This session will introduce users to Blackboard.  Upon completion of the session, participants will be able to navigate through Blackboard in display view, as well as edit view, and manage the overall course design of their site.  Participants will be able to view student rosters, remove students, and make the course available or unavailable to individual users.  They'll gain a basic understanding of how to add, edit, and delete content in their course, create discussion board forums, and view assignment submissions and grades of their students.  Please request a Blackboard site prior to attending this session using the online, new site request form: New Blackboard Site Request

All virtual sessions will be archived and available for viewing at your convenience.  Archives from each virtual session will be distributed on Kristin's Instructional Resources blog upon completion of the session (http://cvcc.blogspot.com).

Link to this session:https://sas.elluminate.com/m.jnlp?sid=621&password=M.DE701AB1459ED461AA02753391FB10

Archive of this session:https://sas.elluminate.com/mr.jnlp?suid=M.0189D4705F90AA31E66076AF77C8C6

Date: Thursday, November 6

Time: 1:30 - 3:00pm

Location: Room 2412

 

This session will focus on designing a course introduction, web syllabus, course outline, and policies and procedures for a web course based on the standards of Quality Matters. Participants should come to this session with a minimum of a traditional syllabus for their course. 

Date: Friday, November 7

Time: 10:00 - 11:00am

Location: Virtual Elluminate Session 

 

This session will focus on adding, modifying and deleting course content in Blackboard.  Users will learn how to upload and modify textbook/publisher materials, interactive activities, multimedia (video and audio files), and external links.

 

All virtual sessions will be archived and available for viewing at your convenience.  Archives from each virtual session will be distributed on Kristin's Instructional Resources blog upon completion of the session (http://cvcc.blogspot.com).

 

Link to this session: https://sas.elluminate.com/m.jnlp?sid=621&password=M.8622B40FACF36AFFC885550F70C206

 

Archive of this session: https://sas.elluminate.com/mr.jnlp?suid=M.B81E17177118C29307AEDBD1EB24B9

Date: Thursday, November 20

Time: 1:30 - 3:00pm

Location: Room 2412

 

This session will focus on designing course content, multimedia, interactive activities and discussions for your web course. Participants should have selected a textbook for their course prior to attending this session. We will work collaboratively to develop materials for your individual courses. 

Date: Friday, November 21

Time: 10:15 - 11:15am

Location: Virtual Elluminate Session

 

Participants of this session will be able to add, modify and delete assignments and assessments in Blackboard.  Users will be able to add assignments, view student submisssions, and grade assignments.  They will also be able to design an assessment with various types of questions, modify questions, create instructions, and deploy the assessment to the student by modifying the test options.  Participants of this session should be comfortable navigating through Blackboard, and uploading content.

 

All virtual sessions will be archived and available for viewing at your convenience.  Archives from each virtual session will be distributed on Kristin's Instructional Resources blog upon completion of the session (http://cvcc.blogspot.com).

 

Link to this session: https://sas.elluminate.com/m.jnlp?sid=621&password=M.E68FE566538E2CDF523020EEDABDBE

 

Archive of this session: https://sas.elluminate.com/mr.jnlp?suid=M.6EEE68CA9595EF045250C5B84E567F

 

This session will focus on designing assignments, assessments, and the use of rubrics in a web course. Participants should have already developed a course syllabus, outline, and instructional content for the course. 

Date: Friday, December 5

Time: 10:00 - 11:00am

Location: Virtual Elluminate Session

 

This session will explore the bells and whistles of Web 2.0 technology.  We'll look at new features in Blackboard, and explore techniques for incorporating audio, video, blogs, and virtual classrooms into web courses.

 

All virtual sessions will be archived and available for viewing at your convenience.  Archives from each virtual session will be distributed on Kristin's Instructional Resources blog upon completion of the session (http://cvcc.blogspot.com).

 

Link to live session: https://sas.elluminate.com/m.jnlp?sid=621&password=M.4535A96DD975B8D07F712EFE381FA8

 

Archive link: https://sas.elluminate.com/mr.jnlp?suid=M.911197CBA5AFBA932DB87493B4374E

Date: Thursday, December 11

Time: 1:30 - 3:00pm

Location: Room 2412

 

This session will focus on navigation of a web course.  Participants attending this session should have developed an overall structure for their course including, but not limited to, web course syllabi, introduction, outline, course content, course activities, assignments, and assessments.  We will focus on tying each of these elements together to ensure ease of navigation throughout the course.  During this session, we'll ask our peers to look at our courses with an "outside" eye to determine areas of navigation that work well, or may need improvement. 

Date: Friday, December 12

Time: 10:00 - 11:00am

Location: Virtual Elluminate Session 

 

This session will provide users with a demonstration of the changes to the grade center in Blackboard v. 8.  As a reminder, we will be upgrading to Blackboard v. 8 on January 2.

 

All virtual sessions will be archived and available for viewing at your convenience.  Archives from each virtual session will be distributed on Kristin's Instructional Resources blog upon completion of the session (http://cvcc.blogspot.com).

 

Link to live session: https://sas.elluminate.com/m.jnlp?sid=621&password=M.5AC6C36F25E561AF44D0692B4A3AC8

 

Archive link: https://sas.elluminate.com/mr.jnlp?suid=M.8B4B3A2A916ED922607DC8ED790DE7