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1. Click Yes and Students will view the Learning Unit in the order listed Students will not be able to advance to a page without having viewed the previous page Click No and Students will be able to view the pages in the Learning Unit in any order simply by navigating through the contents Decide if you want the Learning Unit to open in a new window Select Yes to have the Learning Unit open as a new separate window You will never want to choose No here Pop up blockers installed on most student s computers will prevent this new window from being displayed Decide if you want to set Date Restrictions Select the range of dates that the Learning Unit will appear using the drop down lists or click on the icon for a calendar interface To display the Learning Unit from a date forward select a date in Display After but do not check Display Until To display the Learning Unit from a set date until a future date select a date in Display After check Display Until and select a date 9 Decide if you want to make the Learning Unit visible Click Yes or No to indicate whether or not the Learning Unit is to be available to Students Instructors and staff members can still access the information in the folder by going through the Course Control Panel 10 Click the Submit button 2 Options Make the content available Yes No Enforce sequential CYas Na viewing of the Learning Unit Open in new window Yes 6
2. 32 OR Select Grade Threads to evaluate participants on performance in each thread When the Grade Threads option is used a Points Possible option appears each time a thread is started Keep in mind that users cannot create new threads if Grade Threads is selected for the forum Grade User Participation in a Forum Follow these steps to evaluate performance in a forum 33 Open the Discussion Board A list of forums will appear For each forum that may be graded an icon will appear in the Grade column Serer orm menig Grade 4 se lgebrgaker Cisousakon Forum B Meat Memaga Remon Coy Pod your Icebreaker inf oducfons hare 5 s Modis 1 Forum Minii tlesage Raree Casy Discuss ihe b se of Module 1 here 34 Click the icon in the Grade column Only users with a forum role of Grader or Manager may enter a grade for a forum A Grader may not view their own work A list of users will appear Last Name First Hame 35 Click Grade for a user 36 A collection of the user s posts in the forum will appear Evaluate the posts and assign a Grade Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Communication Tools Chapter 5 Page 18 ve Grade KathyBryant Points possible 100 Grade dib Print Filter Author Show All Status Published w GO Thread Hello Post Re Hello Author Bryant Kathy 37 Click Submit to add the grade to the Gradebook Grade User P
3. 9 Click the Save button Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Managing Student Records Chapter 6 Page 11 Instructions The Gradebook hat been saved Click on Download wih the rig Hrs Respondus Projects mE CoRespondusTenez Gjunetpub GrespondusTemp3 COMATiAL temp a Fie 8 gb_erpat cow s Saves ype Miciotolt Excel Comma Sepaialed Values Fis End of activity Downloading the Gradebook Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Managing Student Records Chapter 6 Page 12 Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Managing Student Records Chapter 6 Page 13 Step 3 Archiving the Course Step 3 Archiving the Course PIT Community College pore nn eee eg Archive Course Course Recycling Model You ll use this section to guide you through archiving your course content This file will serve as a backup of your course content If questions are ever raised about a particular assignment or test question this file can serve as a Snapshot of your course as It looked when the student was in your course Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Managing Student Records Chapter 6 Page 14 Archiving Your Course Content This section explains how to make a backup copy of your course content This should be done at the end of every semester prior to Recycling 1 L
4. Monday June 17 2007 12 35 47 FM EDT Now only the students who meet your conditions on the selected gradebook item will be able to see your content item End of activity Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Building Your Course Chapter 3 Page 78 Creating Adaptive Release Rules Gradebook Based Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Building Your Course Chapter 3 Page 79 Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Building Your Course Chapter 3 Page 80 Creating Adaptive Release Rules Review Status Based Follow the steps below to enable a simple Review Status Based Adaptive Release on an existing content item 1 Ensure that you have added Review Status to your controlling item already If you have not already done so please read the chapter in this guide on Review Status Note When using Review Status you first have to turn on Review Status for a different item Then when the student marks that item as having been reviewed this item will appear Think of it using this example A student can t see the Module 3 test until they have read the Module 3 lecture notes 2 Mentally pick an existing content item folder document test ect in your course to set available by Review Status 3 Navigate to the location of that item 4 Click the Edit View link at the top right of the screen to switch into Edit
5. Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Instructor Need to Know Info Chapter 1 Page 13 First Day of Class Responsibilities First Day of Class Responsibilities Community College el The first day of class the instructors should Send an introduction letter to the students send an email to each student You can use Campus Cruiser to accomplish this An easy way to send an email to all of your students is through Campus Cruiser Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Instructor Need to Know Info Chapter 1 Page 14 sending Students Email in Campus Cruiser In this section you will learn how to send an email to all students in Campus Cruiser 1 Log into Campus Cruiser Welcome to PITT COMMUNITY COLLEGE Internet Explorer Provided by Cox High Spe Fe Eat Wew Favorites Took Hep 3 tex GJ x 2 P po Search 5g Favorites fe Pur eS 2 http rs eedu PITT siz COMMUNITY COLLEGE DD comp mf e Dr Parmi 2 On the My Cruiser tab select the term and class you wish to send email under the My Classes section D1 Literacy 02 3 Click Email Members in the Member Area section Member Area Message Board E mail Members 4 Click Email All Members on the right side of the Email Members screen EF E mail All Members 5 Fill out the email form to complete your email Copyright O Pitt Community Coll
6. Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Managing Student Grades Chapter 4 Page 70 11 In Blackboard on the Item Grade List window scroll down and click the Submit button 12 A verification page will be displayed Click OK End of activity Grading Downloaded Assignments Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Managing Student Grades Chapter 4 Page 71 Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Managing Student Grades Chapter 4 Page 72 End of Chapter End of Chapter This chapter covered the following topics Understanding the Performance Dashboard Using the Gradebook Weighting Grades Adding Items to the Gradebook Managing Gradebook Items Grading Added Items Viewing Modifying Student Tests Points Resetting Student Tests Viewing Grading Assignments Downloading Assignments Grading Downloaded Assignments Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Managing Student Grades Chapter 4 Page 73 Communication Tools Chapter 5 Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Communication Tools Chapter 5 Page 1 Communication Tools Communication Tools Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Communication Tools Chapter 5 Page 2 Chapter Objectives Chapter Objectives By the end of this chapter you should be able to e Send a Course Ema
7. The Change Password window is displayed Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Getting Started Chapter 2 Page 29 4 Key in anew password and verify the password in section I 5 Click the Submit button Change Password Change Password Complete this form to change password Password Verify Password Submit Required Field Click Submit to finish Click Cancel to quit Cancel Submit 6 Click OK on the update notification window End of activity Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Getting Started Chapter 2 Page 30 Changing Your Password Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Getting Started Chapter 2 Page 31 Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Getting Started Chapter 2 Page 32 End of Chapter End of Chapter This chapter covered the following topics e Organizing your Blackboard Course e Logging into Blackboard e Navigating Your Class e Changing Your Password Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Getting Started Chapter 2 Page 33 Building Your Course Chapter 3 Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Building Your Course Chapter 3 Page 1 Building Your Course Building Your Course Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Building Your Course Ch
8. s grades are ever questioned youll want to be able to refer back to this file IMPORTANT NOTE Downloading your gradebook only downloads your students test scores and NOT the actual tests If you are required to keep copies of actual tests you must use Respondus software to pull that information from Blackboard For more information on Respondus please refer to http www pittcc edu distance_learning ofrc BB_INSTRUCT MAN PCC_RESPONDUS _USERS htm or call the Distance Learning Office at 493 7608 Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Managing Student Records Chapter 6 Page 9 Downloading the Gradebook This procedure explains how to download your gradebook to your computer Downloading your grades allows you to work with them in a spreadsheet program such as Microsoft Excel You should download your grades at the end of every semester so that you have a copy of them outside of Blackboard Before beginning this procedure you must log into your course in Blackboard 1 Click Control Panel from the navigation bar on the left Tools Communication Course Tools Eid Course Map EN Control Panel 4 Quick Unenroll E Refresh i Detail View Course Statistics Gradebook Gradebook Views The Gradebook View Spreadsheet window is displayed 3 Click the Download Grades button On the Gradebook toolbar notice the Download Grades and Upload Grades buttons NeightGrades Af D
9. 49 If you need to add a new thread goto task 12 Otherwise goto task 49 If you need to search for or print posts goto task 21 Otherwise goto task 49 If you need to a use Peer Review with Ratings goto task 26 Otherwise goto task 449 If you need to Grade a Thread or Forum goto task 30 Otherwise goto task 49 If you need to Hide a Thread goto task 45 Otherwise goto task 49 Adding a Forum 3 Click the Add Forum button at the top of the Discussion page Forum 4 Enter a title for the forum in the Title field of the Add Forum page R Add Forum Introduction 5 Enter a description into the Description field oe KO T io dmb Pris OG Lets get io know each otter Please post your introduction here Forum Settings Settings can be specified for anonymous postings allowing the editing of messages after Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Communication Tools Chapter 5 Page 12 posting allowing the removal of posted messages allowing file attachments and allowing new threads The checked boxes show suggested settings It is not recommended that you allow Anonymous Posts in the discussion forum Allow anonymous posts C Allow author to remove own posts All posts Only posts with no replies Allow author to modify own published posts Allow file attachments Allow members to create new threads CI Allow members to subscribe to threads Allow members
10. Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Getting Started Chapter 2 Page 7 Build your Course in Blackboard Build your Course in Blackboard PITT Community College ln Key Points Adding your course content Proofreading your course content Bb i ee Blackboard This should always be the final step in the process Its very tempting to build your course in Blackboard as it s being created but in the long run you re much better off if you ve finished planning first Add your course content Create your folder structure first then add your content to the correct areas You can add your content via copy and paste directly from word or you can link the files in Whenever possible it is recommended that you copy and paste the information If you link your files in the student must have the correct program on their computer to open the file This can be a problem in some cases Proofread your course content This is very important The primary method of communication with an online course is the written or typed word Misspelled words improper grammar or problems with formatting of documents will not sit well with students Copyright O Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Getting Started Chapter 2 Page 8 Suggested Uses for Course Content Areas suggested Uses for Course M Content Areas PITT Community College Pee Announcements Course Information Announcement
11. Frid Ol CAD CCE ics tet ae E E E E sudan deauencnieuieas Cea T T COMMUNICATION 10018 442 SAGA Commonicadonm Tool reaa it tah a aid a at aoe ae caine T rber Hov SPE FLL Send Ce Pu How to Use the DISCUSSION Board enean a us haat ie aioe a talent a Maes casas Vare ne DEG SN PL How 10056 f Vs ves Usine he Virtual VAS SRO sa How to Add a Chat or Virtual Classroom Session essssseeeeceeeeececeeecaaeseeesseeeseeeeeeeseceeesaauaasnsseeseneeeess Adding Chat or Virtual Classroom Session Kan AGS Geek EF ly WY ARMIN OSV SUC nie an A A T E E E N E implementing the Early Warning Systemi R lE Sorraia a n a a tee i EKR Implementing the Early Warning System Notifications c ccccsssseeeccceeeceeceeceeeaaeaaeeessseeseeeeeeeeeeeeeaaas Copyright O Oracle 2004 All rights reserved PCC Blackboard Instructor User Manual Table of Contents ji Fides eee 5 48 Wana eine Student RecordsLusaagasvvvrsasavaasrvrassesaT GS 6 1 Matiacin eS idents nd Mer RET isiwcharwcanwecaacuebeticiouee sins vscameeneeteu O 6 2 TACIT BLOM ev 6 3 er be 6 4 Sep fl Exper nis Attendance REC Sennen aE E EREET 6 5 PXpOrino Attendance RK CCOLdS erse En per dencsosemarabertaugansaysnianenhonquatons 6 6 Step 2 DOW nloadine n Grrdde DOOK sisisi EE E E EEEE 6 9 Downloading he Grade DOOK j iccsscsisoianssvesemcosecdondsacoosaeananiancutnonma const sae dnanusuetbarnencsosena reper taadaumansesanenhoaqatons 6 10 JED PMS BEE OT Lese E savosemasupa
12. If you need to dock a student points goto task 5 Otherwise goto task 6 To dock a student points At some point you may need to dock points from students For example if the test was timed there will be an Elapsed time violation for the test in the box at the top 5 Zero out or reduce the point box to the right of any question This is the only way to reduce a student s grade To give a student more points 6 Key the points you wish to give the student into the points box to the right of the question Question 1 True False gt 0 of 3 points Lhagnostc tools help test system components monitor system r sources such as memory and processing power undo changes made to system files and more Given Answer sv True Correct Answer True Note You can give more points than the question is worth if you d like This lets you give bonus points 7 Continue to modify questions as needed When you are done click the Submit button at the bottom right of the test Be sure to click Submit even if you only took note of an exceeded time limit 8 Click OK on the Assessment Grade Updated screen 9 Click Submit on the Modify Grade screen This will take you back to the Gradebook End of activity Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Managing Student Grades Chapter 4 Page 43 Viewing Modifying Student Test Points You need to Copyright Pitt
