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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 

 

 

 

Bb Discussion Board and Blog

 

11 am - 12 pm

 

Bb Collaborate Ultra 

 

 

Bb Tests

1 pm - 2 pm

 

 

Bb Groups for group work

 

 

2 pm - 3 pm

Bb Tests

 

 

 

 

3:30 pm - 4:30 pm

 

 

 

Bb Collaborate Ultra 

 

5 pm - 6 pm

Bb Groups for group work

 

 

 

 

7 pm - 8 pm

 

Bb Discussion Board and Blog 

Bb and Turnitin Peer Asessment tools 

 

 

 

 

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

 

11am - 12pm

 

Bb Tests

 

 

Bb Individual Assignments 

12:30pm - 1:30pm

 

Bb Grade Center

Bb Tests

 

 

1pm - 2pm

Bb Collaborate Ultra for online meetings

 

 

 

 

2pm - 3pm

 

Bb Basics

 

 

Bb Collaborative assignments

3pm - 4pm 

Bb Tests

 

Bb Individual Assignments 

Bb Grade Center

Bb Collaborate Ultra for online meetings

4pm - 5pm

 

Bb Collaborative assignments

 

 

 

5pm - 6pm

Bb Individual Assignments 

 

 

 

 

7pm - 8pm

 

Bb Collaborate Ultra for online meetings

 

Bb Basics

 

 

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