SOE Bb Worskhop Summer 2012
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School of Education Blackboard Workshop
Summer 2012Amy Ginsberg
With thanks to Andrew Livanis, Monique Howard and Norm Sutaria
Today’s TopicsO Organization of your course Bb siteO Home PageO Course Overview / Syllabus / CalendarO Discussion ForumO BlogsO AssignmentsO RubricsO Grade CenterO Tracking Student Activity
Organization of your course Bb site
O Key Elements:O SimplicityO RedundancyO Structure (by topic, date, or content/tool)
O Q & AO Campus ResourcesO Professional ResourcesO FeedbackO Individual Appointments
Simplicity, Redundancy & Structure
Miscellaneous (Useful) Elements
O Q & A (for questions that pertain to many/all)O Tools: Discussion Board
O Campus Resources (for this class)O Build Content: Create Web Link
O Professional Resources (for this class)O Build Content: Create Web Link or Item
O Feedback (per your needs)O Build Content: Create Web Link to Survey
Monkey Anonymous Student Feedback Survey
O Individual AppointmentsO Build Content: Create Web Link to Doodle
Summer 2012 Individual Appointments
Home PageO Do not delete! (I learned this the
hard way.)O Maximize its usefulness for students
by removing what you don’t need and adding content to the most helpful tools.
O I use My Announcements, What’s New, and My Calendar.
O Other modules you might like are Alerts, Dictionary, and Library Resources.
Course Overview / Syllabus / Calendar
O Course Overview is the instructor’s introduction to the most important elements in orienting students to the course.
O Syllabus houses NYSED required components.
O Some syllabus components may also have their own content link for easy access.O CalendarO Grading SchemeO Readings / BibliographyO Rubrics
Discussion Boards, Forums & Threads
O Blackboard Learn 9.0 On Demand Learning Center: Discussion Board Tour
O Tools -> Discussion Board -> Create New Forum
O Incentive = ParticipationO Evaluation = IncentiveO Make instructions and evaluation criteria
explicit.O Some examples…
BlogsO Blackboard Learn 9.0 On Demand Le
arning Center: Creating a BlogO Course Tools -> Blogs -> Create BlogO Incentive = ParticipationO Evaluation = IncentiveO Make instructions and evaluation
criteria explicit.O An example…
AssignmentsO Blackboard Learn 9.0 On Demand Le
arning Center: Creating AssignmentsO Add menu item -> content area
(name it) -> Assessments -> Assignment
O Some examples…
RubricsO Blackboard Learn 9.1 On Demand Le
arning Center: Creating a RubricO Rubrics are easy to create in Bb and
can be as simple or complex as you want them to be.
O Rubrics can be used for assignments, discussions, and blogs, and linked to the grade center.
O Some examples…
Grade CenterO www.xavier.edu/ds/blackboard9/pdf/GradeCenter.pdf
O Grades can appear in grade center automatically or can be entered/changed manually.
O Needs Grading link shows just what you need to grade, and can be separated by category.
O Columns can be altered as needed.O Grade center can be downloaded to your
computer, worked on offline, uploaded, and printed.
Tracking Student Activity
O It is possible for you to keep track of what students are accessing and when.
O This is helpful for a variety of reasons:O Capturing students who are having
difficulty at the beginning of the semester
O Getting a sense of how much time and effort students are putting into the course
O Identifying students who are disappearing and falling behind