13. Leaming Unit Go 3 1 Module 1 Modify Manage Copy Remove Introduction How wall this course work Blackboard Ovensew Control Panel Oveniew The Add Test window is displayed Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Building Your Course Chapter 3 Page 24 Add Test Add Test Create a new Test or select an existing Test Any Test that has already been added will not be displayed reate a New Test Create Add Test M4 Practice Test M2 Practice Test Mi Com I Crossword Submit Click Submit to add this Test Click Cancel to quit Cancel Submit You have the option of A Creating a new test B Choosing an existing test If the test you wish to give your students is listed in the box goto task 418 Otherwise goto task 3 3 Click the Create button to add a new test already been added will not be displayed Create a New Test Create Add Test Select Test below M4 Practice Test 4 Enter a name description and instructions Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Building Your Course Chapter 3 Page 25 Test Information Name Description Noma Instructions 5 Click Submit The Test Canvas window is displayed TOL IFSES i FE LEER COLIRSE F CONTRO PANEL TEST MAMAGER gt TEST CRASS mA Test Canvas Add modify and remove questions Select a question
14. Remove Next Post Overall rating US WS Vi VI Vi 00 PM PST Previously rated 4 stars End of activity Grading Threads and Forums In a classroom setting students are often expected to participate in class discussions and that participation is part of the equation when assessing performance Within a classroom participation performance can be ambiguous It is sometimes difficult to differentiate the student who is active but does not advance the discussion from the student that speaks less frequently but with greater impact Student interactions with the Discussion Board are a permanent record of participation The Instructor has the option to grade Students at the forum level or at the thread level In this way the Instructor can accurately compare Student participation to the expectations set forth Enable Grading Grading options are enabled when the forum is created or by modifying the forum 30 Click Modify on the Discussion Board for a forum to change its settings The Grade settings appear at the bottom of the Add Forum Page and the Modify Forum page 31 Select Grade Forum and enter a point value to evaluate participants on performance throughout the forum Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Communication Tools Chapter 5 Page 17 Allow members to rate posts Force moderation of posts Grade No grading in forum amp Grade forum Points possible 100 0 Grade threads
15. Wipers Comments have nace diy Feedback bo Ler Datei inet bor RS et The Grade Assignment window is displayed OO Grade Assignment M2 GrandPrix Assignment Information Name M2 GrandPrx Instructions Clear Attempt Click this button to clear this attempt Clear Attempt Student s Work Student s I Hope that you are having a great day Student s Files Grand Prix Announcement E Feedback to Student Grade l out of 100 0 Comments E eig I ES 4 A Notice the Clear Attempt button under Section 1 Use this button to clear a student s current assignment submission and to allow them to re submit an assignment Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Managing Student Grades Chapter 4 Page 54 B Notice under Section 2 you have the student s comments and a link to their attached file if applicable 5 To view the students attached file simply click on the link The file should open on your screen You could choose to save the file to your hard drive at this point or you can simply close the window when you re done Student s Work Student s Comments Hope that you are having a great day Grand Pox Announcement Student s Fi D Feedback to Student Grade out of 100 0 Comments 6 Enter the student s grade in the Grade box under Section 3 7 Enter any comments you d like the student to see in the Comments box 8 Enter any comments you d
16. 2 3 Howto Orme OUL COSA Gene 2 4 vr 2 5 Ps Eve ee 2 6 Create Course COMPONE MSONDE sara GST Aae 2 7 Build your Course mM Blackboard mes siessen irere aE none Ep dese eee endene 2 8 suggested Uses for Course Content Areas 2 0 sescessevevccesccecesdscees sudeavdhisheaesteseectedestesaassheeseversaevesenenecsodendsaves 2 9 Suggested Uses for Course Content Areas continued rrrrrrrnrnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnrrrnrnnvrnrrrnnnnnnnnnnsennnrsrrrrnrrrsrrnnnnnn 2 10 Begin Y ourl lass SIOWIY ETE EE EE EKEREN 2 12 How to Log into Blackboard ee 2 13 Logging into Blackboard Instructor rrrnnorrrnvnnnvrrrnnnnnnnnnnnnrrrrrrrrrrrnvnvrrrrnnnnnnnnnnsenssnssnennnnssrnnnnnnnnssssssenenene 2 14 Blackboard C bes STEN ee 2 18 Nims Yr Blackboard AS ee 2 19 Flow OC me Yr PN 2 28 C hana ina Yo Pas 2 29 For 2 33 Bondine Yor Corses 3 1 Bl VENN 3 2 NNN 3 3 Ho ordre assen patted cea eco a dace AE E a a a 3 4 Add Cour 3 5 How o MOAN Copy Remove Couse CL SSR 3 11 Modibyins Copyiic Removing Course Cena 3 12 Flow to Gate arin UNS NASA 3 17 POCA Ve SS 3 18 FLOW tO Modit STE 3 23 Ads MN TTS 3 24 Blackboatd 6 5 Test Question TT PE 3 32 Howto Set Test Delivery Op Mois preses GeN 3 36 Copyright Oracle 2004 All rights reserved PCC Blackboard Instructor User Manual Table of Contents i petting Test Delivery PS eee Av 00 ASIAN Addis AEG eee Flow 6 Add an External EINK essnee na E E EE oes A Adding Moditvins External Linksysi EES E S Howto Ad
17. 2005 All rights reserved Building Your Course Chapter 3 Page 47 Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Building Your Course Chapter 3 Page 48 How to Add an External Link How to Add an External Link PIT Community College peers oer External links are simply links to websites outside of Blackboard The use of external links can add interest and realism to your online classes There is a huge amount of information available on the internet What could be a better place to take advantage otf it than an online course It is important that your students understand that not everything they find on the Internet is a reliable source If you require your students to research a topic during the course of your class consider directing them to http Awww pittcc edu students LRC dl html This is a guide prepared by our Library staff to help Distance Learning students learn to use the library resources available to them online On the following pages you will see the detailed explanation of how to add external links in Blackboard Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Building Your Course Chapter 3 Page 49 Adding Moditying External Links This procedure will cover how to add modify an external link to the External Links section of your course You can also add modify an external link on any Course Content Area within your material but you should always a
18. 2005 10 10 E m2 Grand Prix mary tilghman txt TextDoc 9 19 2005 10 10 Wi mM2___Grand_Prix_mary_tighman_Grand_Pri Microsoft 9 19 2005 10 10 m2 Grand Prix benjamin nicholson txt Text Doc 9 19 2005 10 10 Mim2 Grand Prix benjamin nicholson Gran Microsoft 9 19 2005 10 10 lt iii LL 9 You may review each item from within Winzip or click the Extract button to copy all of the files to a new location End of activity Downloading Assignments Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Managing Student Grades Chapter 4 Page 64 Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Managing Student Grades Chapter 4 Page 65 How to Grade Downloaded Assignments How to Grade Downloaded Assignments e Grading assignments that have been downloaded Is relatively easy e You will be working with two windows window displaying the files you ve downloaded window containing your Blackboard gradebook On the following pages you will see the detailed explanation of how to grade downloaded assignments in Blackboard Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Managing Student Grades Chapter 4 Page 66 Grading Downloaded Assignments This procedure explains how to grade downloaded assignments You may grade your students assignments directly in Blackboard one assignment at a time per student I
19. Billy is the one to call for course and user requests and technical problems such as My course isn t showing up on the My BlackBoard page or My user name and password aren t working Billy is also the one to call if you want to use a publisher s course cartridges e Daytime helpdesk for Faculty Staff with computer or technical support problems not directly related to BlackBoard 252 493 7487 or helodesk email pittcc edu e Evening helpdesk for students with BlackBoard problems 252 493 7573 or shelo email pittcc edu Hours are from 5 00 9 00 PM Students should contact bbadmin email pittcc edu or 252 493 7539 during normal business hours Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Instructor Need to Know Info Chapter 1 Page 6 Pre semester Responsibilities Pre semester Responsibilities PITT Before the semester begins instructors should Obtain BlackBoard Training Complete the first steps in getting your course in BlackBoard Understand student enrollment in your BlackBoard course Complete a course outline Communicate with students Obtaining BlackBoard Training All new internet instructors should be trained using BlackBoard To request training contact Tina Farmer at Distance Learning 252 493 7615 Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Instructor Need to Know Info Chapter 1 Page 7 Complete the first steps Complete the first steps P
20. Building Your Course Chapter 3 Page 44 Adding Assignments Adding an Assignment using this method allows your students to submit their work through the actual Assignment instead of the Drop Box A column is automatically added to your grade book You can easily download or remove all of your student s work at once and can leave individual comments for each student if desired If you would like more information on Assignments Refer to Downloading Assignments in this guide Refer to Grading Downloading Assignments in this guide Before beginning this procedure you must log into your course in Blackboard 1 Navigate to the Content Area in the course where you wish to add an assignment For help in organizing your course Refer to Introduction to Blackboard in this guide 2 Switch to Edit view by clicking the Edit View Link at the top right of the screen Home Help Logout System Admin COURSES gt DISTANCE EDUCATION 101 gt COURSE DOCUMENTS EDIT VIEW Course Documents Module 4 P04 I This folder contains Background amp Readings Locate the drop down menu to the right of the tool bar 3 Click the drop down arrow and click Assignment in the list 4 Click the GO button to the right of the drop down menu Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Building Your Course Chapter 3 Page 45 TER HH gt COURSE DOCU ENTS LL Course Documents Modify Manage
21. College 2005 All rights reserved Building Your Course Chapter 3 Page 33 Users indicate the answer by marking a specific point on an image A range of pixel coordinates is used to define the correct answer Hot Spot refers to the area of an image that when selected yields a correct answer This allows you to present the student with a picture and their answer the question by clicking an area of the picture This question type is quite powerful Jumbled Sentence Users are shown a sentence with a few parts of the sentence as variables The user selects the proper answer for each variable from drop down lists to assemble the sentence Only one set of answers is used for all of the drop down lists Opinion Scale Likert Question type based on a rating scale designed to measure attitudes or reactions Users indicate the multiple choice answer that represents their attitude or reaction When the instructor creates an opinion scale question six answer fields are pre populated with the following answers Strongly Agree Agree Neither Agree nor Disagree Disagree Strongly Disagree Not Applicable Short Answer Short Answer questions are similar to essay questions The length of the answer can be limited to a specified number of rows in the text box The number of rows is meant as a guideline when entering an answer it does not impose an absolute limit on answer length Either Or Users are pres
22. Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Communication Tools Chapter 5 Page 48 Managing Student Records Chapter 6 Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Managing Student Records Chapter 6 Page 1 Managing Students and their Records Managing Students and their Records The Recycling Process amp Your Record Keeping Responsibilities Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Managing Student Records Chapter 6 Page 2 Introduction Introduction Export attendance ED Download Records Gradebook Teach Your Archive Course Course Course Recycling Model I Remove Students Recycle Course Enroll i Verify Course p Students Roster Recycling is a process in Blackboard that lets the instructor reuse the same course from semester to semester The instructor is in control of adding and removing students as well as backing up their course content and student records This lets the faculty member enroll and remove students at a time that best suits their needs It also allows instructors to maintain a copy of their student records and course content outside of Blackboard Instructors will be responsible for downloading and maintaining their student records after the semester is over Student records from previous semesters will not be available in Blackboard Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Managin
23. Current users name are first_last The old style of names is shown in the example below with the X over it DO NOT add students to your course with this style of user name Hodges Leslie leslie hodges Hodges Rodney rodney hodges Hodges Rodney Hodges samantha Hodges samantha samantha hodges 9 Click the box to the left of the correct name to select it 10 Click the Submit button at the bottom right of the screen A verification page is displayed You could click the OK button at this point and begin the process again OR as a shortcut 11 Click the Back button of your browser 12 Scroll to the top of the page and key the next student s user name into the box 13 Repeat the search enroll process until all students are enrolled End of activity Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Managing Student Records Chapter 6 Page 31 Enrolling Users Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Managing Student Records Chapter 6 Page 32 step 7 Removing Students Step 7 Removing Students PITT Community College E Remove Students You ll use this section to guide you through removing students from your Blackboard course This process may need to be done several times during and immediately after the registration process Remember to NEVER remove a student who has been participating in the course you never know if you
24. Grades ean system 7 Last Name First Name Username Role Access Lodge bakari lodge Griffin Betty betty griffin7097 Cochran Bryan bryan_cochran Parker Carolyn carolyn parker Brann Casey casey_brann The Days Since Last column displays the number of days which have passed since the user last logged in Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Managing Student Grades Chapter 4 Page 5 View Grades Last Course st Review Adaptive Discussion ar m a Chet eee p Warning Access pan ces Status Release Board System Last Name First Name Username Jun 5 2007 5 26 17 PM Eee Jun 10 2007 DER pi 9 29 46 PM bryan cochran Never Jun 11 2007 8 57 12 AM Jun 10 2007 11 11 18 PM bakari lodge carolyn parker casey brann Review Status Column The Review Status column displays the number of items which have been reviewed by a particular user a F F F F Days Since Last Course Last Review Adaptive Discussion ACCESS Course Status Release Board Access Early Warning System Last Name First Mame Username View Grades Jun 5 2007 5 26 17 PM Jun 10 2007 59 29 46 PM Cochran bryan cochran Never Jun 11 2007 8 57 12 AM Jun 10 2007 11 11 18 PM Lodge akari bakari_lodge Griffin Betty betty griffin7097 Parker Carolyn carolyn parker Brann Casey casey_brann 2 Click on the review status number
25. On the following pages you will see the detailed explanation of how to use the Blackboard Performance Dashboard Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Managing Student Grades Chapter 4 Page 4 Navigating the Performance Dashboard The Performance Dashboard provides the instructor with a quick glance of each student s performance within the course dates since last login review status adaptive release discussion board postings not covered in this tip sheet and grades Follow the steps below to access the Performance Dashboard and begin using it 1 From the Course Control Panel click on the Performance Dashboard link in the ASSESSMENT area Y d T Y i T Bard Days Since Last Course Last Review Adaptive Discussion View Access Course Status Release Board u Grades system Atcess Early Last Name First Name Username Jun 5 2007 5 26 17 PM ae ea See BER Jun 10 2007 Griffin Betty betty griffin7097 ent 9 29 46 PM Cochran 3 bryan_cochran Never Jun 11 2007 8 57 12 AM Jun 10 2007 11 11 18 PM Lodge Bakari bakari_lodge 12 Parker carolyn parker Brann Casey casey_brann Student Course Access Columns The Last Course Access column displays the date the associated student last logged into the course Days Since Early Last Review Adaptive Discussion Warni View Course Status Release Board ENG
