Blackboard Introduction for secretary
(a general presentation prepared, only discussed slides that were interesting for them. I skipped the part of the Grade Center)
2. Overview
• Who am I?
• Introduction round
• Blackboard
• Questions
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3. Who Am I?
Ellen Zillig-Straatman
• New ‘FAB’ (Functional Manager) of Blackboard
• Working at Delft University of Technology since November 2008
• Trainee
• Nov 2008: Education and Student Affairs at the Faculty of
Architecture
• Nov 2009: Education and Student Affairs at the Faculty of
Technology, Policy and Management
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4. Introduction Round
• Name
• Faculty/department
• Experience working in Blackboard
• Reason to join this presentation and workshop
• Wants to learn more about?
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5. Blackboard
• My TUDelft
• Tabs
• Courses/Organizations
• Blackboard Upgrade
• Important
• Questions
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6. Tabs
• My TUDelft
• My TUDelft
• Notifications Dashboard
• My Content
• My Staff Info
• Staff Info
• Osiris Staff
• Staff Resources
• Online Teacher Training (new)
• My Campus Life
• Courses
• Organizations
• Help
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7. My TUDelft
• My TUDelft and Notifications Dashboard
• Organize yourself (less modules makes it faster)
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9. My Staff Info
• Staff Info
• My Timetable
• Readers
• Collegerama
• …..
• Osiris Staff
• A link to Osiris, Osiris is outside Blackboard
• Staff Resources
• Software
• Dictionairy
• Windows 7 Manual
• …..
• Online Teacher Training (new)
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10. My Campus Life
• Campus Life
• Library
• Student Portal (TU Delft website)
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11. Courses/Organizations
• Courses
• are linked to a TU Delft Course
• are yearly renewed according to what is in CourseBase
• Given more times a year different courses
• Organizations
• are used for other communities
• are continues
• Organizations and Courses have the same Tools
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17. Courses/Organizations
- Users and Groups
• Add Single Users
• Import Many Users
• Create Groups
• Add Users to Groups
• Import Groups
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18. Courses/Organizations
- Grade Center
• Enabling Grade Center for students
• Automatic Created Columns
• Assignments
• Test
• Grading
• Needs Grading
• Full Grade Center
• Manage Grade Center
• Work offline
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19. Enabling Grade Center for students
Make sure the tool is available for students to view their grades
(customization tool availability)
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20. Automatic Created Columns
• Assignment
• Blog
• Discussion Board
• Journal
• Self and Peer Assessment
• Survey
• Test
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21. Create an Assignment
• Create a new menu item (Create Content Area)
• Create an Assignment (see Create Assessment)
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22. Create an Assignment
• Assignment Information
• Assignment Files
• Grading
• Availability
• Due Dates
• Recipients (all members of group
assignment)
• Submit
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23. Test
• Create a Test by choosing ‘Create Assessment’ on the content
page)
• It is also possible to create a test via the Control Panel Course
Tools
• Creating a test takes time. You can choose various
question types.
• If you would like to use Blackboard tests, please
contact Meta Keijzer-de Ruijter, she can advise you.
Also about using Maple TA.
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24. Grade Assignment or Test
• Use the ‘Needs Grading’ link in the Grade Center Menu
• Go to the ‘Full Grade Center’ and download all Assignments
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25. Needs Grading
• Possible to make a selection by categorie, item, user and/or date
• Grade one user or one after the other
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26. Full Grade Center
• Go to the ‘Full Grade Center’ and download all Assignments
Needs Grading
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27. Manage Grade Center
• Grading Periods
• Grading Schemas
• Grading Color Code
• Categories
• Smart Views
• Create Calculated Columns
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28. Grading Schemes
• A ‘Grading Scheme’ will grade your assignments and tests
automatically after giving points.
• You can Create your own Grading Scheme
• All New courses will have ‘round off at 0.1’ as standard grading
scheme
• Is very simple to create your own Grading Scheme, but can take
some time.
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29. Work Offline
• Possible to work offline
• Download the Full Grade
Center or just a specific
column
• Upload the file
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30. Tutorial Overview Grade Center
• Smart View
• Customizing view
• Grading Notes
• Working Offline
• Creating Test
• Uploading Questions from Excel
• Downloading Assignments
• Color Code
More Tutorials on: http://ondemand.blackboard.com/assess.htm
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33. Important
• Use Firefox as your default Blackboard browser. This will give the
least problems.
• If you do experience a problem, it sometimes help to try another
browser (Chrome, Internet Explorer)
• If you have a question: contact E-learning Support!!!!
• Next Week:
• Autumn Break? Reschedule or not?
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