Blackboard For Dummies

More and more schools, colleges, universities and business organizations and even government training agencies are taking their classes online. Blackboard is the leading platform for managing online classes, but surprisingly, there are no books telling instructors how to use it. Most places have a general hands-on introductory online course for new faculty that says, here is Blackboard, here is our course template, here are best practices in teaching online, here is what we expect from you, here are our policies and procedures, here's the link to library services, now go get a ready to start. And it usually takes place over 5-6 weeks, leaving faculty somewhat bewildered and overloaded with information. Blackboard provides an online manual with each classroom, and instructors have access to it, but it's not especially teacher-friendly. This book is intended to tell potential and current instructors,OK, you've been told to take your class online with Blackboard, now what? Here's what you need to know to get it online successfully. The book is organized to follow the order of concerns that an instructor would be likely to have, and then in the order in which the instructor would begin using the features. It is specific, detailed, with step-by-step examples to the common issues facing all teachers using Blackboard to set up a classroom. The book also discusses using Blackboard as an adjunct to a face-to-face classes. When learning theory or instructional design theory is presented, it is in the context of best practices with applications, rather than as theoretical discussion. Readers will be able to go from class notes to developing a ready-to-go online class, and then on to actually running the class successfully.

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Title of ebook: Blackboard For Dummies
ISBN: 9780470047941
parent-ISBN: 9780471798323
Publisher: For Dummies
Internet download file size: 6855 kb
Pages: 384
Published: 03-2006
Released online for download: 03-31-2006
Author of eBook: Southworth, Howie
Author of eBook: Cakici, Kemal
Author of eBook: Vovides, Yianna

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Blackboard for Dummies

Chapter One

Your First Look at Blackboard

In This Chapter

Introducing Blackboard

Finding your way in the course

Mapping out the Control Panel

Discovering a few shortcuts

We understand that finding how to use a new application or even staying up-to-date with upgrades and new features can be overwhelming, especially with Web-based applications. You may ask, "Why is that?" The reason is that, depending on which browser you use, you may or may not encounter problems for some items versus others, and some features are supported in one browser and not in another. The list of issues can seem endless at times.

You may also be wondering why we're starting out this chapter with a less-than-motivational introduction. The reason is that what you will love about Blackboard may also be the source of some frustration, much like in other Web-based applications you may be using. Remember that you're working on the Web, and keep in mind the four concepts in the following list. (The first letter of each concept combines to create, sor ... read full excerpt from Blackboard For Dummies ebook

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