26. Total will be their average End of activity Weighting Gradebook Items All of categories you need already displayed Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Managing Student Grades Chapter 4 Page 22 Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Managing Student Grades Chapter 4 Page 23 How to Add Items to the Gradebook How to Add Items to the Gradebook e Tests and assignments come Into your gradebook automatically sometimes though you need a place for other grades e Discussion board assignments extra credit and class participation grade are just a few of the things you may need to add to your gradebook You can also add a column to DISPLAY information to the students that is not averaged in with their grade This can be handy to display letter grades for mid term and final averages On the following pages you will see the detailed explanation of how to add items to the Gradebook in Blackboard Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Managing Student Grades Chapter 4 Page 24 Adding Items to the Gradebook The Blackboard gradebook will automatically contain all Tests and Assignments However you may need to add additional graded items or make a change to the name of an existing item If you have not already done so you should read the procedure titled Using the Gradebook for general
27. any comments by that student about the assignment jo s File Actions Options Help Favorites Add Mim2 Grand Prix _joseph_dolbear aK he E M2 Grand Prix sandra butler txt M m2 Grand Prix sandra butler Grand Prix E m2 Grand Prix mitchell russell2601 txt Mm2 Grand Prix mitchell russell2601 Gran E m2 Grand Prix mary tilghman txt Hima Grand Prix mary tilghman Grand Pri E m2 Grand Prix benjamin nicholson txt Mm2 Grand Prix benjamin nicholson Gran lt Selected 0 files 0 bytes Text Doc Microsoft Text Doc Microsoft Text Doc Microsoft Text Doc Microsoft LLI Total 35 files 602KB View WinZip Evaluation Version M2 Grand Prix zip Modified 9 19 2005 10 10 9 19 2005 10 10 9 19 2005 10 10 9 19 2005 10 10 9 19 2005 10 10 9 19 2005 10 10 9 19 2005 10 10 9 19 2005 10 10 9 19 2005 10 10 9 19 2005 10 10 Wizard sia i 2 18 26 1 3 26 1 1 25 1 2 13 9 y OO Note There is probably not any important information 1n this file However you never know when the student is going to ask a question or tell you something important there so you always need to check Managing Student Grades Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Chapter 4 Page 69 7 From the WinZip window double click on the student s second file Name Type Modified Elm Text Doc 9 19 2005 10 1
28. assignments and tests This will most commonly be used for Discussion Board assignments or other assignments that cannot be submitted via the Assignments area If you have not already done so you should read the procedure titled Using the Gradebook for general information about the Gradebook 1 Click Control Panel from the navigation bar on the left Tools Communication Course Tools Ed Course Map EN Control Panel Quick Unenroll Refresh i Detail View 2 Click the Gradebook link in the assessment section Assessment Test Manager Course Statistics Survey Manager Gradebook Gradebook Views The Gradebook View Spreadsheet window is displayed Any item that you have added see Adding Gradebook Items will have an empty column to hold grades If you need to record a grade for a single student goto task 3 Otherwise goto task 7 Recording a grade for a single student 3 Click the dash in the appropriate cell in the student s row on the Gradebook window Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Managing Student Grades Chapter 4 Page 36 The Modify Grade screen is displayed 4 Key the student s grade into the Grade box 5 Click the Submit button at the bottom right of the screen Lj Modify Grade Student Name item Name Date Submitted Modified sally Student M2 Pans May 18 sally studentAssignment 2005 6 Click OK on the Grade Updated
29. can see your course by setting its availability It may be to your advantage to make your course unavailable to students at certain times You will need to do this if you decide to enroll your students prior to the beginning of the semester You may also choose to do this in between semesters when you don t want students to have access to the course This setting only affects student access to your course Please be sure to always set your course back to Available when you re ready for the students to access it To set your course availability 1 Log into Blackboard 2 Enter the desired course 3 Click Control Panel 4 Click Settings Recycle Logie Lourse Copy Export Compe 5 Click Course Availability 6 Select Yes or No Yes makes your course available to students No makes the course invisible to students 7 Click Submit 8 You re done Please be sure to make your course available to students when you re ready for them to begin working in the course End of activity Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Managing Student Records Chapter 6 Page 37 Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Managing Student Records Chapter 6 Page 38 Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Managing Student Records Chapter 6 Page 39 End of Chapter End of Chapter In this chapter we discussed e Exporting Attendanc
30. enter your course 2 Click Control Panel from the navigation bar on the left 3 Click the Enroll User link User Managem Enroll User Note You will be enrolling students based on your class roll You should have generated this roll in Step 5 Verifying your roster 4 Key in the FirstName_LastName of the user you wish to enroll 5 Click the button beside Username below the white box SEARCH STARTS WITH LIST A samantha hodges Search by Last Hame 8 Username Email 6 Click the Search button Note You can also choose to search by last name but that will probably take a little longer 7 Locate the user that matches your roll If you do not see the student you are looking for their information may not be in the system yet First verify that they are still supposed to be in your class via Campus Cruiser or Datatel If they are still in your course wait until the next day and try to enroll the student again If you still cannot find your student contact the Distance Learning Office Students are not automatically transferred into Blackboard It is a manual process that will occur once every 24 hours during registration 8 Verify that the student you ve found has a current user name Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Managing Student Records Chapter 6 Page 30 To verify that your student has a current user name glance at the column to the right of their name
31. file attachment such as a Word document or PowerPoint presentation 6 Inthe Content section click the Browse button and select the item you wish to add 7 Type in the name you wish displayed with the link in the Name of Link to File field 8 Select the display option for the link from the Special Action dropdown box Note For most items you ll want to leave this on Create a link to this file Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Building Your Course Chapter 3 Page 6 Files can be attached to th above information Chek Browse to select the fle to aitach and speody name for the bak to us fle Anach local file CDocumants and SettngslBull di Brows 2 Name of Link to File BG kiga Special Action Create link to this file ar Options Make the content available Given Oho Track number of views Oves Ho Choose date and time restrictions Display Afer O Display Unti Sep hd OG Rs 2005 bd Ge Sep h 05 ad 200 bd Ge 108 08 8 v 108 av E Submit Click Submit to Anish Click Cancel to guii Required Fjeld If you choose Display media file within the page in the Special Action dropdown box you will need to complete the Embedded Media Information window to choose display options 9 Inthe Options section indicate if you want the item to be viewed by the students 10 If you only want the item viewed at certain times use the Display After amp Display Until option
32. for one of your students This will display detailed information i e visibility amp review status about all content items and folders requiring review F aiii Review Content Item Visibility Status Assignments Module 1 The Basics M1 Lecture Notes pte en Assignments Module 1 The Basics Module 1 Overview 3 Click the OK button to return to the Performance Dashboard Adaptive Release Column The Adaptive Release column allows the instructor to view the visibility of all items in the course for a particular user Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Managing Student Grades Chapter 4 Page 6 Days Since Early Last Course Last Review Adapt Discussion Marnin Access Course Status Re se Board Warning System Access View Grades Last Name First Name Username Jun 5 2007 5 26 17 PM Eee Seiten Jun 10 2007 Det DET 9 29 46 PM bryan cochran Never Jun 11 2007 8 57 12 AM Jun 10 2007 11 11 18 PM bakari lodge carolyn parker casey brann 4 Click on the adaptive release icon for a one of your students This will display window indicating which items are visible to this student Notice the open and closed eyes that indicate what is and is not visible to the student CIS111 TFarmer IN B a Announcements M Mg Course Information amp mg Staff Information amp Eg Assignments amp gt IMPORTANTI 5 cas Checking Gra
33. heme by Category All oo Fitter Users by Laat Name y G Por Porrble 100 Per Parra 100 eigde VE deigen 1147 Note This screen can take a few moments to load especially towards the end of the semester when you have a large amount of data stored Copyright O Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Managing Student Grades Chapter 4 Page 13 Note Only 25 students are displayed per page If you have more than 25 students you Il need to navigate to page 2 using the link at the bottom right of the gradebook D Users Cisplaying condi 1 25 HD bs Progress Hoirean Needs Grearg i Gracey Em Notice the options along the toolbar at the top Add Item Manage Item We ll cover each of these options in additional procedures LL Gradebook View Spreadsheet gaf Ada hem Manage tere ElGradebook Settings foight Grades To Dranioad Grades fy Wedoad Grades od thems by Category GO Fitter tems by Category All oo Fitter Users by Lasi Name F hill kl hill bl Hanne dLast First i f Mia Feo pel Bi gral B gran B gral sind Enika A an Fir Frarba 00 Fir Farpk a ti Pe Ferpkba ti Pie Frapbi 00 Por Parrikk DO Fer Farr IOO Pir Per dg VEE bii ba AE et IT dem VI mhii T You can sort and filter your gradebook by using the drop down boxes below the toolbar Filtering allows you to display only the chosen items This is helpful when your gradebook gets very large and you only nee
34. in and what is missing Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Instructor Need to Know Info Chapter 1 Page 24 e give the student timely and quality feedback on student contributions to discussion homework and quizzes e treat students politely and with respect Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Instructor Need to Know Info Chapter 1 Page 25 Online Student Advisement Responsibilities Online Student Advisement Responsibilities Online Student Advisement Responsibilities Student Retention Internet classes in general are more difficult than those taught in the classroom To assure retention in Internet classes proper advising to students is crucial PLEASE SCREEN YOUR STUDENTS SO THAT ONLY THOSE WITH THE POTENTIAL TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN ONLINE CLASSES ARE ENROLLED IN ONLINE CLASSES Important Note As a general rule if a student has difficulty with the Ice Breaker assignment they should seriously reconsider their decision to take an internet course Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Instructor Need to Know Info Chapter 1 Page 26 Successful Internet Student Guidelines Successful Internet Student M Guidelines e You can use the following guidelines to advise students about what is expected of them in an online class C p Ari at Successful Internet Student Guidelines 1 Take Responsibility Online students m
35. is a sample test description This is a sample test description This is a sample test description This is a sample test description This is a sample test description Instructions Type any additional instrucipons for the test here Medit E 4 Add Question Here Question I Multiple Choice Modify Remove Question What is the your name Answer ut Bob Sally John Jane Correct Feedback Very Good Incorrect Feedback Sorry incorrect p 17 When you have entered all questions for your test click the OK button at the bottom of the screen You will now be back at the Add Test screen End of activity 18 Choose the desired test from the list box and click the Submit button Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Building Your Course Chapter 3 Page 29 Add Test Create a new Test or select an existing Test Any Test that has already been added will not be displayed Create a New Test Create Add Test Select Test below 18 3 M4 Practice lest M Practice Test M1 Com 1 Crossword Submit Click Submit to add this Test Click Cancel to quit Cancel 19 Click OK on the Test Added verification page 20 Click the OK button on the Modify Test screen to return to your content area 21 To choose how and when to present the test to your students refer to the Setting Test Delivery Options section of this guide End of activity Copyright O Pitt C
36. last login bryan_cochran webmiail pittcc edu bakari_lodgeq webmiail pittcc edu thomasa chapman webmail pittcc edu Jun 4 2007 3 03 PM Chapman Thomasa thomasa chapman Course Access 7 days since last login bryan cochran webmail pittcc edu bakari_lodge webmiail_pittcc edu thomasa_chapman webmail pittcc edu Jun 4 2007 3 03 PM Cochran Bryan bryan_cochran Course Access gt 7 days since last login bryan_cochran webmiail pittcc edu bakari_lodge webmiail pittcc edu at de ne RE ke DE ne ere ed bryan_cochran webmiail pittcc edu Jun 11 2007 5 45PM Cochran Bryan bryan_cochran Course Access gt 7 days since last login jacob merritt webmailpittec edu bryan_cochran webmail pittcc edu Jun 11 2007 5 45PM Merritt Jacob jacob merritt Course Access f days since last login jacob_merritt webmail pittec edu End of activity Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Communication Tools Chapter 5 Page 45 Implementing the Early Warning System Notifications Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Communication Tools Chapter 5 Page 46 Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Communication Tools Chapter 5 Page 47 End of Chapter End of Chapter This chapter covered the following topics e Sending a Course Email Using the Discussion Board Using the Virtual Classroom Adding a Chat or Virtual Classroom Session Send Early Warning Alerts
37. like to leave for instructors in the Instructor s Notes box under Section 4 Note that these comments cannot be seen by the student E Feedback to Student Grade I amt Comments F En EE Attach local file Browse Currently Attached Files Add Another Fie Instructor Notes 9 Click the Submit button at the bottom of the screen 10 Click the OK button on the verification page that is displayed Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Managing Student Grades Chapter 4 Page 55 11 Click the Submit button on the Modify Grade page to return to the Gradebook End of activity Viewing Grading Assignments Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Managing Student Grades Chapter 4 Page 56 Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Managing Student Grades Chapter 4 Page 57 How to Download Assignments e As an instructor you may wish to download assignments submitted by students In case a student s grade is ever contested t is 4 a good idea to keep the files for your records You can download files to your hard drive or to some form of removable media Such as a disk or USB drive You may want to organize the files into folders as you download them Your student s names will automatically be attached to the files making identifying them very easy On the follo
