Spring 2010Training
Blackboard training is designed to provide hands-on experience with using Blackboard as a course management tool. Blackboard workshops are offered several times throughout the semester. All Spring 2010 sessions will be held in the Center for Distance Learning (1020 Wendover-Suite 202).
Workshop Schedule
| March 2010 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Workshop Title | Time |
| Monday | March 15th | Managing the Grade Center | 10:00-12:00 p.m. |
| Monday | March 15th | Assignment Manager vs. Digital Drop Box | 2:00-4:00 p.m. |
| Tuesday | March 16th | Web 2.0 for Course Development | 9:00-11:00 a.m. |
| Tuesday | March 16th | Blogs | 1:00-2:00 p.m. |
| Tuesday | March 16th | Elluminate: Managing Breakout Rooms | 3:00-4:30 p.m. |
| Wednesday | March 17th | Photoshop (Enhancing Instructional Imagery) | 9:00-11:00 a.m. |
| Wednesday | March 17th | Self and Peer Assessment | 12:00-1:00 p.m. |
| Wednesday | March 17th | Elluminate: Using Live Video | 3:00-4:30 p.m. |
| Thursday | March 18th | Wikis | 9:00-10:00 a.m. |
| Thursday | March 18th | Elluminate: Sharing Multimedia, Web Content, Files, and Applications | 11:00-12:30 p.m. |
| Friday | March 19th | Elluminate: Getting Started | 10:00-11:30 a.m. |
| Friday | March 19th | Respondus | 2:00-4:00 p.m. |
| Monday | March 22nd | StudyMate | 9:00-11:00 a.m. |
| Monday | March 22nd | Adding Lectures in Blackboard | 1:00-3:00 p.m. |
| Monday | March 22nd | Elluminate: Managing Session Recording | 3:00-4:30 p.m. |
| Tuesday | March 23rd | Blackboard Discussion Board | 1:00-2:00 p.m. |
| Tuesday | March 23rd | Fireworks (Original Instructional Imagery) | 2:00-4:00 p.m. |
| Wednesday | March 24th | Elluminate: Sharing Multimedia, Web Content, Files, and Applications | 10:00-11:30 a.m. |
| Wednesday | March 24th | Dreamweaver (Enhancing Course Content) | 1:00-4:00 p.m. |
| Thursday | March 25th | Web 2.0 for Course Development | 10:00-12:00 p.m. |
| Thursday | March 25th | Creating and Adding Assessments | 1:00-3:00 p.m. |
| Thursday | March 25th | Elluminate: Using the Whiteboard | 3:00-4:30 p.m. |
| Monday | March 29th | Creating and Uploading Podcasts | 10:00-12:00 p.m. |
| Monday | March 29th | Course Tools | 2:00-4:00 p.m. |
| Tuesday | March 30th | Photoshop (Enhancing Instructional Imagery) | 10:00-12:00 p.m. |
| Tuesday | March 30th | Respondus | 1:00-3:00 p.m. |
| Tuesday | March 30th | Elluminate: Managing Breakout Rooms | 3:00-4:30 p.m. |
| Wednesday | March 31st | Elluminate: Using Live Video | 10:30-12:00 p.m. |
| Wednesday | March 31st | Dreamweaver (Enhancing Course Content) | 1:00-4:00 p.m. |
| April 2010 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Workshop Title | Time |
| Thursday | April 1st | Blogs | 9:00-10:00 a.m. |
| Thursday | April 1st | Wikis | 10:00-11:00 a.m. |
| Thursday | April 1st | Fireworks (Original Instructional Imagery) | 1:00-3:00 p.m. |
| Tuesday | April 6th | Assignment Manager vs. Digital Drop Box | 12:00-2:00 p.m. |
| Tuesday | April 6th | Elluminate: Managing Session Recording | 2:00-3:30 p.m. |
| Wednesday | April 7th | Elluminate: Using Polling and Quiz Manager | 10:30-12:00 p.m. |
| Wednesday | April 7th | Adding Lectures in Blackboard | 12:00-2:00 p.m. |
| Wednesday | April 7th | Fireworks (Original Instructional Imagery) | 2:00-4:00 p.m. |
| Thursday | April 8th | Photoshop (Enhancing Instructional Imagery) |
9:00-11:00 a.m. |
| Thursday | April 8th | Elluminate:
Getting Started |
11:00-12:30
p.m. |
| Thursday | April 8th | Respondus |
1:00-3:00 p.m. |
| Friday | April 9th | StudyMate |
10:00-12:00
p.m. |
