Introduction
to Teaching with Blackboard
with Gregory Beyrer
Monday, February 25, to Friday, March 28
(four weeks of instruction over five weeks)
Are you interested in
learning how to use Blackboard to teach
online? In this course, you'll experience
Blackboard from both student and instructor
perspectives, while creating your own online
course. You'll also learn how to include
content from a variety of sources (including
multimedia) to give you more teaching power.
This course is recommended for faculty new
to using Blackboard, or for those would like
to learn more about new features. This
course is taught using Blackboard v7.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course
you will be able to use Blackboard to
implement Chickering and Gamson's "Seven
Principles for Good Practice in
Undergraduate Education" in the following
ways:
-
Encourage
contact between students and faculty--by
creating a faculty profile to share your
contact information
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Develop
reciprocity and cooperation among
students--by creating a community of
discourse on the discussion board
-
Encourage
active learning--by constructing
individualized learning paths through
the use of adaptive release criteria
-
Give prompt
feedback--through the use of immediately
scored exams
-
Emphasize
time on task--by adding events to the
course calendar
-
Communicate
high expectations--by outlining your
course's learning outcomes in an online
syllabus
-
Respect
diverse talents and ways of learning--by
presenting content in a variety of
formats
Requirements for Completion:
A passing performance on the following:
-
Participation in all required
discussions
-
Completion
of quizzes and reflection activities
-
Completion
of assigned, hands-on exercises in
course shells
Hours Required
This is a four-week
course. Course completion, including
reading, online discussions, and
assignments, will take approximately 10
hours per week.
Recommended Skills
-
Basic
computer skills (use of word processor,
e-mail, file organization, and
compression/decompression)
-
Basic
Internet skills (use of browser,
searches, uploading and downloading
files)
-
Familiarity
with discussion boards
-
Familiarity
working with images is a plus
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Access to a
Blackboard account after the workshop
Technical Requirements
-
Fairly
recent Mac or PC (not more than three
years old) with a current operating
system and current browser (Netscape 7
or Internet Explorer 6 or later)
-
Internet
connection, preferably broadband (DSL
speeds), but a 56k modem will do
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