Teaching with Technology
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Blackboard Advanced (2 hours)
This session provides advanced skills to facilitate online learning strategies through the use of the Blackboard system. Topics include how to engage your online learners through the creation of an online community by using Blackboard's communication tools, chat and virtual classroom as well as the use of the Manage Groups function; also to be covered are exam creation/deployment and grading functions, and the Content System: File Systems, which provides an effective way to collect, share, and discover educational content. You'll learn how to drag and drop content into Blackboard and organize files into personal, course, and institutional folders. It introduces many of Blackboard's document management capabilities including content sharing and workflow, tracking, and searching. (2 hours)
At the completion of this course the learner will be able to:
- create a community environment with the use of Blackboard's Chat, Virtual Chat and Manage Groups features
- design online exams with the use of Blackboard's Test Manager Feature
- deploy online exams into a Content Area in the Blackboard system
- grade online exams with the use of Gradebook features
| Course | Date | Time | Location | Register |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 096BHD | Wednesday August 20, 2008 | 10:00 am - 12:00 noon | HSC, Kornhauser 313 | Register |
| 096CBB | Friday September 5, 2008 | 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm | Belknap, Ekstrom 244 Lab | Register |
| 096CHL | Tuesday September 30, 2008 | 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm | HSC, Kornhauser 313 | Register |
| 096EBK | Tuesday November 25, 2008 | 9:30 am - 11:30 am | Belknap, Ekstrom 244 Lab | Register |
| 096FHB | Thursday December 4, 2008 | 9:30 am - 11:30 am | HSC, Kornhauser 313 | Register |
