All the face-to-face workshops are hands-on and 1 1/2 hours in length. This gives you opportunity to directly apply and practice what you are learning. We offer sessions throughout the year, and upon request.
Blackboard Basics
In this fundamental workshop you will learn how to access Blackboard, and how to customize your course menu and style. You will learn how to navigate through the course, and become familiar with common tasks such as creating announcements, and adding textbook information and course content. You will be introduced to all of the Blackboard tools.
Date: | Monday, August 20 |
| Time: | 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM |
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Blackboard Course Organization
You will examine different strategies for organizing the Course Menu, create folders as an organizing strategy, and identify the different types of content possible to add to your course.You will be able to access and make available a Blackboard orientation to BB for your students, and well as how and why to officially introduce them to the course space via a Getting Started area.
Date: | Tuesday, August 21 |
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Time: | 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM |
Blackboard Course Assessment
You will be able to distinguish among the seven different types of Blackboards assessments, create simple assignments, view assignments from the students' perspective, and become familiar with the most effective and recommended settings for tests and quizzes.
Date: | Tuesday, August 21 |
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Time: | 10:00 PM - 11:30 PM |
Blackboard Course Evaluation
You will learn how to navigate the Grade Center and customize its appearance to suit your needs. You will learn to create columns to manage and calculate grades and explore the My Grades tool and experience how grades will appear to your students.
Date: | Monday, August 20 |
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Time: | 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM |
Blackboard Discussion Board
You will learn to create forums and threads, and moderate, manage, and grade Discussions.You will be exposed to effective questioning techniques used to engage students .
Date: | Thursday, August 23 |
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Time: | 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM |
Blackboard Statistics: Monitoring Student Progress and Controlling Content
You will experience a hands-on introduction to Adaptive Release, Review Status, Performance Dashboard, and Statistics, all tools that help you to keep students on track.
Adaptive Release, Review Status, Performance Dashboard, and Statistics
Panopto Coursecast
You will learn how to use this screen capture tool to conduct a number of different useful teaching and learning activities. From a student perspective you will have the opportunity to view the different kind of recordings possible to create using Coursecast.
In the instructor role you will become familiar with downloading the software, followed by hands-on experience in configuring, recording, and publishing the recording s to Blackboard.
Blackboard Wimba Classroom
Learn about Wimba Classroom, the synchronous tool in BlackBoard that allows for real time text chat, audio and video collaboration. Wimba Classroom can useful for teaching in the standard face-to-face (f2f) classroom, or in a blended or totally online format. You will learn how to add Wimba Classroom to your course menu and set up an actual room for your use.You will practice using the participant tools and will be introduced to the instructor panel.
To request a topic or session not currently offered, please contact us OTM@suffolk.edu