Blackboard Bootcamp

Workshop Sessions

90-minute hands-on session guided by instructional designers and Blackboard experts walks you through essentials for your online or blended course. See and then try: best practices for structure and navigation; creating assignments, assessments, and announcements; course maintenance: hiding things, reorganizing your Grade Center; using the formatting toolbar. Includes planned Q&A time. Attend in person or remotely via Blackboard Collaborate Ultra. This is a hands-on workshop so bring your computer and power cord.  

Getting Started with Blackboard

Slides

https://goo.gl/xhk7es  

Content/Assessments

Course Menu Structure

• Course menu
• change name (Start Here)
• add course link/tool (gradebook, discussion board)
• add external link (CDE, Library, Webassign, wordpress blog)
• rearrange menu items
• remove/make unavailable

Content Area

• Lesson/Unit/Week structure
• add Folder
• add Item
• add External link (like external resource)
• add course link (like direct link to discussion board forum)
• set deployment dates and make available

Adding Material

• insert media, tables, links – WYSIWYG toolbar
• format (avoid cut and paste from word — boo)

Assessments

• add Assignment View/Complete link
• create a test in test manager
• deploy test and adjust test options

Grade Center

• reorder and freeze columns
• add column
• add total column
• modify total column
• modify column settings
• hide users
• view assignments
• inline grading – Box

Using built-in communication tools

• add announcement
• add Instructor info
• send Email
• discussion board:
  • add forum
  • modify settings
  • add to the Grade Center

What now? Last but NOT least!

• make course available

Course Design – as time allows (after last)

• create and upload course banner
• change course display (buttons, links, changing colors)

ADD RECORDING LINK AFTER SECOND SESSION