38. one of the Collaboration Sessions The session names appear under the Tools column Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Communication Tools Chapter 5 Page 25 Collaboration Sessions Eb Collaboration Session Search by 9 Session Name C Start Date O End Date MUDDY S eo fog r ka kai ssion Name Tool Start Date End Date Bi edue Vital 3 D Hall Classroom By p Office Chat Hours This window may take several minutes to load The Virtual Classroom window is displayed Menu Bar ED Elves fi come foer Gen Ganso L rere Hall bhoir ator paeeerein 109 Ixa exay tawag Course Man i By hitebaard pir Group Browser Classroom Ask uestan Record menu Toolbox Ly Question Inbox 10 Fur color on Color Une Winn 2 Pa ticipardsd 1 arv hoe x J smadkey joined the jomackwey lett the Chat mackey jomed the Menu Bar Allows the Instructor to administer the Collaboration Session This includes managing participation monitoring breakout sessions and ending the session Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Communication Tools Chapter 5 Page 26 Record Menu Allows the Instructor to record and store the session for future use in the archives Archiv
39. or you may prefer to save to a floppy disk and file that in your filing cabinet In this example I ve created a folder named Fall2006 to hold my data from this semester Note the file name should describe the course and what the file contains as shown in the picture below Save As i Save in 3 Fall2006 4 Desktop hy Documents E hy Computer a File name ExportFile_ClS171_SpringQb_01 zip h l My Network Save as type Winzip File s d 9 Change the Save In location to the desired folder or drive Copyright O Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Managing Student Records Chapter 6 Page 16 10 Click Save 11 Click Close if a download complete box appears Now that you have saved the archive file you need to remove it from Blackboard 12 Click the Remove button to the right of your archive file Log Deta 13 Click OK on the warning box that appears Your screen should refresh and the file should be removed from the list 14 If you have additional files listed go ahead and remove all of them as well 15 Click OK to return to your Control Panel End of activity Archiving Your Course Content Copyright O Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Managing Student Records Chapter 6 Page 17 Step 4 Recycling the Course Course Recycling Model Recycle Course You ll use this section to guide you through recycling your Blac
40. students are slower typists than others Also remember to allow for slow connections If a student goes over the time limit it will still let them finish the test You will be able to see at the top of the student s test how many minutes and seconds they exceeded the allowed time Display After and Display Until These options work the same as in other content areas of Blackboard They allow you to turn the test on and off by date Always be sure to give the students several days to take a test you d never want to turn a test on for only a few hours in an Internet class Password this allows you to limit access to the test to only students you ve given the password to The password can be anything you like but it is case sensitive Passwords are useful if you need to re activate a test for a student that didn t take it during the assigned time A password would prevent the other students that may have missed it as well but didn t have as good an excuse from taking it once you turn it back on Section 3 Test Feedback Test Feedback Feedback Mode O Score Only Only the final score is presented Detailed Results The users answers whether they are correct and the final score are presented but not the correct answers Show Correct Answers The user s answers the correct answers and the final score are presented but not any question feedback Detailed Results Correct Answers and Feedback The users ans
41. students can access the course IMPORTANT NOTE BB Admin will initially enroll students into courses Instructors are responsible for enrolling student who enter the class late and for removing students who drop the class lt is important that you understand your role in student enrollment Please refer to the Blackboard Course Recycling Manual for more information Contact the Distance Learning office for a printed copy This information can also be found in the Managing Student Records section of this guide Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Instructor Need to Know Info Chapter 1 Page 11 Completing a Course Outline Completing a Course Outline Community College erre ideally your course should be completed before the semester you teach it However there will be times when you are developing the course as you go The items below should be in place before your students enter the course e Welcome announcement that tells the students what they should do first Icebreaker assignment Introduction to the BlackBoard system which does not require the course text book Distance Learning can supply this upon request e Syllabus e Contact information for a FULL TIME staff member in the department the course is being taught If you are Full Time then your contact information is fine however if you are Part Time you will need to provide contact information for a full time faculty member that
42. test the instructor needs to look at or grade Typical examples of this would be exceeding the time limit or a short answer question If you have not already done so you should read the procedure titled Using the Gradebook for general information about the Gradebook Before beginning this procedure you must log into your course in Blackboard 1 Click Control Panel from the navigation bar on the left Tools Communication X Course Tools Ed Course Map EN Control Panel Quick Unenroll E Refresh fi Detail View Course Statistics Gradebook Gradebook Views The View Gradebook Spreadsheet window is displayed 3 Click on the exclamation point in the column for the student s test The Modify Grade screen is displayed Note NEVER key a grade directly into the Grade box on this screen if the student has submitted the test in Blackboard It will overwrite the student s attempt and you will not be able to view their test You MAY use the Grade box to record the grade of a student who has taken the test offline This would be a special circumstance Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Managing Student Grades Chapter 4 Page 42 4 Click the View button to open the student s test Og Modity Grade fen De 156 Sakr fied oii Troe Bodmin Passos Fea ape ce The student s test is displayed You can see the student s answer and the correct answer for each question
43. that in your filing cabinet In this example I ve created a folder named Fall2006 to hold my data from this semester Note the file name should describe the course and what the file contains as shown in the picture below Save in Fall2006 Desktop My Documents hy Computer j File name Stats for C15111 Bechl2 bly Network Save as type 8 Change the Save In location to the desired folder or drive Copyright O Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Managing Student Records Chapter 6 Page 7 9 Change the file name to something that represents the course see note above 10 Click Save 11 Click Close if a download complete box appears Your Course Statistics have now been downloaded You can return to your control panel End of activity Exporting Course Statistics Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Managing Student Records Chapter 6 Page 8 Step 2 Downloading the Gradebook Step 2 Downloading the Gradebook Download Gradebook Course Recycling Model You ll use this section to guide you through the important step of downloading your gradebook This file will serve as your record of grades once the semester is over and the course recycled Be sure all grades are posted prior to downloading your gradebook Maintaining a copy of your gradebook is very important If a student
44. to rate posts Force moderation of posts Grade No grading in forum Grade forum Points possible Grade threads 6 Click Submit to create your forum If you change your mind and do not want the forum click Cancel Cancel J submit J End of activity Set Availability Follow the steps below to set a discussion board forum to unavailable An unavailable discussion board cannot be viewed by students 7 Click the Modify button for the forum of your choice 8 Under the Available setting click No Available O Yes No 9 Click Submit Note You can also fine tune the availability of a forum using Adaptive Release See the tip sheets regarding discussion boards and adaptive release for more information End of activity Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Communication Tools Chapter 5 Page 13 Viewing messages You will be able to see how many messages are posted to the discussion and how many New messages have been posted to the Forum since you last read your messages re Forum Search C Aher Ape 12 2007 m In Current Discussion Board Before Apr 12 207 B 2o EE Toit Uredd Team Orter Form Prais Powis Partoipanie j io of Discussion Fo ER 1 B Memi Mesge Remoee Cony Poi your Icebreaker Ir rgdudions here 2 Module 1 Forum _ q 1 Mim Memaga Remera Coe Desouss the b dts of Module 1 here Grade 10 Click on a f
45. type from the Add Question drop down list and click Go to add questions Use Creation Settings to establish which default options such as feedback and images are available for question r ation Add Calculated Formula GO Creation Settings Hame Sample Test 1 Description This is a sample test description This is a sample test description This is a sample test description This is a sample test description This is a sample test description This is a sample test descnptian Instructions Type any additonal instructions for the test here _Mextity Select a question type from the Add Question drop down list and click Go 6 Select a question type on the Test Canvas There are many question types to choose from but for this example we are going to add a multiple choice test question For more information on question types Refer to Blackboard 6 3 Test Question Types in this guide 7 Click the Go button Copyright O Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Building Your Course Chapter 3 Page 26 Add Question drop down list and click Go to add 5 such as feedback and images are available for Add Multiple Choice GO Creation Settings Name Sample Test 1 Description This is sample test descnption This is a sample test description This is a sample test description This is sample test descnption his ts a sample test description This is sample test description Instructions Type any addit
46. 0 Mim2 Grand Prix joseph dolbear Grar soft 9 19 2005 10 10 E M2 Grand Prix sandra butler txt 9 19 2005 10 10 M m2 Grand Prix sandra butler Grand Prix Microsoft 9 19 2005 10 10 E M2 Grand Prix mitchell russell2601 txt ma 9119 2005 10 10 Mm2 Grand Prix mitchel russell2601 Gran Microsoft 9 19 2005 10 10 E M2 Grand Prix mary tilghman txt Text Doc 9 19 2005 10 10 Wm2 Grand Prix mary tilghman Grand Pri Microsoft 9 19 2005 10 10 E m2 Grand Prix benjamin nichelson txt Text Doc 9 19 2005 10 10 Mim2 Grand Prix benjamin nicholson Gran Microsoft afis 2008 10 10 lt LL Selected 0 files 0 bytes Total 35 files 602KB This is normally a Word document 8 Evaluate the work mentally record their grade and then close the student s file 9 Switch to Blackboard and record their grade in the grade column on the Item Grade List window view Item Grades M2 Grand Prix Category Assgnmerni Display As Score Points Possible 100 Weight 1 05 Last Name First st i H Usennare Last Friday June 24 2005 12 26 04 PM Friday June 24 2005 12 26 05 PM Friday June 24 2005 12 2605 PM Tuesday July 12 2005 4 55 20 PM Friday June 24 2005 1226 08 PM 10 Continue to repeat these steps until you have graded all of the student s work Note You can easily move from student to student in the Blackboard Item grade list by pressing the Tab button Copyright
47. 005 All rights reserved Instructor Need to Know Info Chapter 1 Page 3 Useful Definitions Useful Definitions M BlackBoard a course delivery and development package that offers course specific chats and message boards online testing announcements and a centralized management system BlackBoard can be used from anywhere that has an internet connection Hybrid Course a Hybrid course is comprised of both an onsite traditional meeting time and an online element Typically the class will meet on campus several times in a lab or classroom environment and as well as having assignments to complete online Campus Cruiser PCC platform for managing tracking promoting and sharing student information with easy to use on line tools such as e mail message boards discussion groups and publishing features all in one unified system Course Cartridge a course typically developed by a book publisher to go along with their text These can be plugged in to our BlackBoard server and allow the instructor to customize the course to suit their needs These cartridges often require additional fees ISP an acronym for Internet Service Provider Online Course at PCC an online course is a course that is offered SOLELY online with no onsite requirements If your students are required to come on campus then your class is considered Hybrid System Announcement an announcement posted by a BlackBoard Administrator that appears on the An
48. 1 Due Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Posted by Jahn Seatin Course Link C Information DE 11 i Information End of activity Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Building Your Course Chapter 3 Page 58 Posting a Course Announcement Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Building Your Course Chapter 3 Page 59 Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Building Your Course Chapter 3 Page 60 Review Status Review Status e Effective method to encourage student accountability e Allows almost any item to be used as a key to make other content available e Be sure to spell out what It means to your students a On the following pages you will see the detailed explanation of how to use the Review Status feature in Blackboard Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Building Your Course Chapter 3 Page 61 Using Review Status Review Status is a tool that can be used in several different ways It places a button on any content item that the student must click to mark the item as having been reviewed This reviewed status can be used to simply check that students are reading material It can also be used as a first step in Adaptive Release to enable additional content items For example a student must acknowledge that he s read the lecture notes on Chapter 3
49. 7 9 29 46 PM Cochran Bryan bryan_cochran Never Jun 11 2007 8 57 12 AM Jun 10 2007 11 11 18 PM Lodge Bakari bakari_lodge student Griffin Betty betty griffin 097 Student Parker Carolyn tcarolyn parker Brann Casey casey brann 5 Click the Early Warning System number for one of your students The alerts you have created are listed The Meets Criteria column indicates which rules this student qualifies for The Last Notification Date column indicates the date if applicable that a warning was last sent to this student about this rule Detailed Status Last EEE Date Rule Criteria Days since last access greater than 8 Jun 4 2007 3 03PM Rule Criteria Icebreaker Test Last attempt after Jun 4 Yes IcebreakerTest 2007 Never Notify o Meets Available seit i Criteria View Grades Column The View Grades column allows the instructor to access the Gradebook information for a particular user ka koa koa F F Days Since Faiy Last Course Last Review Adaptive Discussion Warni Vie Board Varning Grades System i Last Name First Name Username Role Hasse rare 7 Status Release Access Jun 5 2007 5 26 17 PM Ba eg Sets Jun 10 2007 Griffin Betty betty griffin 097 Student 9 29 46 PM Cochran Bryan bryan cochran Never Jun 11 2007 8 57 12 AM Jun 10 2007 11 11 18 PM Lodge Bakari bakari_lodge Student 12 Parker Carolyn caroln
50. 907 Unavailable alm Aahir Slatin 1207 yaapa HM Ciass Famer Tina Published wagta Pu HM There Brown James Published ta 719 FU Hall Cami Published tan 727 Pu HELI Saat Speller Patiga Published The Hidden and Unavailable Options Hidden Hidden threads do not display unless the user chooses Hidden threads may not be modified Hiding threads removes outdated threads and makes relevant content easier to find Unavailable Unavailable threads are only visible to forum managers amp instructors Even then forum managers must choose to view these threads Making threads unavailable means that users can no longer view the thread 49 Log out of Blackboad End of activity Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Communication Tools Chapter 5 Page 20 Using the Discussion Board Using the Discussion Board AD i Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Communication Tools Chapter 5 Page 21 Using the Discussion Board Using the Discussion Board RL Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Communication Tools Chapter 5 Page 22 Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Communication Tools Chapter 5 Page 23 How to Use the Virtual Classroom VC Menu Bar eRecord Menu Classroom Toolbox On the following pages you will see the detailed e
