Introduction to Blackboard for Faculty - Fall 2008

Department of Information Technology Resources (ITR)


URL for this document   http://www.lehman.edu/faculty/john/bb/introfa08.html
Workshop Schedule http://www.lehman.edu/docs/?
Guidelines http://www.lehman.edu/docs/bb/guidelines.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

  2. How is Blackboard used at Lehman

    1. Online asynchronous courses (ONA)
    2. Hybrid courses (ONH)
    3. "web-enhanced" courses
    4. Organizations
      5. <>
  3. Skills, software and equipment instructors and students need to use Blackboard successfully

  4. How to access Blackboard

    1. Registering on the CUNY Portal to obtain portal userid and password
    2. Portal login
    3. Forgot Password?; forgot Username?
    4. Single Sign On (SSO) applications (Bb, CUNY Libraries)
    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 availability
    2. Course codes and titles
    3. Students: Courses in which you are enrolled
    4. Course creation procedures
    5. Instructor assignment procedures
    6. Student enrollment procedures
    7. Course archiving/backup  procedures

  6. Entering a course: the course "home page"

    1. Instructor/Student views
    2. Course Areas
    3. Customization options (e.g.banners, color, area availability)
    4. Instructor's Control Panel

  7.  Working in a Blackboard course

    1. Administer course
      1. Control access: Changing availability
      2. Check roster and email addresses
      3. Create groups
      4. Merge sections
      5. Copy/Backup courses
    2. Distribute documents and other types of content (e.g. images, audio)
    3. Synchronous and asynchronous communication
    4. Online tests and assessments
    5. File exchange and assignments
    6. Maintain a gradebook and distribute grades
    7. Monitor participation
    8. Customize course appearance, organization and tools

  8. Course Administration

    1. Changing Course Settings: availability
    2. Changing Course Settings: course name
    3. Checking enrollment/email addresses in your Blackboard course

  9. Content Areas and adding content via Control Panel

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

  10.  Communication

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

  11. Online tests and assessments

  12. File exchange:  Digital Drop Box and Assignments

  13. Gradebook

  14. Course Statistics: Monitoring Participation

  15. Customiizing course

  16. Help

    1. IT Help Desk: helpdesk@lehman.cuny.edu; (718) 960-1111
    2. Online manual in Control Panel
    3. Workshops
    4. http://www.blackboard.com
    5. LOL web site http://www.lehman.edu/lol
    6. 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
    Staff and Facuklty
    Lehman Email – web client    		 http://mail.lehman.edu
    Student Email
    		 http://www.lehman.edu/live
    Staff/Faculty 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
    TrackIT: http://help.lehman.edu
    Online Manual  Blackboard Course Control Panel >Online Manual
    Blackboard Support: http://www.blackboard.com and click on Support or click on the Help
    button within Blackboard
    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