This document provides an overview of how to get started using Blackboard for a course. It covers adding a course banner, faculty information, syllabus, assignments, content, tests, quizzes, using the grade center, and tips for interactive tools. Faculty are encouraged to build sample content and assignments during a 10 minute play time to practice setting these elements up in Blackboard. The document concludes with an open question forum and a request to provide feedback on the training.
3. Course Banner
O Using the E@T Banner Creator
O Follow this link:
http://bit.ly/BannerBb
12FA BW101-001W Basket
Weaving
Instructor: Dr. Ima Wesome
4. Faculty Information
O Email christineseideman@cwidaho.cc
O Work Phone 208-562-3377
O Office Location Main Academic Building
TBD
O Office Hours I’m here 8:30am-5pm and
I’m more than happy to work with your
schedule.
O Notes
If you have a problem, feel free to call.
If it isn't mine to fix, maybe I can help
get you to the right place. And don't
worry about whether or not I am busy. :)
5. Syllabus/Course Schedule
O Use the CWI template emailed to you this
summer – please let me know if you need
me to send it to you!
O Don’t copy/paste from Word.
O Do consider using a display tool like
Box.com
O Make your course schedule is accurate for
due dates and when exams will be held.
O It’s okay to say ‘things may change’
6. Merging Classes?
O If you have 2 or more sections of the
same class you can request that they be
‘merged’.
O Send a Help Desk Ticket in with the
course and sections you’d like to be
merged.
O Your merged course will appear usually
with in 48 hours. Now you’ll only have to
create 1 Blackboard shell!
12. 10 Minute Play Time
O We’re going to build a content folder
named ‘Testing 1-2-3’
O Inside the folder create an ‘pretend’
assignment of ‘What was the highlight of
your summer?’
O Add a point value
O Assign a due date
O Create a Discussion Board activity where
you ask your students if they have any
fears/concerns about the course.
17. Creating a New Test
O Pros:
O You design your questions in a way that your
students are mostly likely to understand.
O Lots of different styles of questions
O If you make it in Blackboard you’ve got a
really good chance it will work!
O Cons:
O Can be time consuming
O Can’t copy/paste from Microsoft Word
O Can be difficult to create a large batch of
questions to pull from
18. Building a Test – Play Time
O Step 1 – name the test and provide directions
19. Building a Test – Play Time
O Adding Test Questions
O Create the following
questions:
O 1 true/false
O 1 multiple choice
O 1 multiple answer
O 1 essay
O 1 fill in the blank
20. Deploying Your Test
O Go back in your Assignment section
O Go into your Testing 1-2-3 folder
O Select the drop down ‘Create Assessment’
tab
O Select your newly created test & click
Submit
O Then do your details/due dates/point
values etc.
O Make it public (or set a delay for release)
21. Play Time
We will spend a few minutes
deploying our ‘practice’ test in
our sample folder.
22. Grade Center
Setting up Grade Day to Day Uses
Center
Adding assignment
Setting up grade columns
categories Sending email
Creating a weighted Entering student
total scores
Setting categories for Showing/Hiding
manually entered columns
assignments
24. !! Important Information !!
In your Grade Center you MUST add a 0
(zero) if students do not turn work in. The
default image (--) does not ‘equal’ a 0 score.
The - - in the Grade Center nulls the grade
which means:
Someone who has not turned in work
can still pass your class.
Start entering those 0’s (zeros)!