These are the presentation slides about the pilot of Blackboard Community from the all faculty training day at DMACC on August 19th, 2014.

1. Introducing Blackboard Community
DMACC Faculty Development Day
August 19, 2014, FFA Building
Humanities – Joe Danielson (History)
Kate Halverson (Psychology)
Laurie Linhart (Sociology)
Science – Julie Gonzalez
English – Shannon McGregor
Math – Dan Petrak
Honors Program – Sarah Waddle
Program Areas – Jenny Foster

2. What Are
DMACC’s Barriers
to Collaboration?
•Time
•Location

7. Session Objectives
1. What is Blackboard Community?
2. How do you see Community complementing
your communication, teaching, and student
learning at DMACC?
3. What additional applications or problems
could be addressed by using Community?

8. What Is Blackboard Community?
Blackboard Community is an online space to collaborate
and share resources within departments.
•model best practices, share assignments, and syllabi
•revision of competencies and district-wide assessments
•empower faculty to engage with one another (1,970 full-time, adjunct,
concurrent enrollment instructors)
•connect the campuses and high schools to improve communication
•serve as one more method to coordinate professional development and
facilitate professional dialogue

9. Who Can Use Community?
•Previously, online development materials were available
to those who took Blackboard training, so in order to
access them, faculty had to be Blackboard trained.
•Now, everyone whether Blackboard trained or not will
have access.
Do I have to use Community?
•It’s a volunteer environment.

10. What Are the Limitations and Benefits?
Limitations
•Already have professional
learning communities
•Redundant
•Past online communities not
used
•Don’t need another piece of
technology
Benefits
•Not in isolation
•Asynchronous communication
•Others might have the same
question or might not know the
concept or tool is available
•DMACC integrated—
same username and password
We have already built their resources and framework.
Now, we need you.

11. Where Is Blackboard Community
Located?
1. Go to the DMACC home page
(https://go.dmacc.edu/)
2. Click on Online Learning
3. Click on Access My Online Courses
4. Click the Faculty tab

12. Discuss
1. Pair with another person at your table to
discuss the following questions.
2. Write those concepts on the sheets at
your table.
3. We will collect them at the end of the
session.

13. Discuss
How do you see Community
complementing your communication,
teaching, and student learning at
DMACC?

14. Discuss
What additional applications or
problems could be addressed by using
Community?

15. Discuss
Comments?
Questions?

16. Next Steps
1. During Fall 2014, DMACC is piloting Humanities, Communications,
Math, Science, Social Sciences, New Faculty Orientation, Adjuncts,
Concurrent Enrollment, Honors, and Career Technical.
 If your area does not have a faculty leader (Business,
Technology, Health, General), contact:
• Your District Chair
• Dan Petrak
• Shannon McGregor
2. Today and throughout the fall and spring, you will have
opportunities to learn how to use Community.
3. In January, we will revisit where we are and where we are going.

22. Thank You!
Leave the sheets on the table
and enjoy your lunch!