Blackboard Workshops for Faculty Fall 2020
Blackboard (Bb) workshop schedule and topics for the fall 2020.
No registration is needed. To attend a training workshop, log in to Bb. On "My Organizations" panel, click CTLET, then click "Blackboard Support for Faculty/Staff."
Workshop Schedule
| Monday (8/31) | Tuesday (9/1) | Wednesday (9/2) | Thursday (9/3) | Friday (9/4) |
10 am - 11 am |
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| Bb Discussion Board and Blog |
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11 am - 12 pm |
| Bb Collaborate Ultra |
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| Bb Tests |
1 pm - 2 pm |
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| Bb Groups for group work |
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2 pm - 3 pm | Bb Tests |
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3:30 pm - 4:30 pm |
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| Bb Collaborate Ultra |
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5 pm - 6 pm | Bb Groups for group work |
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7 pm - 8 pm |
| Bb Discussion Board and Blog | Bb and Turnitin Peer Asessment tools |
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| Monday (8/24) | Tuesday (8/25) | Wednesday (8/26) | Thursday (8/27) | Friday (8/28) |
10am - 11am | Bb Basics | Bb Individual Assignments | Bb Collaborate Ultra for online meetings | Bb Tests |
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11am - 12pm |
| Bb Tests |
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| Bb Individual Assignments |
12:30pm - 1:30pm |
| Bb Grade Center | Bb Tests |
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1pm - 2pm | Bb Collaborate Ultra for online meetings |
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2pm - 3pm |
| Bb Basics |
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| Bb Collaborative assignments |
3pm - 4pm | Bb Tests |
| Bb Individual Assignments | Bb Grade Center | Bb Collaborate Ultra for online meetings |
4pm - 5pm |
| Bb Collaborative assignments |
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5pm - 6pm | Bb Individual Assignments |
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7pm - 8pm |
| Bb Collaborate Ultra for online meetings |
| Bb Basics |
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Workshop Topics
Bb Basics
- Bb Home page
- “My courses” group by term, hide courses
- Bb Email address and avatar
- Course menu
- Content vs tools
- Edit mode
- Student preview
- Course management – control panel
- Post documents and web links, create folders
- Content editor Announcements, emails
- Make your course available
Bb Collaborate Ultra for online meetings
- Create a BCU session with appropriate settings
- Conduct a live session
record the session
use chat
use polling
share files share whiteboard
share applications/screen
hand-write and/or draw on a whiteboard in the live session
change settings
promote participants to presenters
use breakout groups
download attendee reports and polling results
- Find recordings
Bb Tests
- Create a test, quiz or exam using Bb Tests tool
- Deploy a test with appropriate test options
- Check and grade a test
Bb Individual Assignments
- Introduction to Bb Rubrics tool
- Create Bb assignments to collect files
- Create Turnitin assignments to check the originality of papers
Bb Collaborative Assignments
- Create discussion forums
- Create blogs
- Create Groups
- Introduction to Peer-Assessments and PeerMark
Bb Grade Center
- Simplify grade center
- Re-order grade columns
- Grade assessments and provide feedback
- Set up the weighted total