51. CO0O2_Fall2001 You can also enter a description on this screen if you would like Click the Next button creste Personal Folder ii ka Fi LI ri leng ors ct EN vi as rd z dk B T Ei 4 Wok Infrogeu Fj Cobre EJ mcha 4 Click Finish on the next screen you do not need to change the settings Note that GroupWise does not always refresh the screen to show the changes you have just made which can be really confusing HINT Always press the F5 key at the top of your keyboard after making a change to refresh the screen You now have a course folder to hold all of your student folders You could elect to stop here and just put all of your student s emails in one folder It just depends on how organized you want to be Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Instructor Need to Know Info Chapter 1 Page 19 If you want to create a folder for each of your students goto task 5 Otherwise goto task 11 5 Right click on the folder you just created and choose New Folder from the menu that appears 6 Click the Next button on the next screen you do not need to change the defaults 7 Type a name for your folder In this case you should simply use your student s first and last name Click the Next button 8 Click Finish on the next screen you do not need to change the settings 9 Press the F5 key at the top of your keyboard to refresh your s
52. Community College 2005 All rights reserved Managing Student Grades Chapter 4 Page 44 Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Managing Student Grades Chapter 4 Page 45 How to Reset Student Tests How to Reset Student Tests PITT Community College it One of the most common problems with testing online is the student who for whatever reason looses their internet connection while taking a test You will become familiar with the frantic call was taking my test and insert reason here caused me to ge kicked out of my test and now cant get back inl It is a Judgment call on the part of the instructor when to believe the student has honestly had a technical problem versus when to suspect that the student is trying to cheat Many things can contribute to problems with this happening while testing The student accidentally pressing the BACK button on their browser is probably the most common cause Dial up internet access users have more problems that high speed AOL users seem to have more problems than any other Tests that are very long can also cause time outs If you consistently have problems from different students then you may need to re consider the delivery method you re using for your test See the section in this manual titled Setting Test Display Options for more information If a certain student seems to have more problems than others you may want to recommend tha
53. Copy Remove CPs tem Gs Folder Ge Extemal Link ER Course Link fe Test gt Assignment The Add Assignment window is displayed 5 Key in the name of the Assignment Hint Keep the name as short as possible Long names take up too much space in the grade book 6 Enter the points the assignment is worth 7 Key the assignment into the large text box Remember to be very specific with your assignments Add Assignment Assignment Information Choose Color of Name Points Possib Instructions VG YF s 8 BAR HS gt Note To turn their work in your students can submit a file to you OR if their response is relatively short they can simply type directly into the text box provided 8 You can upload a file using Section 2 if necessary 9 Set your options in Section 3 10 Click Submit Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Building Your Course Chapter 3 Page 46 fe Assignment Files File To Attach Name of Link to File Currently Attached Files Make the assignment available yes No Track number of views CO Yes No Choose date restrictions O Display After O Display Until Sep 15 2006 Sep w 15 2005 E 01 00 w PM 01 00 PM Submit Click Save to stop working and continue working later Click Submit to finish Click Cancel ta hout sang changes End of activity Adding Assignments Copyright O Pitt Community College
54. E BEE aD 17 Click the Submit button to submit your post Follow the steps below to reply to a post 18 Click the subject of the post to view the message To send an e mail to the author of the message click the author s name beside the subject 19 Click the Reply button that appears at the end of the post Ea 20 Click the Submit button to post your reply End of activity Search for or Print Posts Searching the messages 21 Open the forum in which you wish to search the messages 22 Click the Search icon at the top right of your screen Copyright O Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Communication Tools Chapter 5 Page 15 Search C After Aug 14 2006 in Current Discussion Board ve C Before Aug 14 2006 Iv 23 Choose the options for the search criteria and click the GO button The Print amp Sort Options 24 Click on the Print button to print the posts 25 Click the drop down box in the top right corner to filter by author date subject or thread and click the GO button to sort EH Print Sort by Author BIE End of activity Peer Review with Ratings A common learning tool in classrooms is providing feedback to other students on their work Students prepare an essay lab report or presentation and share it with the class Other students are asked to comment on the work and offer criticisms for improvement This process helps the student improve their assignment but
55. Getting Started Chapter 2 Page 10 Suggested Uses for Course Content Areas continued Suggested Uses for Course M Content Areas continued PITT ammunity Collage Communication Communication Discussion boards when you create a new forum give it a clear title so that students will be able to locate it easily If the discussion is associated with a set of course documents example a folder of materials titled week one or module 4 title the discussion so that it is clearly associated with that set of course documents Consider establishing specific discussion forums for Technical issues where students can post questions and share tips about technical aspects of navigating the online course environment and where instructors can post updates on any technical matters as needed General course questions where class members can discuss issues generally related to the course materials and topics but which are not specifically covered in other discussion forums Water cooler or Student lounge where class members can talk about issues that have no explicit relation to course materials Establishing discussion areas like this before the class begins and pointing out the location and purpose of these areas to students early in the class may help you to keep topic specific discussions on track Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Getting Started Chapter 2 Page 11 Begin Your Class Slow
56. Gradebook Settings Wei ght Grades 14 Sort tems by Category Go Filter Items by Category al al nl M4 Project M1 Ic KN Grand Prix M2 Parisi Module Projects ssignmer Assignment Assignment Pts Possible 100 Pts Possible 100 Pts Possible 100 Pts Possible 10 Weight 17 25 Weight 1 05 Weight 1 05 00 100 100 100 100 Name Last First Note You ll want to choose an assignment that has 2 or more exclamation points representing submitted work If you have less than 2 submitted assignments it s quicker to look at each one individually as described in the previous section of this guide The Item Options window for that assignment is displayed 4 Click the Item Download option ES Item Options M2 Grand Prix ltem Grade List View and modify users grades ltem Detail View detailed statistics for the Gradebook item ltem Information Modify the name description availability and other properties of the Gradebook item ltem Download Download files subir tudents for this item Item File Cleanu Delete files submitted by students for this item The Download Assignment window is displayed Copyright O Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Managing Student Grades Chapter 4 Page 60 LU Download Assignment M2 Grand Prix Fnday June 24 2005 12 26 05 PM EDT 100 Friday June 24 2005 12 26 05 PM EDT 100 Friday June 24 2005 12 26 05 PM EDT 100 Not Available T
57. Ho Track number of views Yes No Choose date and time restrictions Display After O Display Until Sep 12 2005 Sep 12 2005 9 P 10 15 AM ie 10 15 AM w E Submit Chek Submit to finish Click Cancel fo quit Required Field 11 Lastly click OK in the success window The Learning Unit is added to the bottom of the Course Documents window Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Building Your Course Chapter 3 Page 20 CE hem Gi Folder Qs External link FE Course Link lp Test Select Learning Unit l Go Wedify Manage Copy Remove a LI Module 0 This Module includes the following 1 Blah Blah Blah 2 Blah Blah Blah 3 Blah Blah Blah Hen ig not avar 3 a Module 1_ SP 04 Modify Manage Copy Remove 3 able This folder comtans Click on the Learning Unit name to add its unit s content For help adding content to learning units Refer to Adding Course Content in this guide End of activity Adding a Learning Unit Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Building Your Course Chapter 3 Page 21 Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Building Your Course Chapter 3 Page 22 How to Add Modity a Test How to Add Modity a Test Community College ee Creating tests Is one of the more time consuming parts of putting your class online Once y
58. ITT Community College pbb eee ey There are three steps in getting your course ready Step 1 Account Set Up Step 2 Complete Forms Step 3 Course Cartridge or VLC course Upload Step 1 Account Set Up lf you are a new adjunct instructor your Department Chair will need to contact Billy Vines to request that you be set up as a user with instructional rights in the BlackBoard system Your Department Chair will then inform you of your User ID and Password You must know the following information about your course a Course title amp number CIS147 b Descriptive Title Operating Systems Windows c Section Number Section 01 d Determine if the course is Online Hybrid or Web supplemented e Determine if this is the first time this course has been offered using BlackBoard new course or has it been offered before copy course If itis a copy course you must know the course name and instructor Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Instructor Need to Know Info Chapter 1 Page 8 Complete the first steps cont Complete the first steps cont PITT Community College pbb eee ey There are three steps in getting your course ready Step 1 Account Set Up Step 2 Complete Forms Step 3 Course Cartridge or VLC course Upload Step 2 Complete Course Form You must complete a Blackboard Course Maintenance Form for each new class you inten
59. Inbox screen You have now organized your inbox in Campus Cruiser To delete a folder from the inbox you should 8 Click on Folders link on the Tools Tab 9 Use the Actions dropdown box to delete each folder and click OK to confirm End of activity Organizing Email Folders in Campus Cruiser You wish to create another new folder Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Instructor Need to Know Info Chapter 1 Page 22 Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Instructor Need to Know Info Chapter 1 Page 23 Being a Good Internet Instructor Good Internet Instructors Guidelines e create a learning environment that utilizes life work and educational experiences as key elements in the learning process in order to make it meaningful e present the curriculum in a manner that allows the student to easily translate theories into applications e give the proper tools for students to transcribe theory into practice e give every student the opportunity to improve until the learning experience comes to an end e make reasonable accommodations for the students needs and desires e solicit feedback from the students and listen throughout the entire process e are concerned about the students success e keep students aware of where they stand with respect to the course evaluation process on a regular basis i e weekly updates of what has been turned
60. It s recommended that you create a folder on your hard drive or removable media for each class you teach Within this folder create additional folders for each assignment This helps to keep your student s work organized and easy to locate and grade Warning If you download the same assignment twice you should save the Zip file with a new name so the first file will not be overwritten Save ix CIS111 Final Project yicebreaker Module 1 Windows amp Internet Module 2 Word module 3 Excel Module 4 Powerpoint Old Book PowerPoint Presentations Student Work Falll4 Student Work Spring 05 Student Work Summer 05 Syllabi My Documents My Computer a File name M2 Paris zip My Network Save as l pe Winzip File Copyright O Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Managing Student Grades Chapter 4 Page 62 Note There are several ways you can access the files from this point forward You may find a quicker way just depending on how your computer is set up The most generic way is by using WinZip which is described below If you do not have WinZip installed on your computer contact the helpdesk or download it from the Distance Learning Faculty Resources web site http www pittcc edu distance_learning ofrc ofrc_index html 8 On the Download Complete window click the Open button If that box is not displayed minimize Blackboard and open My Documents Then brow
61. M2 Biometrics lt gt M2 Authentication Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Building Your Course Chapter 3 Page 82 11 Scroll down and click the Submit button 12 Click OK on the verification screen Rule created The Rule was created successtully Monday June 11 2007 12 39 47 PM EDT Now only the students who mark the selected item as Reviewed will be able to see your content item End of activity Creating Adaptive Release Rules Review Status Based Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Building Your Course Chapter 3 Page 83 Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Building Your Course Chapter 3 Page 84 End of Chapter End of Chapter This chapter covered the following topics Adding Modifying Course Content Adding a Learning Unit Adding Modifying a Test Setting Test Delivery Options Adding Assignments Adding an External Link Adding a Course Announcement Setting up Review Status Using Adaptive Release Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Building Your Course Chapter 3 Page 85 Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Building Your Course Chapter 3 Page 86 Managing Student Grades Chapter 4 Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Managing Student Grades Chapter 4 Page 1 Managing Student Grades M
62. Mode 5 Click the Manage button to the right of your chosen content ew Module 3 Microsoft Excel Enabled Statistics Tracking 6 Click the first Adaptive Release link rut 2 OA vo 1 Adapt A a a Be reate orm Create or modify advan Review Status Enable or disable review for this item Current Status Disabled 7 Scroll down to section 4 Review Status Copyright O Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Building Your Course Chapter 3 Page 81 Review Status This content item is visible to all users until a Review Status criteria is created Selecting ar enable Review for that item 8 Click the Browse button A small pop up window will appear 2 Course Map Windows EJ EJ m http blackboard pittec edufwebapps bla Ww ji Select Content CI 111 TFarmer IN B Vi Expand All Gj Collapse All PCIS111 TFarmer IN B H Course Information H Assignments H Course Documents i External Links 9 Locate the item you want the student to mark as reviewed 10 Click the item to select it Tip Use the plus symbols to the left of folders to display their contents PC15111_TFarmer_IN_B Ly Course Information ES Assignments IMPORTANT E Checking Grades SY Icebreaker G amp S Module 1 The Basics EG Module 2 Microsoft Word gt Module 2 Assignments 4 Files Needed for Module 2 4 M2 GrandPrix 4 M2 Paris lt M2 Reid M2 AnimalClinic lt gt
