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MUW Blackboard 9.1 Training. September 24 and October 1, 2010 Richard Holden. Start Practicing!. URL: http://muw.blackboard.com Always allow blocked contents (popups) Login: (MUW ID) 950 _ _ _ _ _ _ Password: Your 6 digit birthday Fall 2010 course are already there
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MUW Blackboard 9.1 Training September 24 and October 1, 2010 Richard Holden
Start Practicing! • URL: http://muw.blackboard.com • Always allow blocked contents (popups) • Login: (MUW ID) 950 _ _ _ _ _ _ • Password: Your 6 digit birthday • Fall 2010 course are already there • (Spring shells will be automatically created & populated for all classes)
Open a Course and Begin Click on yellow bar & Display Blocked Content Click on a course to open it Demo
Monitor Class Roll (Users) • Manually dropping a student (user): • Check the box to the left of student’s name • Click Remove Users from Course Go to Control Panel > Users and Groups > Users
Course Layout Edit Mode Toggle: Off = Student View On = Instructor Edit Course Menu Select desired Modules Demo
Course Menu List View Folder View Display in a window Refresh Re-order List Add Menu Item (We will do this now) Empty Items Link Options: Rename, Hide or Show, & Delete Re-order List
Add Menu Item (Create Content Area) Note: This box is not yet checked Go to Plus Sign > Create Content Area > Name it > Submit
Click to Open New Menu Item Click on new item title The Projects area opens, (although it is still empty) So the next step will be to build the content Recall: Use Action button to Show/Hide
Load Content into Menu Item Go to Build Content > Create > Item
Complete Name, Attachments, & Options and Submit 1 4 2 5 3 6
Notification Dashboard List of your courses User adds modules to show as desired Next, click on a course to open Modules can be closed, replaced, collapsed and repositioned Example: The What’s New Module scans your courses and shows all updates
Class Dashboard Ensure Edit Mode is ON Instructor provides content for the dashboard Expand Course Tools under Course Mgmt – Control Panel Next, let’s add an announcement, a calendar event, and a task
Add an Announcement • Click on Announcements in the Control Panel • Note: Announcement page appears • Click on Create Announcement button
Add an Announcement (cont’d) Subject Message Duration Submit
Student View (Announcement) Student notices & clicks on Welcome Announcement This opens the full Announcement
Add a Calendar Event • Click on Course Calendar in the Control Panel • Course Calendar page opens • Navigate to the desired date • Click on Create Event button
Add a Calendar Event (cont’d) Event Name Details Date/Time Submit
Add a Task • Click on Tasks in the Control Panel • Task page opens • Click on Create Course Task button
Add a Task (cont’d) Task Name Description Due Date Priority Submit
New Collaboration Tools • Blogging Tool • Configured at course level or group level] • Instructor controls who can post or comment • Instructor can monitor who is participating • Journal Tool • Designed more for one-on-one communication • Instructor to student • Example: Personal reflections on case studies
Group Management • Create any # of groups • Automatically or manually enroll groups • Enter different tasks for each group • Example: Go to Users & groups > groups > Create Group Set > manual enroll > name & describe each group & choose tasks > enter # of groups > Submit. Then Edit Group Set Enrollments to select students for each group
Assignments Feature • Replaces the unpopular “digital drop box” to upload assignments in previous Blackboard version • Created assignments automatically integrate into the Grade Center • All assignments can be downloaded at one time in a zipped file • BB automatically labels each assignment with students’ names
Departing Tip • To alleviate compatibility issues • Require documents to be saved as • Rich text (*.rtf), or • Plain text (*.txt) • Also, documents can be saved as .pdf files • Example: a PowerPoint presentation • .pdf files will open on any computer