Introduction to Blackboard for Faculty - Fall 2007

Department of Information Technology Resources (ITR)


URL for this document   http://www.lehman.edu/faculty/john/bb/introsp07.html
Introductory Workshop Schedule http://www.lehman.edu/docs/bb/AugSept2007.html

John Dono                                User Services, ITR

john@lehman.cuny.edu              (718) 960-8338


Session Outline

  1.  What is Blackboard: web-based system for online instruction/collection of course web sites

    1. Administer course
      1. Control access
      2. Check roster
      3. Create groups
      4. Enroll students
      5. Merge sections
      6. Copy/Backup courses
    2. Distribute documents and other types of content (e.g. images, audio)
    3. Synchronous and asynchronous communication
    4. Assessments and assignments
    5. Maintain and distribute grades
    6. Monitor participation

  2. How is Blackboard used at Lehman

    1. Online asynchronous courses (ONA)
    2. Hybrid courses (ONH)
    3. "web-enhanced"

  3. What skills and equipment do instructors and students need to use Blackboard successfully

  4. How to access Blackboard

    1. Registering on the CUNY Portal
    2. Portal login
    3. Single Sign On applications
    4. Portal ----> Blackboard
    5. Alternate Blackboard access
    6. Logout/Timeout
    7. Blackboard and Email

  5. My Institution page - your Blackboard "home page"

    1. Instructor: Courses you are teaching and their availability
    2. Students: Courses in which you are enrolled
    3. Course creation procedures
    4. Course enrollment procedures
    5. Course backup/archiving procedures

  6. Entering a course

    1. Instructor/Student views
    2. Course Areas
    3. Customization (banners, color, area availability)
    4. Instructor's Control Panel
    5. Changing Course Settings: availability
    6. Changing Course Settings: course name
    7. Checking enrollment/email addresses in your Blackboard course

  7. Content Areas and adding content via Control Panel

    1. Creating content within Blackboard
    2. “attaching” existing documents
    3. attaching "native" and "non-native" files
    4. file size issues
    5. images, sound, video
    6. organizing content

  8.  Communication

    1. Asynchronous: Discussion Board,
      1. creating a forum
      2. management of a discussion board
    2. Asynchronous: Email
    3. Synchronous: Chats

  9.  Assessments, Assignments and the Digital Drop Box

  10. Gradebook

  11. Course Statistics: Monitoring Participation

  12. Help

    1. Online manual in Control Panel
    2. Future workshops
    3. http://www.blackboard.com
    4. LOL web site http://www.lehman.edu/lol
    5. Teaching with Technology Web site http://www.lehman.edu/techteach

     

     

     

     

    Useful URLs, Help and Support

     

    CUNY Home Page (Portal)
    		 http://www.cuny.edu
    Blackboard Backdoor
    		https://blackboard-doorway.cuny.edu
    CUNY Portal Documentation http://www.lehman.edu/docs/portalinfo.pdf or click
    on Blackboard link on Lehman Home Page http://www.lehman.edu
    Lehman Email – web client http://mail.lehman.edu
    Lehman Email
    Documentation
    		 http://www.lehman.edu/docs/mirapoint/lcmirapoint.html
    or click on the Additional Information link on the web mail page
    Student workshop schedule http://www.lehman.edu/training
    (to arrange student training sessions, contact Valerie Henderson, ext. 8698
    valerie.henderson@lehman.cuny.edu)

    ITR Help Desk           

    IT Center, Carman Hall

    		 for general questions: helpdesk@lehman.cuny.edu
    (718) 960-1111
    Online Manual  Blackboard Course Control Panel > Assistance > Online Manual
    Blackboard Support: http://www.blackboard.com and click on Support
    Other Help
    		 http://www.lehman.edu/techteach

    documentation prepared by Ursula Hoffmann

    http://www.lehman.edu/lol

    documentation prepared by Robert Whittaker
    http://www.lehman.edu/docs/bb/guidelines.html
    Introductory Workshop Schedule
    http://www.lehman.edu/docs/workshops/AugSept2007.html