63. PCC Blackboard Instructor User Manual Instructor Guide Table of Contents Instructor Need to Know Info sass sciissisiaste seria cesececedesatcosecindacestisecsnceseserlalassscsusseneadveuenssasbbacstesaseusedeesveiasentveassaiven 1 1 nsmdor NTN KO Ive 1 2 hode jeep dadendede 1 3 VEE DENON uinn EEE added edaknadetee 1 4 Boe MK AEE EET Ei 1 6 Pre SeMeStem RESPONSES issan ee EE EEE 1 7 COMPpIClS THEMES EE SE EE EE 1 8 CPE ESS 0 L 1 ED a odagauerbmauiinns 1 9 Winders tandine STC Cnt iit OWING Mieren e E E EEE 1 11 Complenns a Course QUINE earrannan N E 1 12 Cormmummeauns vikle erap aN E EEEN SER 1 13 Fast Das OL C lass Responsibi NES aars 1 14 Sending Students Email in Campus Cruiser rrrrrrnrrrrnvnvnrvrrnnnnnnnnnnnnnrrrrrrrrrnnvnnrsrrnnnnnnnnsnsnnnssssnnnnnssrrnnnnsssssne 1 15 Administrative Responrsbillles vecs cscs ssi atere mnt n meats bin E Aase addonk 1 17 OES m s SUN EM vassere 1 18 Organizing Email Folders in Groupwise vaare eske edda 1 19 Organizing Email Folders in Campus Cruiser rrrrrrrrvnrvrrrrrnnnnnnnnnnnnrnrrrrrnnvrrrrrnnnnnnnnnnsnnsnsssnnnnnsssnssssrnnnnnnsssne 1 21 Bema Good Te snap 1 24 Online Student Advisement Responsibilities rrrrnnrnnrrnrrnnnnvnvvrrnnnnnnnnnnnnnrnrrrrnnnrrrrnnnnnssessnessrrnnnnrrrrnnnnnnnnnnessne 1 26 Successful Intenet Student Guidelines sersa havea cians e V a EE OVEA ie tensa EE ehanain a iin 1 27 Gems Started ancien acne i i eee eal a eet een hate 2 1 BENN een 2 2 Chapter Noreen
64. Questions think about putting the best of these discussion questions into your discussion board grouped by module or week You ll want all of these to be healthy meaty questions designed to stimulate interesting thoughtful discussion and debate Keep in mind that you ll be able to enter the discussion periodically steering it as you see fit to best illustrate your teaching points Text Readings what do you want your students to read from the textbook At what point Tasks what tasks assignments do you want your students to perform How will you verify that they have completed them How will their performance be evaluated Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Getting Started Chapter 2 Page 6 Create Course Components Offline Create Course Components Offline PITT Community College pe ney Save Your Instruction Materials Save course components on your hard drive and organize them into folders that correspond to the structure you will use in the online course Then you can just copy and paste them into blackboard If you write all of your course components directly into blackboard you may lose your work if your computer suddenly freezes up or if you lose your internet connection This is an EXTREMELY important point Do not rely on blackboard as a permanent content storage system Develop your work using word save it to your hard drive and then copy and past it into blackboard
65. TION 101 gt CONTROL PANEL gt SEND EMAIL P All Users Send email to all of the users in the Course P All Groups Send email to all of the Groups in the Course gt All Teaching Assistant Users Send email to all of the teaching assistant users in the Course P All Instructor Users Send email to all of the instructor users in the Course P All Observer Users Send email to all observer users gt Single Select Users Select which users will receive the email P Single Select Groups Select which Groups will receive the email gt Single Select Observer users Send an email to selected observer users After selecting the individual or group of users to send an email to from the Send Email page the page on which to create the message will appear The example below is an image of the email window to the All Users group 4 Type ina subject with the email in the subject line 5 Type in a message to students in the message text area Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Communication Tools Chapter 5 Page 6 COURSES gt DISTANG 1101 gt CONTROL PANEL gt SEND EMAIL gt ALL USERS 1 All Users Email Information Daugherty John Farmer Tina Gnmes Richard Hodges David Lee Donnie Lemoine Karen Lewis Bill Lopez Christy Mozingo Karen Robison Greg Stillwell Nanette Sweetin John Sypawka Bill Wetherington Mary IE LP Message 6 Under
66. al Links Send Email Discussion Board 3 Click the Add Announcements button Copyright O Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Building Your Course Chapter 3 Page 56 COURSES gt DISTANCE EDUCATION 101 gt CONTROL PANEL gt ANNOUNCEMENTS IEE Announcements Pin Add Announcement VIEW TODAY VIEW LAST 7 DAYS VIEW LAST 30 DAYS VIEW ALL September 01 No announcements found The Add Announcement window will appear 4 Type a title for the announcement in the Subject field 5 Type the content of the announcement in the Message Box 6 Under the Permanent Announcement option select Yes ONLY if you want the announcement to ALWAYS appear on the announcements page By default the announcement will move off the screen after 7 days Announcement Information Subject Course Assignment 81 Owe P Mossoge ema aE Testi For Sm F U i fF i k mA wa aw BOY vx if gt himi Preview Coms Assignment dae tomorow by noon blah blah blah blah biah blab blah Options Permanent announcement amp Yes ha q Choose date resinctions Ol Desplay Afei Sop hd 05 bd 2005 GE 09 ka DO AM h Do not set the date restrictions on the announcement 7 Click the Browse button if you want to give the students a link to follow from the announcement page to the page in the course to which the message applies 8 Select the page you wish to link to from the pop up window Copyri
67. ality Discussion Board connects you to participation in asynchronous discussion forums Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Getting Started Chapter 2 Page 24 Roster lists members of the class and their email addresses Use the List All tab to view everyone Group Pages are created by the instructor for group projects or communication Send Email gives you the capability to send CampusCruiser email from any computer My Institution Courses System Admin COURSES gt DISTANCE EDUCATION 191 gt COMMUNICATIONS Announcements Course information I Collaboration Staff Informe 5 TK TEGE TG TM m CourseDoc ts Discussion Board Messages Tools Roster Tools El Communication XE Course Tools ae Send Email LH i Spee Mar External Links Button The External Links section contains hypertext links to other sites useful for your course For more information on using external links Refer to Adding Modifying External Links in this guide Exiennal Links Current Location Extemal Links tL Knowledge Base http search suppor microsoft comkbic asp NALN EN US fr DA amp amp D Great Question and Answer site The Wind Home Page https www microsoft com windows default asp htp microsotcomwindows detaultlasp Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Getting Started Chapter 2 Page 25 Tools Button Under the Tools b
68. anaging Student Grades Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Managing Student Grades Chapter 4 Page 2 Chapter Objectives Chapter Objectives By the end of this chapter you should be able to Understand the Performance Dashboard Use the Gradebook Weight Grades Add Items to the Gradebook Manage Gradebook Items Grade Added Items View Modify Student Tests Points Reset Student Tests View Grade Assignments Download Assignments Grade Downloaded Assignments Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Managing Student Grades Chapter 4 Page 3 Performance Dashboard Performance Dashboard Ties in closely with the gradebook Very useful for a quick glance at a student s status in the course Links to key areas like the Gradebook and Discussion board Shows crucial information like last course access il First n Last Course Review Adaptive Discussion View LastName ame Username Role Access it Status Release Board Y IND Grades se System Jun 5 2007 5 26 17 PM Jun 11 2007 10 16 21 AM Cochran Bryan bryan cochran Student Never Jun 11 2007 3 29 57 PM Jun 11 2007 24 12 05 PM Jun 11 2007 4 56 03 PM Lodge Bakari bakari_lodge Student Griffin Betty betty griffin7097 Student Farker Carolyn carolyn parker Student Brann Casey casey brann Student ERERER Vaughan Courtney courtney_vaughan Student
69. anaging Student Records Chapter 6 Page 34 Remove Users from Course Batch Create Users Manage Group Enroll User Assessment Test Manager Course Statistics Survey Manager Gradebook Pool Manager Gradebook Views Manual 3 Click the Search button to bring up a list of all the students in the course 4 Click the check box by the name of the student you wish to remove from the course STARTS WITH ADVANCED LIST ALL lt gt C Last Name Username l i Daugherty John jdaugherty Emin Michael mervin Grimes Richard rgrimes Hodges David dhodges 5 Type the word Yes in the field provided Note The Y in yes must be capitalized 6 Click the Submit button Type the word Yes Click Submit to remove selected items _ S Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Managing Student Records Chapter 6 Page 35 7 Click OK on the pop up window to confirm the removal 8 Click Ok on the Remove Users from Course Receipt window COURSES gt DISTANCE EDUCATION 101 gt CONTROL PANEL gt REMOVE USERS FROM COURSE HO Remove Users from Course Receipt Success The following users were successfully removed Michael Ervin End of activity Removing a Student from the Course Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Managing Student Records Chapter 6 Page 36 setting Course Availability You can control when students
70. and they function in a similar manner The difference being the Add Web Link page opens with empty fields while the Modify Web Link page opens with populated fields End of activity Adding Modify External Links Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Building Your Course Chapter 3 Page 53 Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Building Your Course Chapter 3 Page 54 How to Add Course Announcements How to Add Course Announcements PITT Community College eee be ket inte e Course announcements play a valuable role in your online course They are displayed as soon as the students enter the course Announcements should always be short to the point and relevant On the following pages you will see the detailed explanation of how to add a course announcement in Blackboard Copyright O Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Building Your Course Chapter 3 Page 55 Posting a Course Announcement Before beginning this procedure you must log into your course in Blackboard If you need help logging into Blackboard Refer to Logging into Blackboard 6 3 in this guide 1 Click on the Control Panel link Discussion Board VIEWTODAY VIEW LAS Extemal Links Tools No announcements four E Communication Course Tools Ed Course Map Control Panel Quick Unenrall Refresh Gi Detail View Books Extern
71. apter 3 Page 2 Chapter Objectives By the end of this chapter you should be able to Add Modify Course Content Add a Learning Unit Add Modify a Test Set Test Delivery Options Add Assignments Add an External Link Add a Course Announcement Set up Review Status Use Adaptive Release Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Building Your Course Chapter 3 Page 3 How to Add Course Content How to Add Course Content PITT Community College poter bee ee mi e ey Course Content is defined as any instructional information or material you use to teach the course This can include lecture notes assignments and tests among other things The three main content areas of Blackboard are Course Information Area Course Documents Area Assignments Area On the following pages you will see the detailed explanation of how to add content to a course in Blackboard Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Building Your Course Chapter 3 Page 4 Adding Course Content The procedure used to add course content is the same in all of the areas For the procedure we are going to add an image item to the Course Documents area Before beginning this procedure you must log into your course in Blackboard If you need help logging into Blackboard Refer to Logging into Blackboard 6 3 in this guide To add course content you should I Click on the Edit View link in the up
72. arted Chapter 2 Page 27 How to Change Your Password It is VERY important to change your password after you first log into Blackboard This way no one else will be able to sign In as you All new instructor passwords are initially setup the same First initial Last Name 01 Example jsmith01 Although it does not automatically prompt you to do so you MUST change your password the first time you log into Blackboard On the following pages you will see the detailed explanation of how to change your password in Blackboard Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Getting Started Chapter 2 Page 28 Changing Your Password To change your password in Blackboard you should 1 Log into Blackboard The My Institution window is displayed 2 Under the Tool section click the Personal Information link amp Announcements E Calendar IS Tasks ER View Grades Send Email amp User Directo Address Book Personal Informatior The Personal Information window is displayed 3 Click Change Password Personal Information Edit Personal Information Edit personal informatio Eisses a new pas sword P Set CD ROM Drive Set the CD ROM drive used to access content on your local computer pre et fields of your personal information are publicly available P Set Visual Text Box Editor Options Set the options for using the Visual Text Box Editor P Set Locale Set your User Locale
73. articipation in a Thread Follow these steps to evaluate performance within a thread 38 Open a Discussion Board and then open a forum and select a thread 39 Click Grade Thread This button will only appear to users with a forum role of Grader or Manager 40 A list of users will appear Click Grade for a user 41 A collection of the user s posts in the Thread will appear Evaluate the posts and assign a Grade 42 Click Submit to add the grade to the Gradebook Disable Grading for a Forum or Thread 43 Use the Modify Forum feature to change the grading option to select No Grading If Grades have already been entered for the forum or its threads a warning message will appear that changing the setting will remove the associated Gradebook Items 44 Click OK to continue or click Cancel to preserve the Gradebook Items End of activity Hiding Threads Follow the steps below to hide a series of threads 45 Open the forum in which you wish to hide the messages Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Communication Tools Chapter 5 Page 19 46 Choose the threads you would like to hide by clicking the check box to their left 47 Click the drop down box on the upper right of the action bar 48 Select Hidden and click GO F Thread R Remove Colbert BG Lock g Unlock af Grade Forum Change Status to Publshed co Published Display Published Search Cl afer In Current Forum O Gelore Ape 3
74. ation 101 f Destination Folder Remove item after copy 0 Yes amp Mo EO Submit Click Submit to finish Click Cancel to quit End of activity 8 Click on the Remove button to the right of any existing item folder or link The item will be removed from the folder Copyright O Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Building Your Course Chapter 3 Page 14 There is no UNDO Once you remove an item it cannot be brought back Be aware that if you remove a folder you re also removing all content inside of the folder If you choose to remove a test it s important to understand that you re really only removing the LINK to the test Your actual test will remain a part of the course under the test manager in the Control Panel For more information on Adding Course Content Refer to Adding Course Content in this guide End of activity Modifying Copying Removing Course Content You need to remove a course item You need to modify current item content You need to copy move course content Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Building Your Course Chapter 3 Page 15 Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Building Your Course Chapter 3 Page 16 How to Add Learning Units How to Add Learning Units PITT Community College EEE e Learning units allow you to group tasks together for y
