Summer 2008 Training
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.
Workshop Schedule
| May 2008 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Workshop Title | Time |
| Monday | May 12th | Assignment Manager vs. Digital Drop Box | 1:00-3:00 p.m. |
| Tuesday | May 13th | Creating and Adding Assessments | 9:00-11:00 a.m. |
| Tuesday | May 13th | Respondus | 1:00-3:00 p.m. |
| Friday | May 16th | Discussion Board and Collaboration Tools | 12:00-2:00 p.m. |
| Tuesday | May 20th | Managing the Gradebook | 1:00-3:00 p.m. |
| Wednesday | May 21st | Introduction to Blackboard-Part I | 10:00-12:00 p.m. |
| Wednesday | May 21st | Introduction to Blackboard-Part II | 12:30-2:30 p.m. |
| Thursday | May 22nd | Advanced PowerPoint | 2:00-4:00 p.m. |
| Wednesday | May 28th | Course Tools | 9:00-11:00 a.m. |
| Thursday | May 29th | StudyMate | 1:00-3:00 p.m. |
| June 2008 | |||
| Day | Date | Workshop Title | Time |
| Monday | June 2nd | Introduction to Blackboard-Part I | 1:00-3:00 p.m. |
| Tuesday | June 3rd | Introduction to Blackboard-Part II | 1:00-3:00 p.m. |
| Wednesday | June 4th | Advanced PowerPoint | 10:00-12:00 p.m. |
| Thursday | June 5th | Assignment Manager vs. Digital Drop Box | 10:00-12:00 p.m. |
| Monday | June 9th | Managing the Gradebook | 10:00-12:00 p.m. |
| Tuesday | June 10th | Creating and Adding Assessments | 1:00-3:00 p.m. |
| Wednesday | June 11th | Respondus | 10:00-12:00 p.m. |
| Thursday | June 12th | Course Tools | 1:00-3:00 p.m. |
| Friday | June 13th | Discussion Board and Collaboration Tools | 12:00-2:00 p.m. |
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Beginning June 23rd, special Blackboard topics will be offered including topics on:
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Wikis
Podcasts
SafeAssign
Electronic Portfolios
Blackboard Scholar
What’s New in Blackboard 8.0?
Blackboard 8.0 Grade Center
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on the “Special
Topics” schedule.
Workshop Descriptions
Advanced PowerPoint
This workshop will focus on using PowerPoint as an instructional tool to enhance online courses. Strategies will be provided for using PowerPoint presentations for lectures. Participants will also be instructed on adding audio and video to PowerPoint presentations. Participants will also learn to package PowerPoint presentations, which will allow students to quickly open PowerPoint presentations as web pages – with minimal download time.
Prerequisites: Participants must be able to prepare basic PowerPoint
presentations and must have prior experience with Blackboard.
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: Participants must have experience creating course
content in Blackboard.
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: This hands-on workshop is designed for participants who have prior experience with Blackboard.
Introduction to Blackboard - Part I
This introductory workshop is designed for those who have little to no
experience with Blackboard. This hands-on workshop will provide information
on accessing Blackboard, establishing course settings, managing the course
menu, creating folders, and creating announcements. This workshop will
also provide an overview of advanced Blackboard topics.
Prerequisites: None
Introduction to Blackboard - Part II
This workshop is designed as a follow-up to the Introduction to Blackboard – Part I workshop. This workshop will provide various techniques for creating and customizing content areas, including the creation of folders and learning units. Participants will also learn to add content items and graphics to folders and learning units.
Prerequisites: Participation in the Introduction to Blackboard - Part
I session or prior experience with Blackboard.
Managing the Gradebook
Participants will learn to create Gradebook items, enter grades in the Gradebook, manage assignment and quiz grades, download grades, upload grades, and assign weights.
Prerequisites: This hands-on workshop is designed for participants
who have prior experience with Blackboard.
Respondus
Respondus is a valuable tool for creating and managing 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. Workshop participants will learn to format exams in Microsoft Word, import the exams into Respondus, and publish them to Blackboard. Participants will also learn to generate exams using random sets of questions.
Prerequisites: Participants must have prior experience creating exams in Blackboard.
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: Participation in the Introduction to Blackboard
- Part I session or prior experience with Blackboard.
Registration
All workshops will be held in the Center for Distance Learning (CDL) Conference Room unless otherwise noted. The CDL Conference Room in located at 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 336-256-0835/0355 ext. 3010. Contact Person: Tracie Lewis.
Cancellation Policy
In the event of a workshop cancellation, participants will be notified at least 24 hours in advance. In the case of an emergency (i.e. instructor illness, adverse weather, etc.), 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.
Coordinator for Distance Learning
1020 E. Wendover Avenue - Suite 202
Greensboro, North Carolina 27411
Email: tolewis@ncat.edu
Office: (336) 256-0355 ext. 3010
Fax: (336) 256-0357