| Monday | April 12th | Introduction to Blackboard (Parts
I and II) |
1:00-4:00 p.m. |
| Tuesday | April 13th | Dreamweaver
(Enhancing Course Content) |
9:00-12:00
p.m. |
| Tuesday | April 13th | Managing the Grade
Center |
12:30-2:30 p.m. |
| Tuesday | April 13th | Elluminate:
Sharing Multimedia, Web Content, Files, and Applications |
3:00-4:30
p.m. |
| Wednesday | April 14th | Web 2.0 for
Course Development |
10:00-12:00
p.m. |
| Wednesday | April 14th | Creating
and Adding Assessments |
12:00-2:00
p.m. |
| Wednesday | April 14th | Elluminate:
Using Live Video |
2:30-4:00 p.m. |
| Thursday | April 15th | Blackboard
Discussion Board |
9:00-10:00
a.m. |
| Thursday | April 15th | Elluminate:
Using Live Video |
10:00-11:30
a.m. |
| Thursday | April 15th | Self and
Peer Assessment |
12:00-1:00
p.m. |
| Friday | April 16th | Course Tools |
10:00-12:00 p.m. |
| May 2010 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Workshop Title | Time |
| Tuesday | May 4th | Web 2.0 for Course Development | 10:00-12:00 p.m. |
| Tuesday | May 4th | Managing the Grade Center | 1:00-3:00 p.m. |
| Wednesday | May 5th | Photoshop (Enhancing Instructional Imagery) | 10:00-12:00 p.m. |
| Wednesday | May 5th | Introduction to Blackboard (Parts I and II) | 1:00-4:00 p.m. |
| Thursday | May 6th | Managing the Grade Center | 10:00-12:00 p.m. |
| Thursday | May 6th | Fireworks (Original Instructional Imagery) | 1:00-3:00 p.m. |
Printable Training Schedule (Click Here)
Workshop Descriptions
Adding Lectures in Blackboard
This workshop is designed to assist instructors with adding audio and video lectures in Blackboard. Participants will also learn to add audio and video clips to PowerPoint presentations for use as lectures in Blackboard.
Prerequisites: None
Assignment Manager vs. Digital Drop Box
This workshop will provide information on creating assignments using the Assignment Manager, which is a tool for managing assignments in Blackboard. This tool, which is preferred over the Digital Drop Box, allows instructors to create assignments in any content area and post them for students to complete and submit in Blackboard. Creating an assignment using the Assignment Manager automatically creates a listing for the item in the Gradebook, which stores all submitted student assignments. Participants will also learn to download assignments from the Gradebook.
Prerequisites: None
Blackboard Discussion Board
This workshop will provide detailed information on creating discussion forums in Blackboard. The discussion board has several new features and enhancements of old features.
Prerequisites: None
Blogs
This workshop will focus on the use of blogs in web-based courses. Participants will learn how a blog can be a useful tool for assignments, group work tracking, and as a peer review tool. Participants will learn to use the new Learning Objects Journal LX Blog Tool in Blackboard.
Prerequisites: None
Course Tools
This workshop will feature the use of various tools within Blackboard. Topics featured in this session will include creating and managing student groups, using messages vs. email, managing the course calendar, and adding a course glossary. A host of other course tools will be demonstrated.
Prerequisites: None
Creating and Adding Assessments
This workshop will provide detailed information on creating assessments in Blackboard. Instructors have several options for creating assessments, including typing questions in Blackboard, copying and pasting questions, and uploading questions. Assessments can be placed in any content area within Blackboard and can be scored by the Blackboard system.
