetings and welcome to the Spring 2019 semester at Queens College. The Center for Teaching & Learning has been sharing Tech Tips with the college community for several years. This semester, we’re rebranding the series as Teaching Tips, as we offer advice on teaching with – and without – technology. To help your semester get off to a smooth start, we present a Start-of-the-semester Checklist that includes a shortcut to making your Blackboard course available to students. http://ctl.qc.cuny.edu/start-of-the-semester-checklist/ We also recommend that you think about a back-up plan in the event that inclement weather forces a college closing, or prevents you and your students from traveling safely to campus. http://ctl.qc.cuny.edu/bad-weather-back-up-plan/ You can read our past tips at: http://ctl.qc.cuny.edu/category/tech-tips/​ Best regards, The Center for Teaching & Learning