1. Course Overview

Backward Design: Alignment Mapping

In this workshop series, Eric Hill introduces the concept of alignment mapping and shares practical tools and approaches for leveraging this best practice. The slides accompany the videos below.

• Backward Design in Context (11:13)

• Tenets of the Backward Design Model (17:41)

• Using the Backward Design Model (24:02)

Blackboard Course Request Form

The Blackboard Course Request Form outlines the course request procedure.

Remote Instruction Checklist Request Form

Request your checklist here.

Pre-Semester Procedures 

This guidance document will steer you through the process of requesting and developing your course.

End-of-Semester Procedures

This guidance document unpacks the procedure for wrapping up your Blackboard course. 

The Blackboard Course Request Form

The Blackboard Course Request Form outlines the course request procedure.

Blackboard FAQ for Students and Instructors

This guidance document offers answers to frequently asked questions relevant to Blackboard.

Blackboard Course Copy

This guidance document outlines the process for copying a course in Blackboard.

Blackboard Rubric Copy

Use this guidance document to copy rubrics from existing courses.

Before Your Course Goes Live

This guidance document offers final tips for Blackboard users whose courses are about to go live.

Building an Online Syllabus

Eric Hill (Instructional Designer, Information Technology) and Martha Kershaw (Assistant Professor, Nursing) facilitate a webinar about a comprehensive Syllabus Template designed to incorporate institutional policies and align to Quality Matters (QM) standards.

Adding Your Syllabus to Blackboard

In this brief video tutorial, will walk users through the process of adding a Google Doc--in this case, a syllabus--to Blackboard. 

Syllabus Template

Use this Syllabus Template to build an informative and accessible course syllabus.