75. be broken down into Modules as seen below Remember that you must click the heading to enter a folder Copyright O Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Getting Started Chapter 2 Page 23 My Institution Courses System Admin Module 4 This folder contains Module 4 Overmew Background amp Readings Activities This folder contains Module 5 Overniew Background and Readings ny Actmtes Tools Assignments Button The Assignments section may contain the following folders and documents Course learning modules which may include learning objectives chapter outlines study guides lecture notes and specific assignments to complete the learning objectives Online quizzes and surveys Note again that your assignments will probably be broken down into folders modules F rr Inadfiufion COURSES gt Cla Announcements Asslgnments sne Information Current Location Assignments l Stadt informer Quizzes Cou rae D Module 1 Icebreaker Assignments ay This folder contains assignments for Module 1 Icebreaker Please Course Documents Module 1 before beginning these assignments Communication External Links This falder antank Ene Pene FN infraduetian io Ope m ben ls found in Course Documents Module 2 before beginning Tea Communication Button The Communication section contains the following Collaboration Sessions let you use the Virtual Classroom and Chat function
76. bmit to finish Click Cancel to quit Submit Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Communication Tools Chapter 5 Page 32 For this example we created a chat session called Office Hours Collaboration Sessions E gt Collaboration Session Seach by Session Name C Sun Case OC End Date DO Search Session Name Lecture Hall Virtual End of activity Adding a Chat or Virtual Classroom Session Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Communication Tools Chapter 5 Page 33 Early Warning System Early Warning System Create rules to flag students based on their performance or attendance e Easily send customizable notices to those students e Logs of all notices are maintained UK a searchable format N On the following pages you will see the detailed explanation of how to implement the Early Warning Stystem in Blackboard Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Communication Tools Chapter 5 Page 34 Implementing the Early Warning System Rules About the Early Warning System The Early Warning System is a tool used to communicate warnings to Students or Observers that a performance problem is beginning to appear or has become more serious Warnings can be generated based on graded performance late or missing course work or attendance The Instructor has control over the message each time a wa
77. ck in the area provided E Feedback Enter hedik Fan mil Spur n mipotie 15 0 CaS Eee ne GN ores SEV E Pate gred i eee wra At gre pitay Goel wil reer he Eee Bo am eee BPA Cored Response Fog J Incorrect Response Feedback oral O o b Temes Mere Forsar Note The Categories and Keywords section is not used 16 Lastly click on the Submit button The question is added to the test Note Click on the Modify button to the right of each question to make any changes to the question Shown below Copyright O Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Building Your Course Chapter 3 Page 28 Add Multiple Choice Go Creation Settings Name Sample Test 1 Description This is a sample test description This is a sample test description This is a sample test description This is a sample test description This is a sample test description This is a sample test description Instructions Type any additional instructions for the test here Hantity q Add Question Here Question i Multiple Choice 10 points Modify Remove Question What is the your name Answer Bob Sally John Jane Corect Feedback Very Good Incorrect Feedback Sorry incorrect Note To add a new question select the question and click on the Go button or the Add Question Here links Shown below Add Multiple Choice GO Creation Settings Name Sample Test 1 Description This is a sample test description This
78. cords Chapter 6 Page 23 Faculty Services Student Information Employee Information cour Pitt Community College oste Select a Term or Enter a Date Range me 20065P Spring 2006 5 Click the Submit button Note This process make take a few moments A list of the classes you re teaching is displayed 6 Click the box to the left of the course for which you d like to generate a roster and click Submit ieee Pitti Community Collage PC C Se ices gt Faculty Services gt Jonathon Sweetin Class Roster Choose One Course Name and Title Term Blog Room Meeting Times Days of Week C15 110 05 Introduction to Computers 2 ampus Campus Life Aca Faculty Services Shyde ali ieee Pitt Community College POC Senices gt Faculty Services gt Jonaithm Course Name and Tithe mi Hamlin ET iin Class Roster Grading Search For Classes My AD SEES Advisaas Help 7 Click the Print button on your toolbar or click File Print to print your roster Copyright O Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Managing Student Records Chapter 6 Page 24 You ll need this printout to verify your Blackboard roster in the next section Generating your roster in Blackboard 8 Log into Blackboard and enter your course 9 Click Control Panel from the navigation bar on the left 10 Click the List Modify Users link at the top right of the screen User Management Enroll User 11 Click the Search bu
79. creen 10 Repeat this procedure for each student in your class Now that each student has his her own folder you can begin to organize your inbox 11 Click and drag your student s email to his her folder Be sure the correct folder is highlighted or selected before you release the mouse button End of activity Organizing Email Folders in Groupwise You want create a folder for each of your students Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Instructor Need to Know Info Chapter 1 Page 20 Organizing Email Folders in Campus Cruiser You can organize your students email in Campus Cruiser as well by following the steps below 1 Log into Campus Cruiser 2 Click on My E mails in the Message Center section Message Center My na ee My Appoint 5 3 Click the folders tab on the left side of the screen 4 Be sure the Inbox folder is highlighted in the folders section and click the new folder link at the bottom of this section 5 In the pop up box type the folder a name course name amp section student name etc 6 A new folder will be created in your inbox Copyright O Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Instructor Need to Know Info Chapter 1 Page 21 If you wish to create another new folder goto task 4 Otherwise goto task 7 7 To move emails to the new folder use the move items dropdown list on the right side of the
80. ctices recognized by destance education practiboners worldwide and documented in recent research specific to web based education Addiicnally participants wall be exposed to tools for coment creation and collaboration Fally the cohort group will explore methods for evaulating the course and the nstrudiors efecireness dunng and following the course The entire workshop may be completed online Two face to face f2f meetings will be scheduled as OPTIONAL for participants in OctoberNovember Workshop Purpose Because all instructors have not studied Distance Education as a professional goal wanted to share the information I have leamed over the past 6 years studying nd part bcipating in DE Speci me fo share Ene wealth of owed and participati perificalbt I he ee rm Note that whenever you see the image of a folder to the left of a heading you will need to click on the heading to enter the folder and read the information it contains For example on the screen below you would need to click on the word Syllabus to view your syllabus PITT COM MUAITT COLLEGE Courpes Materials Notebook for matenal you want to pant and keep for reference COR or zip disk for digital information you wart 15 keep for reference Netscape Composer part of Netscape Communscator download from http www ecu edu download ADL Instant Messenger Also available s part of the newest version of Netscape when netscape 15 installed IM wall also in
81. d Course AENEAS POSTING A Course Ami OUP C CHM IN fect Sa ea ten eee PRS GA EE E A NE E AE E E E T EA A E NE EE RON SN NPR Adaptive Release nom vaare Creatine Adaptive Release Rules Date BE dv 44 Sed Creatine Adaptive Release R les User Group Based vasse Creating Adaptive Release Rules Gradebook Based sei cdaiitetanvedivenecstadateeaasetienan EE s Creating Adaptive Release Rules Review Status Based tecssssastavadedeies nese tvideedvais dusscouattenia tase dereessaceaiads Fe NR Managing Student Grades vaccccoccescccceseecssessesscescucs vecccbacccddeusveseapoacdeveceececessecacedesuaessuesseaceusesececuapuasouceetecescaevesee IM ANAC INS Student Gid ens Chapter OD SN REE EE EE E E EE ta emendionees Pei DM Navigating be Peri ommance Dashboard asrnane e acct TR HOW touse fie GN Kr Sm he GATE OP Av OVE GA HAS GRN Wenders jr How todd Items othe Grade book sv Addine Ite mS he Griad C0 OOK sei a a a Mute AOR Flow to Manase Grade Book TN ee NESR Managing Modifying Gradebook TMS onscreen a a a beeaaehenuii aan FONO Grade A dded ERE O O NE E tenant GJENG Added TETS saris eh sane aa EE a ER ENN NR LE How to View Modify Student l CStP on av a e E Viewing Modifyins Student Te Ponsa ped Howto Reserotudent TeS iura N E N Reset SITT Howto VEN GE AES Wiewinie Gradina AMEN Au How to Download AssienmensLu arsen SL Dowiloadine Ass nmens vasene SN How to Grade Downloaded Assi nments svarene den Grading Downloaded Asst nmensuavvsvre pen
82. d of activity Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Managing Student Grades Chapter 4 Page 49 Resetting Student Tests Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Managing Student Grades Chapter 4 Page 50 Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Managing Student Grades Chapter 4 Page 51 How to View Grade Assignments How to View Grade Assignments e This section applies specifically to assignments added as described in the Adding Assignments section of this guide The columns for this type of assignment will have been created automatically by Blackboard e An exclamation point will appear for every student that has submitted their assignment On the following pages you will see the detailed explanation of how to view and or grade assignments in Blackboard Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Managing Student Grades Chapter 4 Page 52 Viewing Grading Assignments This procedure explains how to view and grade assignments It s important to note that these instructions refer only to assignments created using the Assignment content option described in this guide For more information on creating this type of assignment Refer to Adding Assignments in this guide If you have not already done so you should read the procedure titled Using the Gradebook for general information ab
83. d to teach This form can be found under Bb Course Maintenance in the menu on the left of the DL Faculty Resources page Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Instructor Need to Know Info Chapter 1 Page 9 Complete the first steps cont Complete the first steps cont m PITT Community Ce Communky Collage There are three steps in getting your course ready Step 1 Account Set Up Step 2 Complete Forms Step 3 Course Cartridge or VLC course Upload Step 3 Course Cartridge or VLC course Upload lf you would like to use a course from the Virtual Learning Community or a Course Cartridge from a publisher please complete the appropriate fields in the Bb Course Maintenance form If you have questions about or need additional help with the form please contact PCC s BlackBoard support at bbadmin email pittcc edu or 252 493 7539 Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Instructor Need to Know Info Chapter 1 Page 10 Understanding Student Enrollment EG i IE T ON Ki i i i Fy Peak OT ON E 1E Hi ra tE i i EI Bd 3 P y G G RNI Students are initially enrolled into Blackboard in one of two ways Course instructors enroll their own students BB Admin initially enrolls students for the instructors Note If BB Admin enrolls your students there is a 2 3 day delay from the first day of the semester before the
84. d to work with a certain type of item or a certain student Assignments added as described in the Adding Assignments procedure of this guide and Tests will automatically have columns in your gradebook Your students will be listed down the left side and your assignments will be listed across the top To the right of the assignments you ll see a Total and a Weighted Total The Total is the total number of points the student has earned The Weighted Total is only applicable if you ve set up weights for your items If you ve set up Weighted Items then the Weighted Total will be the student s average Important Note Keep in mind that this weighted total will not be correct unless all assignments listed in the gradebook have been submitted and graded The most common symbols you ll see in your gradebook are Exclamation Mark This means that the item needs to be graded In the case of a test the exclamation mark will appear if you have included a short answer question It will also appear if the student has exceeded the time limit for the test In the case of an assignment an exclamation mark will appear when the student submits the assignment Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Managing Student Grades Chapter 4 Page 14 Padlock This means that a test has been locked Normally you ll see this when a student has entered a test and for some reason did not submit it You ll also see this
85. dd all external links to the External Links section specifically An External link is simply a hyperlink to a website outside of Blackboard External links are useful for directing your students to websites to do research or other tasks For help in adding external links to the Course Content Areas Refer to Adding Course Content in this guide Before beginning this procedure you must log into your course in Blackboard 1 Click on the Control Panel link Tools Communication X Course Tools Ed Course Map EN Control Panel Quick Unenroll E Refresh fi Detail View 2 Click External Links in the Content Area section of the Control Panel window Content Areas Course Information Course Documents External Links Assignments 3 Click the Add External Link button on the add item toolbar Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Building Your Course Chapter 3 Page 50 S39 External Links Pz item Ge Folder gt External Link Course Link ls Test e Learning Glossar Glossary of frequently used e learning terminology 2 Content amp Media Note If you want to organize your links into folders you must first click the Add Folder button and then add the external links inside each folder The Add External Links window is displayed 4 Supply the name of the link in the name field 5 Type the URL address for the web site in the URL field INKS gt ADD EXTERNAL LINK a Add Ext
86. dent posts rather than recycling the entire DB Contact the Distance Learning office if you re unsure how to handle your Discussion Board Note about the Gradebook Items option this removes any grade columns you have added to the gradebook Normally you ll use the same items from semester to semester so it is not recommend that you recycle the gradebook items Your previous students actual grades will be wiped out automatically by choosing the Users recycle option 6 Type the word Remove in the box above the Submit button Type Remove to complete this request Remove Cancel J _ Submit Note The R must be capital and the rest of the word lowercase 7 Click the Submit button 8 Click the OK button Your course is now cleaned out for your new students End of activity Copyright O Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Managing Student Records Chapter 6 Page 20 Recycling Your Course Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Managing Student Records Chapter 6 Page 21 Step 5 Verifying Course Roster Step 45 Verifying Course Roster Verify Course Roster You ll use this section to guide you through verifying your course roster You are now responsible for enrolling and removing students as needed This guide will show you how to generate a roster from Campus Cruiser This roster can then be compared to your roster in Blackboard to determin
87. des 5 mg Icebreaker gt Ly Module 1 The Basics amp H Module 2 Microsoft Word lt gt i Module 3 Microsoft Excel lt gt mg Module 4 Powerpoint lt gt Hy Final Project gt Discussion Board Column The Discussion Board column allows the instructor to access the Discussion Board posts for a particular user Note that the number indicates how many forums the student has posted to on the board F F r al r 5 r Days Since Last Course Last Review Adaptive Di Access Course Status Release Access Early Warning System Last Name First Name Username View Grades Jun 5 2007 5 26 17 PM Jun 10 2007 bakari_lodge ie ssa MUERE 9 99 46 PM bryan_cochran Never Jun 11 2007 8 57 12 AM Jun 10 2007 11 11 18 PM carolyn parker casey brann Copyright O Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Managing Student Grades Chapter 4 Page 7 Early Warning System Column The Early Warning System column allows the instructor to access Early Warning System alerts for a particular user Note that the number indicates how many alerts the student qualifies for out of all alerts created in this course F F ha r F Days Since Last Course Last Review Adaptive Discussion View Access Course Status Release Board 4 E 1 Grades Access 5 dt 6 Last Name First Name Username Role Jun 5 2007 5 26 17 PM Jun 10 200
