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The document discusses various tools available in Blackboard for enhancing online courses. It provides information on blogs, journals, audio, video, images, and other tools instructors can use to engage students. It also mentions redesigning the course periodically and removing outdated learning modules.
Advanced blackboard
- 3. LOSE THE LEARNING MODULES Holdover from WebCT Lose them! 3
- 4. BLOGS Blogs are great for getting your students to be creative and really say what they think about a topic. Blogs are usually more open-ended and longer in length than a Discussion Board post, and they allow your students more flexibility in what they choose to talk about. While the Blog tool can be used in the same ways as the Discussion Board, it is best used as open forum for students to write about topics and themes that related to the course, carefully guided by the instructor. 4
- 5. BLOGS cont. You can create two different types of Blogs in Blackboard, Individual or Course. Individual blogs allow students to have their own blog pages where only their entries appear. A Course blog is a place where each student can contribute to a single page of entries from all their classmates. Individual blogs tend to look more like a public journal while Course blogs can take on more of a discussion board feel. 5
- 6. BLOGS cont. How to create a Blog for your Students: • Select Course Tools then Blogs from the Control Panel Menu. • Click Create Blog on the blog list page. Give the blog a title and write any instructions you have for your students in the space provided. • Scroll through to Section 4: Blog Participation to select whether you would like a Course Blog or an Individual Blog. If you would like to grade the blog you can change the options under Section 5: Blog Settings. • Click Submit to create the Blog. Once you’ve created the blog, all you have to do is select the blog from the blog list page and click the Create Blog Entry button. Students can write their entries, include YouTube videos or pictures and attach files to their entries. Readers can comment on entries by clicking on the Comment button below the entry. 6
- 7. JOURNALS Journals are private reflections that are kept on the actual Blackboard site. Just like a physical journal that a student keeps and then turns in to their professor, only the student and the professor can read the entries. The benefits of using the Journal function in Blackboard versus a physical journal is that you can read and comment on entries without having students turn anything in. The Journal is nearly identical to the Blog tool except for Journals are private, only the student and the instructor can read the entries 7
- 8. JOURNALS cont. To create individual Journals for your students, go to Course Tools then Journals. On the Journal list page click Create Journal then title the journal (e.g. “Weekly Reflections”). If you would like to grade the journals, make changes in Section 4: Journal Settings. Click Submit to create the Journal. To write a Journal entry the student just has to click on the name of the Journal and then select Create Journal Entry from the Journal page. 8
- 9. AUDIO TOOL The Audio tool allows instructors to integrate audio files into a Content Area. Audio files come in a variety of formats and will work as long as the student has a compatible player on his/her computer system. Examples of popular audio formats include: .mp3, .mov, .wav, and .wmv. 9
- 10. VIDEO TOOL The Video tool allows instructors to integrate video files into a Content Area. Video files come in a variety of formats and will work as long as the student has a compatible player on his/her computer system. Examples of popular audio formats include: .mov and .wmv 10
- 11. IMAGE TOOL The Image tool allows an instructor to integrate an image with a description into the Content Area. 11
- 12. SLIDESHARE The SlideShare tool allows instructors to pull presentations that have been posted by others to the SlideShare site and integrate them into a Content Area. 12
- 13. SOFTCHALK Authoring software. SoftChalk allows educators to transform existing course materials into interactive and engaging e-learning content with minimal time, effort and resources. Educators can build, customize and personalize content by mashing up their own materials with rich media (video, audio, images), interactive activities, quizzes and text. The combination of personalized content, embedded assessment, interactivity, and immediate student feedback increases student engagement and improves learning outcomes. 13
- 14. RUBRICS The Rubrics tool allows instructors to associate rubrics with any column in the Grade Center. Rubrics can be viewed from the Grade Center during the grading process. 14
- 15. MODULE PAGES Module Pages are specialized content pages that present content in discrete boxes. The modules that appear on the Home Page, or any module page, can be arranged in any order by the instructor. The list below displays all modules available to Module Pages by default unless the system administrator has changed the availability of these modules: Alerts - Displays notifications of past due and early warning items for all the Courses relevant to the user. My Announcements - Lists all announcements that are relevant to the user. My Calendar - Lists all calendar events for the user. My Tasks - Lists all tasks for the user Needs Attention - Displays all items that require some type of interaction. Report Card - Lists all grades for the user. To Do - Displays the status (Past Due/Due) of relevant work and tasks. What's New - Displays a list of new items in all relevant courses and organizations. 15
- 16. BUILDING BLOCKS These are plugins or extras that can be added onto your server. Ask your Division liason to be on the lookout for new Building Blocks that may be of interest. 16