This document discusses various tools for online course organization and management in Blackboard, including adding mashups and videos from sources like YouTube, setting up assignment drop boxes and rubrics to streamline grading, using SafeAssign for plagiarism checking, organizing content into learning modules, and managing student groups. It provides an overview of how to embed content from various sources, set up assignments and drop boxes, utilize SafeAssign and rubrics, create learning modules, and manage groups. Contact information is also included for additional support.

1. Office of Learning &Technology
Purdue University North Central

2.  We will cover:
 Adding mashups and other content to courses
 Managing assignment dropboxes
 SafeAssign
 Using and creating rubrics
 Organizing courses in learning modules
 Managing groups

3.  Bringing in content fromYouTube and other
social media can enhance the resources you
give to students
 Rubrics and assignments can help make
grading work much easier and more
authentic
 SafeAssign can help keep students honest
 Organizing your class into groups can help
build relationships between students, even
online

4.  Mashups
 Embed aYouTubeVideo
 Embed a Slide Share presentation
 Embed Flickr Content
 Embed Kaltura content
(your own videos)

5.  Assignments
 Assignment Dropbox

6.  SafeAssign-PlagiarismChecker
 SafeAssign Submission
 SafeAssign Draft

7.  Rubrics
 Creating a Rubric
 Linking a Rubric to an Assignment/Discussion
 A great help with rubrics:
http://rubistar.4teachers.org

8.  Creating a Learning Module
 Adding New Content
 Organizing Content

9.  Create a Group
 Choose Enrollment type
 Choose Membership-if applicable
 View as a Student

10.  Staci: atrekles@pnc.edu
 Alex: acrisw00@pnc.edu
 Twitter: @PNCOLT
 http://pnc.edu/distance for all workshop
notes, links, and training needs