BLACKBOARD LEARN TEACHING ESSENTIALS

Target audience:

1. Teaching and supporting staff, Graduate TA who are new to Blackboard

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Outline:

1. Building Courses

   • Planning Your Course

   • Course Building Basics

   • Using Course Files

   • Presenting Your Content

2. Enhancing

   • Communication

   • Communication Overview

   • Creating Discussions

   • Working with Discussions

   • Encouraging Collaboration

3. Assessing Learners

   • Creating Assignments

   • Managing Assignments

   • Creating Tests

   • Deploying Tests

   • Grading Tests

   • Advanced Questions

   • Question Pools and Sets

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Mode: Self-paced Online course

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Estimated time for study: 6 hours

BLACKBOARD LEARN GETTING STARTED

Target audience:

1. Teaching and supporting staff, Graduate TA who are new to Blackboard, OR

2. Users who are new to Ultra Base Navigation

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Outline:

• Lesson 1: The Student Experience

• Lesson 2: Blackboard Learn Tools

• Lesson 3: Teaching in Blackboard Learn

• Lesson 4: The Instructor Experience

• Lesson 5: Sharing Materials

• Lesson 6: First Day Tasks

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Mode: Self-paced Online course

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Estimated time for study: 2 hours

BLACKBOARD LEARN QUICK START

Target audience:

1. Teaching and supporting staff, Graduate TA who are new to Blackboard

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Outline:

1. Navigation

2. Announcement

3. Content

4. Discussion

5. Assignment

6. Test

7. Group

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Lab Guide: Download

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Mode: Self-paced (assisted) Lab

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Estimated time for study: 30 minutes

THE NEW LEARNING EXPERIENCE WITH COLLABORATE ULTRA

Target audience:

1. Teaching and supporting staff, Graduate TA who are interested in video conferencing.

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Outline:

1. An Overview of Collaborate

2. General Tools

3. Moderator Tools

4. Content Sharing Tools

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Mode: Self-paced Online course

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Estimated time for study: 3 hours