Spring training for Blackboard Users!

Tuesdays 4-5pm (CDT)
February 26 - April 9

 

Dr. Trish TrifiloIn preparation for the start of the summer term Dr. Trifilo is offering players (instructors) the opportunity to try out new tools and improve their skills with familiar ones. While we can't offer travel to warmer climes we will offer weekly sessions 'live' or recorded to fit your schedule and view at your leisure.

Each weekly session will introduce a Blackboard tool, discuss settings, best practices for use, how they can be used to enhance the learning experience, and point out pitfalls you might encounter when using the tool. In the live collaborate sessions you can see the demonstration, ask questions, and clarify issues. So suit up in those practice uniforms and bat 1000 in Blackboard.

 

How to Participate:

  • All Wayland faculty will receive an email with the link to join the sessions via Blackboard Collaborate.
  • You can also sign up to be notified by email. Click here to sign up
  • Also, when the session is available, you will find a link below, so you can just bookmark this page.
  • After the sessions are over, you will also find links to the recorded sessions below.

 

The Schedule:

February 26th

The discussion board and rubrics

Watch the Recording

Attachments:

    Creating a Discussion Board (pdf)

    Discussion Board Rubric (zip file for import into Blackboard)

    Discussion Board Rubric (pdf)

 

March 5th

Wikis, Blogs, and Journal

Watch the Recording

Attachments

    What's the Difference between a Wiki, Journal and Blog? (pdf)

    Creating a Blog (pdf)

    Grading a Blog (pdf)

    Creating a Journal (pdf)

 

March 26th

Tests and Quizzes

Watch the Recording

Attachments (Download All as Zip file)

    Best Practices for Online Testing (pdf)

    Sample quiz (Excel file, xlsx)

    Sample quiz (Word file, docx)

    Sample quiz (Text file, txt)

    Test Options - What a Student Sees (pdf)

 

April 2rd

Grade Center basics

Watch the Recording

 

April 9th

Grade Center advanced

Watch the Recording

 

April 16th

Tests and Quizzes - advanced

Watch the Recording