Prerequisites: None. Participants are encouraged to register for
Respondus after completing this session.
Creating and Uploading Podcasts in Blackboard
This hands-on workshop will focus on the creation and production of podcasts.
Participants will create an actual podcast that can be used for an online
class. The software that will be used is Audacity. This class will cover
the production, editing, and uploading of podcasts created during this
session.
Prerequisites: This hands-on workshop is designed for participants who
have prior experience with Blackboard.
Dreamweaver I - From Dreamweaver to Blackboard: Enhancing Course Content
Interested in sprucing up your content pages beyond the static look Blackboard
offers? If so, you may want to come to this dynamic workshop. Participants
in this workshop will learn how to use Dreamweaver to create basic web pages
for course development. We will also demonstrate how to upload the site to
the Blackboard LMS. This training includes the use of tables for site layout,
and text and image placement. It also includes a brief overview of basic
HTML coding, and its affects on image, text, style and formatting.
Prerequisites: This hands-on workshop is designed for participants who have
prior experience with Blackboard.
Elluminate: Getting Started
This workshop will explore the Participant, Chat and Audio Windows, Session
Capture (recording), PowerPoint file upload and navigation, the Toolbar,
and ways of establishing social presence in Elluminate.
Prerequisites: None
Elluminate: Managing the Breakout Rooms
In this workshop, participants will learn how to set up private and public
breakout rooms, distribute participants, manage participants, load content,
and monitor breakout room activities.
Prerequisites: None
Elluminate: Managing Session Recording Settings
This workshop will provide detailed information on how to set up Elluminate
Live to obtain the desired session recording outcomes.
Prerequisites: None
Elluminate: Polling and Quiz Manager
This workshop will focus on how moderators can keep session participants
engaged through simple polls and short quizzes. Participants will learn how
to create and manage these assessment tactics in Elluminate Live.
Prerequisites: None
Elluminate: Sharing Multimedia, Web Content, Files, and Applications
This workshop will provide information about using multimedia files, web
content, application sharing, and file transfer to enhance Elluminate sessions.
Tips on successful content sharing will be discussed.
Prerequisites: None
Elluminate: Using Live Video
This workshop will focus on managing live video broadcasts. Participants
will learn how to set video permission, share video snapshots, understand
video activity indicators and change preferences for optimum transmission
and control.
Prerequisites: None
Elluminate: Using the Whiteboard
This workshop will focus on the use of various whiteboard tools within Elluminate.
The whiteboard is the application’s main presentation window. Participants
will use it as a work area, learn how to load a presentation, navigate whiteboard
screens, set permissions, use screen capture, share images, and manipulate
objects and text displays.
Prerequisites: None
Fireworks - Original Instructional Imagery
Looking for an easier way to create custom graphics or edit images for courses
that will be uploaded to the web via Blackboard? If the answer is yes, then
Fireworks is just the tool to get the job done. Participants in this workshop
will learn some basic Fireworks tools that can be used to create custom graphics,
edit images, and create slideshows. All of which can be embedded into Blackboard
to enhance teaching and learning. If interested in gaining or expanding your
knowledge about this user-friendly tool, sign up today.
Prerequisites: This hands-on workshop is designed for participants who have
prior experience with Blackboard.
Introduction to Blackboard - Parts I and II (Condensed)
This condensed version of Introduction to Blackboard Parts I and II will provide information on accessing Blackboard, establishing course settings, managing the course menu, customizing content areas, and creating announcements. Participants will also learn to add content items, graphics, audio clips, and video clips to folders.
Prerequisites: None
Managing the Grade Center
The new Grade Center (formerly called the Gradebook) was completely redesigned to include easier and more efficient navigation with the ability to freeze columns and rows, filter by groups and course sections, and send emails directly from the Grade Center. Faculty can also complete simple calculations, including averages, maximum, minimum, total, and weighting.
