Introduction to ArtificiaI Intelligence in Higher Education
SOE Bb Worskhop Summer 2012
1. School of Education
Blackboard Workshop
Summer 2012
Amy Ginsberg
With thanks to Andrew Livanis, Monique Howard
and Norm Sutaria
2. Today’s Topics
O Organization of your course Bb site
O Home Page
O Course Overview / Syllabus / Calendar
O Discussion Forum
O Blogs
O Assignments
O Rubrics
O Grade Center
O Tracking Student Activity
3. Organization of your course
Bb site
O Key Elements:
O Simplicity
O Redundancy
O Structure (by topic, date, or content/tool)
O Q&A
O Campus Resources
O Professional Resources
O Feedback
O Individual Appointments
5. Miscellaneous (Useful) Elements
O Q & A (for questions that pertain to many/all)
O Tools: Discussion Board
O Campus Resources (for this class)
O Build Content: Create Web Link
O Professional Resources (for this class)
O Build Content: Create Web Link or Item
O Feedback (per your needs)
O Build Content: Create Web Link to Survey
Monkey Anonymous Student Feedback
Survey
O Individual Appointments
O Build Content: Create Web Link to Doodle
Summer 2012 Individual Appointments
6. Home Page
O Do not delete! (I learned this the hard
way.)
O Maximize its usefulness for students by
removing what you don’t need and adding
content to the most helpful tools.
O I use My Announcements, What’s New,
and My Calendar.
O Other modules you might like are Alerts,
Dictionary, and Library Resources.
7. Course Overview / Syllabus / Calendar
O Course Overview is the instructor’s
introduction to the most important elements in
orienting students to the course.
O Syllabus houses NYSED required
components.
O Some syllabus components may also have
their own content link for easy access.
O Calendar
O Grading Scheme
O Readings / Bibliography
O Rubrics
8. Discussion Boards, Forums & Threads
O Blackboard Learn 9.0 On Demand Learning
Center: Discussion Board Tour
O Tools -> Discussion Board -> Create New Forum
O Incentive = Participation
O Evaluation = Incentive
O Make instructions and evaluation criteria explicit.
O Some examples…
9. Blogs
O Blackboard Learn 9.0 On Demand
Learning Center: Creating a Blog
O Course Tools -> Blogs -> Create Blog
O Incentive = Participation
O Evaluation = Incentive
O Make instructions and evaluation criteria
explicit.
O An example…
10. Assignments
O Blackboard Learn 9.0 On Demand
Learning Center: Creating Assignments
O Add menu item -> content area (name it) -
> Assessments -> Assignment
O Some examples…
11. Rubrics
O Blackboard Learn 9.1 On Demand
Learning Center: Creating a Rubric
O Rubrics are easy to create in Bb and can
be as simple or complex as you want
them to be.
O Rubrics can be used for assignments,
discussions, and blogs, and linked to the
grade center.
O Some examples…
12. Grade Center
O www.xavier.edu/ds/blackboard9/pdf/GradeC
enter.pdf
O Grades can appear in grade center
automatically or can be entered/changed
manually.
O Needs Grading link shows just what you need
to grade, and can be separated by category.
O Columns can be altered as needed.
O Grade center can be downloaded to your
computer, worked on offline, uploaded, and
printed.
13. Tracking Student Activity
O It is possible for you to keep track of what
students are accessing and when.
O This is helpful for a variety of reasons:
O Capturing students who are having
difficulty at the beginning of the semester
O Getting a sense of how much time and
effort students are putting into the course
O Identifying students who are disappearing
and falling behind