Course Design & Development - Blackboard

Schedule

Demo: 12 noon – 1 pm   |    Q&A: 1 pm - 1:30 pm 

This is a six-sessions, one-hour intensive course.

Participants need to sign up in advance. They will be given access to a sandbox course in Blackboard for practice and experimentation.

Day 1 Monday, August 28, 2023 - Basic Functions

Topics

• Accessing Blackboard

• Navigating to individual courses in Blackboard

• Menus in Blackboard

• Course Navigation

• Content Area

• Course Tools

• Course Theme

• Course Properties

• Student Preview Mode

Day 2 Wednesday, August 30 - Populating and Editing Content

Topics

• Build content options

• Learning module

• Adding text 

• Adding links and media

• Course preview

• Discussion forum

• Copying content

• Moving content

• Deleting content

Day 3 Friday, Sept 1 - Assignments and Tests

Topics

• Assessment options in Blackboard

• Assignments

• Tests

• Journal

• Rubrics

Day 4 Tuesday, Sept 5 - The Grade Center  

Topics

• The grade center

• Grading periods (grade center)

• Create column (grade center)

• Column organization (grade center)

• The grading schema (grade center)

• Reviewing items, entering grades and feedback (grade center)

Day 5 Wednesday, Sept 6 - Kaltura My Media   

Topics

• Using Kaltura My Media

• Recording videos

• Uploading videos

• Embedding videos

Day 6 Friday, Sept 8 - Course Optimization

Topics

• Managing course size

• Best practices