Prerequisites: None
Photoshop - Correction Techniques for Enhancing Instructional Imagery
Ever wonder how some images appear to be crystal clear while others extremely distorted and pixilated? Well wonder no more, this workshop is for you! Participants in this workshop will learn how to use Photoshop for basic photo correction and enhancing. Because images are used during face-to-face or online instruction, it is important to understand how to optimize an image for increased clarity and decreased file size. This workshop will demonstrate basic photo editing techniques and tools that aid in improving images. Participants will also learn about image properties and resolution, as it relates to image optimization.
Prerequisites: This hands-on workshop is designed for participants
who have prior experience with Blackboard.
Respondus
Respondus is a valuable tool used to create and manage exams that can be published directly to Blackboard. With Respondus, instructors can create exams offline in the familiar Windows environment and import the exams into Blackboard. Respondus also allows instructors to create exams using an exam wizard; add tables, bulleted lists, enhanced formatting, and font changes; embed graphics, audio, and video; use test banks from textbook publishers; and create random sets of questions. Workshop participants will learn to create exams and surveys using Respondus.
Prerequisites: None
Self and Peer Assessment
The Self and Peer Assessment system enables instructors to create assessments that can be formally evaluated by students and their peers. After completing assessments, students use specific criteria to evaluation their own work and the work of their peers. Students can rate certain aspects of the assessment and provide comments for their peers. In this hands-on workshop, participants will learn to create and manage self and peer assessments.
Prerequisites: None
StudyMate
StudyMate is a tool that allows instructors to add Flash-based learning activities and games to Blackboard courses. Instructors can enhance interactivity by adding fact cards, flash cards, quiz games, matching games, crosswords, and several other activities to Blackboard courses. Workshop participants will learn to create games and activities, and publish them to Blackboard.
Prerequisites: None
Web 2.0 for Course Development: Where Do I Begin?
Are you interested in Web 2.0 technologies, but are unsure of where to begin? Look no further, we are here to assist you. This workshop will highlight many Web 2.0 technologies that are being used by educators across the country to facilitate and enhance instructional content and delivery. The goal is to build communities of learners that can collaborate and build knowledge in new and interesting ways. If your goal is to better understand how some of these dynamic tools can be integrated into your teaching and learning environment, sign up today.
Prerequisites: This hands-on workshop is designed for participants
who have prior experience with Blackboard.
Wikis
This workshop will focus on the construction of wikis and their use in online courses. This workshop will focus on project development and peer review, group authoring, project tracking, and the distribution of information. Participants will learn to use the new Learning Objects Teams LX Wiki Tool in Blackboard.
Prerequisites: None
Registration
All Spring 2010 workshops will be held in the Center for Distance Learning (1020 E. Wendover Avenue - Suite 202). Registration is required due to limited seating.
To register for Blackboard workshops:
- Access the NC A&T SU Training Management System: http://www.ncat.edu/training.
- Login (top right corner) using your NC A&T email username and password.
- Click the Training Schedule link (top of page). Search
for the desired workshop.
- Click Register beside the desired workshop.
Reservations can also be made via email (tolewis@ncat.edu). (Confirmations for email registration will be sent within 24 hours of registration). To register via phone, call 336-285-4491. Contact Person: Dr. Tracie Lewis.
Cancellation Policy
In the case of an emergency (i.e. instructor illness, adverse weather, etc.) and/or workshop cancellation, we will make every effort to contact participants in a timely fashion.
Participants who are unable to attend a workshop, under circumstances other than emergencies and adverse weather, are asked to contact the workshop facilitator at least 24 hours in advance.
Training Materials
Step-by-step handouts can be downloaded by visiting the Blackboard Faculty Training Website at: http://www.ncat.edu/~training/blackboard
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Additional Training Requests
For information regarding group or one-to-one Blackboard training, please contact:
Tracie O. Lewis, Ph.D.
Division of Information Technology (DoIT)
1020 E. Wendover Avenue - Suite 203
Greensboro, North Carolina 27411
Email: tolewis@ncat.edu
Office: (336) 285-4491
Fax: (336) 256-2152