2. Technology tools that will be
used in the course
CMS Wikis
Online
Assessments
Discussion
Videos Forums
3. » CMS stands for Course Management System.
Rouse (2011) defined CMS as a platform used
to manage the content of a website.
» CourseSites by Blackboard is the CMS used as a
teaching and learning platform for this
orientation.
» CourseSites is an interactive teaching and
learning platform that provides the creation
and facilitation of online courses (CourseSites
by Blackboard, 2012).
4. » A video is the display of text, graphics, and
audio in digitalized file.
5. » An online assessment is the process of
collecting information about someone or
something via computer.
» Types of assessments could be surveys,
examinations, portfolios, evaluations, testing,
etc.
6. » Online settings that learners use to engage in
discussion activities.
» An example of a discussion activity could be
questions and answers forum.
7. » Wikis are spaces on the Web where you can
share ideas and content such as videos, links,
pictures, media, etc. (Tangient LLC, 2012).
8. » CourseSites by Blackboard. (2012). Get the most
powerful tools for your classroom. Retrieved from
https://www.coursesites.com/webapps/Bb-sites-
course-creation-BBLEARN/pages/learn.html
» Rouse, M. (2011). Definition of content
management system. Search SOA. Retrieved from
http://searchsoa.techtarget.com/definition/content
-management-system
» Tangient LLC. (2012). Wikispaces. Retrieved from
http://www.wikispaces.com/
