Yes Fall 2014 Semester begins in just over a month, on Tuesday August 26. For those of you who did not teach a class this summer you may remember that Blackboard went through an upgrade/enhancement after Spring Semester. OET will be glad to review these enhancements just give a call. Blackboard Blog has many links for exploring these enhancements.
Those interested in using lynda.com – an online library of instructional videos teaching the latest software tools and skills is available for students and faculty. To get started, complete the request form on the login page.
Many are trying one of Blackboard 9’s new features, Blogs so follows is an excerpt from a recent article regarding this tool!
5 Tips for Blogging
Have a clear pedagogical purpose for incorporating blogs into the instruction, and clearly state the purpose and requirements of student blogging on the class syllabus. “Students need to see a purpose for the blog, and they need guidelines for entries and comments,” explains Stuart Glogoff, senior consultant in the Office of Instruction and Assessment at the University of Arizona. “In the cases where faculty have incorporated blogs without establishing their purpose, student participation has been uniformly low.”
Blog contributions and comments should be a graded element of the course. “Your grade is your currency for your course,” explains Ruth Reynard, associate professor of Read more
