Getting started
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This document provides an overview of a Blackboard Learn workshop that contains five sections: workshop overview, the student experience, organizing your course, creating your course menu, and customizing your course. The workshop roadmap outlines the topics that will be covered in each section, including how students will interact with courses, best practices for formatting courses, creating the course menu, and customizing courses by adding announcements, assignments and quizzes. The workshop wrap up provides contact information for workshop leaders.
Getting started
- 1. Getting Started Blackboard Learn 9.1 © 2011 Blackboard Inc. All rights reserved.
- 2. 1 Workshop Overview
- 3. Workshop Roadmap This workshop contains five sections: • Workshop Overview • The Student Experience • Organizing Your Course • Creating Your Course Menu • Customizing Your Course 1 Workshop Overview
- 4. 2 Student Experience
- 5. Workshop Roadmap learn.trentu.ca • Trent username and password • Courses will appear as they are migrated • New sections will appear by end of July • Students will be loaded in mid-August • Courses MUST be made available 1 Workshop Overview
- 6. 3 Formatting Your Course
- 7. Best Practice: Ensuring a Positive Start • Be clear about where and how to begin • Add visual interest • Use consistent page design • Design for readability • Design for accessibility 2 Student Experience
- 8. 4 Creating Your Course Menu
- 9. 5 Customizing Your Course
- 10. Learning Outcomes • Create an announcement • Add calendar entries • Create a discussion forum • Add an Assignment • Add an Quiz • Look at the Grade Center 5 Day 1 Tasks
- 11. 6 Workshop Wrap Up
- 12. Contact Information • Lillian lchumbley@trentu.ca X7880 • Will williamadowkes@trentu.ca X7977 6 Workshop Wrap Up
Editor's Notes
- #4: *** Three asterisks means there is more info in the manual.
- #6: *** Three asterisks means there is more info in the manual.
- #11: In this section, you will complete some common activities to prepare your online course for students. First, you will create a welcome announcement and add calendar entries for upcoming events. Then, you will finish the Getting Started Content Area created earlier by adding syllabus lessons, creating a discussion forum where students can pose questions, and adding textbook information.
- #13: ***If time permits, the participants can work with partners or small groups on the Spotlight on YOUR Course worksheet in the manual.