88. ding Your Course Chapter 3 Page 36 Setting Test Delivery Options The procedure used to set the delivery options for a test that has already been created To create a test refer to the Adding Modifying a Test section in this guide Before beginning this procedure you must log into your course in Blackboard If you need help logging into Blackboard Refer to Logging into Blackboard 6 3 in this guide To set delivery options for a test you should 1 Navigate to the area of the course where your test is located 2 Click on the Edit View link in the upper right hand corner of any of the content area screens COURSES gt BASIC PC LITERACY SUMMER 05 INTERNET gt COURSE DOCUMENTS Q3 Course Documents Word 2003 Project 1 Creating and Editing a Word Document CLASS The screen will change to the Edit View In the edit view you can add or modify a variety of different content items 3 Locate the test you wish to set options for You may need to scroll to the bottom of the screen if you ve just added the test 4 Click the Modify button to the right of the name of the test Modify angge ER gt Modify Manage Test for Module 4 Powerpoint Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Building Your Course Chapter 3 Page 37 The Modify Test window is displayed 4 Modify Test Modify the Test Modify the Test options mks availability and feedback You are presen
89. ding Your Course Chapter 3 Page 73 14 Repeat the search amp select process for any additional students To limit the availability based on a Group 15 Scroll down to the Group box in section 2 Note This box will not appear if you do not have any groups Course Groups Available Course Groups Selected Course Groups Section 01 16 Select the desired group 17 Click the right arrow to move it over to the right side Note If you wanted you could choose any of the other 3 items in addition to membership 18 Scroll down and click the Submit button 19 Click OK on the verification screen Rule created The Rule was created successtully Monday June 17 2007 12 29 47 PM EDT Now only the students or groups you selected will be able to see your content item End of activity Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Building Your Course Chapter 3 Page 74 Creating Adaptive Release Rules User Group Based Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Building Your Course Chapter 3 Page 75 Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Building Your Course Chapter 3 Page 76 Creating Adaptive Release Rules Gradebook Based Follow the steps below to enable a simple Gradebook Based Adaptive Release on an existing content item 1 Mentally pick an existing content item folder docum
90. dividual steps of this assignment will count towards your grade Internet courses require that you follow directions exactly as they are given Please complete the steps below exactly as instructed for full credit The students simply need to acknowledge they they ve read and are responsible for the material by clicking the button You should explain this to them so they know what it means This is a new feature of Blackboard and your students will not know to click the button until you tell them After they ve marked an item as Reviewed it will display on their screen as Reviewed Icebreaker Icebreaker Reviewed Icebreaker Assignment Copyright O Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Building Your Course Chapter 3 Page 63 To a see a student s progress through Review Status items you ll use the Performance Dashboard found in the Control Panel For help refer to the Performance Dashboard chapter at the front of this guide End of activity Using Review Status Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Building Your Course Chapter 3 Page 64 Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Building Your Course Chapter 3 Page 65 Adaptive Release e Can be simply used to help the class flow better e Can be used with advanced options to create custom learning paths e Includes multiple options to suit almost any combi
91. ds Chapter 6 Page 27 setting Course Availability You can control when students can see your course by setting its availability It may be to your advantage to make your course unavailable to students at certain times You will need to do this if you decide to enroll your students prior to the beginning of the semester You may also choose to do this in between semesters when you don t want students to have access to the course This setting only affects student access to your course Please be sure to always set your course back to Available when you re ready for the students to access it To set your course availability 1 Log into Blackboard 2 Enter the desired course 3 Click Control Panel 4 Click Settings Recycle Logie Lourse Copy Export Compe 5 Click Course Availability 6 Select Yes or No Yes makes your course available to students No makes the course invisible to students 7 Click Submit 8 You re done Please be sure to make your course available to students when you re ready for them to begin working in the course End of activity Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Managing Student Records Chapter 6 Page 28 Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Managing Student Records Chapter 6 Page 29 Enrolling Students This section explains how to enroll users in your Blackboard Course 1 Log into Blackboard and
92. e 42 ala Grade Rule lt A Due Date Rule Qi Last Access Rule Ma Remove Available X Unavailable R Al 25 Avai aE mi Criteria Lr zi Refresh Warnings Course Access Days since last access greater than amp 3 26 Jun 4 2007 3 01 PM 4 Click the Refresh button in the toolbar 5 Click the OK button on the warning box that appears A message appears at the top of the EWS window stating that the rule refresh has been placed in the queue for processing 6 Click the Close button in this message box CISTI TFARMER IN B CISTI TFARMER IN B gt CONTROL PANEL gt EARLY WARNING SYSTEM 7 Right click somewhere in the window and choose the Refresh option from the pop up menu This should re load the EWS window The date in your last refresh column should now be current for the selected rules You will also see how many students out of the class met the conditions of the rule Criteria Days since last access greater than 8 Sending Notification 8 Click the name of the rule to view the individual students 9 Choose Meets Criteria from the drop down list and click the GO button This will display only the students who meet the criteria for the rule Copyright O Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Communication Tools Chapter 5 Page 43 ig Refresh this Rule vy Meets critena Last Name First Name 10 Choose Select All from the drop down list and clic
93. e Records e Downloading the Gradebook e Archiving Your Course e Recycling Your Course Verifying Course Rosters Enrolling Students Removing Students Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Managing Student Records Chapter 6 Page 40
94. e Submit button Your new rule will appear in the list Copyright O Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Communication Tools Chapter 5 Page 38 Creating a Last Access Date Rule 16 Click the Add Last Access Rule button on the toolbar Early Warning System Define rules that measure user performance based on attendanff and items in the I mat Grade Rule day Due Date Rule aks Last Access Rule Ma Remove 17 Key a descriptive name for the rule 18 Choose the days since last login Rule Information Rule Name Last Access gt 15 Rule Type Course Access Availability Yes No Rule Criteria Specify the number of days since the last recg fed access to the Course Days Since Last Course Access 46 19 Click the submit button Your new rule will appear in the list End of activity Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Communication Tools Chapter 5 Page 39 Implementing the Early Warning System Rules Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Communication Tools Chapter 5 Page 40 Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Communication Tools Chapter 5 Page 41 Implementing the Early Warning System Notifications The Early Warning System EWS enables Instructors to proactively measure monitor and communicate student performance In the previous chapter Creating Rules you learned t
95. e attempting any Adaptive Release in Blackboard you need to have a plan Carefully think through what you are trying to accomplish You ll need to consider Which item s are you trying to control What factor s is going to cause this item to appear disappear Do any additional items need to be created consider remedial options How will these items affect the gradebook It s important to remember that the setting of an individual item will over ride any adaptive release rules For example in the screen shot below the Module 4 PowerPoint folder has been set as not available in the Modify screen just the way we ve always done it If you create a rule involving Module 4 you MUST remember to use the MODIFY button shown below to set it as available before students can see it It won t matter what your Adaptive Release rules specify if the item has been set as not available in the Modify screen it WILL NOT appear to the student 6 amp Module 3 Microsoft Excel fil odify Manage Copy Remove Enabled Statistics Tracking a Modify Manage Copy Remove You can use the Performance Dashboard to track your student s progress through items controlled by Adaptive Release End of activity Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Building Your Course Chapter 3 Page 67 Creating Adaptive Release Rules Date Based Basic Adaptive Release Date Based Let s start wi
96. e question is worth eight points and the student gives the correct order for half of the items they will receive four points Essay Essay questions require the Instructor to provide Students with a question or statement Students are given the opportunity to type an answer into a text field Sample answers can be added for users or graders to use as a reference These types of questions must be graded manually on the Grade Assessment page Essay questions may use the Math and Science Notation Tool Calculated Formula A Calculated Formula question contains a formula the variables of which can be set to change for each user The variable range is created by specifying a minimum value and a maximum value for each variable Answer sets are randomly generated The correct answer can be a specific value or a range of values Partial credit may be granted for answers falling in a range Adding a calculated question to an Assessment is a three step process Create the question and formula Define the values for the variables Confirm the variables and answers Calculated Numeric Response This question resembles a fill in the blank question The user enters a number to complete a statement The correct answer can be a specific number or within a range of numbers File Response Users upload a file from the local drive as the answer to the question This type of question is graded manually Hot Spot Copyright Pitt Community
97. e recording can be started and stopped as well as paused and un paused by the Instructor during the session A session can have more then one archive If the Instructor selects End to stop a session then the recorder will automatically stop recording the session Classroom Toolbox Includes all of the tools used during the Virtual Classroom session This includes searching for Web sites asking and answering questions utilizing the Whiteboard and accessing the Course Map Classroom Tool BE 3 Whiteboard EG Group Browser 7 Ask Question i Question Inbox 0 Course Map Enables participants to browse and view the Course Contents while they are in a session Whiteboard Enables participants to present several different types of materials to the Virtual Classroom participants Group Browser Enables participants to collaboratively browse the Web during a session Ask Question Enables participants to ask questions Question Inbox Enables Instructor to manage questions from the participants during a session Chat The main section where interaction between the participants takes place Allows participants to compose messages raise their hands to ask questions and activate private messages John Sweetin joined the ce John Sereetin left fhe se John Svrertin joined the se Joined Session Succes tull End of activity Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Communicati
98. e rest of the semester we are not using the Display Until option If you wanted you could choose any of the other 3 items in addition to the date Date Setting a Date criteria for this item will restrict the dates and times Choose Date V Display After Display Ui un gi 7 Scroll down and click the Submit button 8 Click OK on the verification screen J Rule created The Rule was created successfully Monday June 17 2007 12 35 47 FM EDT You have created your first Adaptive Release rule Your item will not appear to students until after the date and time you selected End of activity Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Building Your Course Chapter 3 Page 69 Creating Adaptive Release Rules Date Based Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Building Your Course Chapter 3 Page 70 Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Building Your Course Chapter 3 Page 71 Creating Adaptive Release Rules User Group Based Follow the steps below to enable a simple Group or User Based Adaptive Release on an existing content item 1 Mentally pick an existing content item folder document test ect in your course to set available by user s or group s 2 Navigate to the location of that item 3 Click the Edit View link at the top right of the screen to switch into Edit Mode E wi Module 3 Micros
99. e section titled Using the Gradebook for general information about the Gradebook Before beginning this procedure you must log into your course in Blackboard 1 Click Control Panel from the navigation bar on the left Tools Communication E Course Tools Eid Course Map EN Control Panel 4 Quick Unenroll E Refresh i Detail View Course Statistics Gradebook Gradebook Views Displayed on your screen is a list of the items currently in your gradebook Also note the quick link to Add Item on the toolbar at the top of the page You can manage your gradebook in several ways from this screen Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Managing Student Grades Chapter 4 Page 31 far Add fem r fri Seibel farmene te ramser Greadabock han and Met koste ss Tet kW bor DO Bere ioe DOS Rem Hame crier rip i Tar i i e pe ereje i i d ary T Thx T E j mj MPE TT F TP I dili Fra A r art LE Bate he Ered E male vu ai ari a b IF I lu i home Liai A Merker Besl Bary bli Ten LADET LE Vien Heihe bi rim ret ir ket lt Art era ee EE NE NA EE NE AE VE Oe Hgy MD Bergeron A Change the order of the items in your gradebook by changing the number in the drop down box to the left of each item You will have to wait for the screen to refresh after every change This can take a few moments B Change the item description points etc by click
100. e which students need to be added to or removed from your Blackboard course Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Managing Student Records Chapter 6 Page 22 Verifying Course Rosters This section explains how to generate course rosters from both Campus Cruiser and Blackboard This will allow you to verify that your course roster in Blackboard is correct You should generate your course roster prior to enrolling students and frequently during the first several days of class As an instructor it is your responsibility to verify that your Blackboard roster is correct and to enroll or remove students as necessary Generating your roster in Campus Cruiser Complete these steps to generate a roster from Campus Cruiser This will give you the most accurate up to date list of students enrolled in your course You should generate your roster prior to enrolling students at the beginning of the semester and frequently through the first several days of classes Be sure to generate a roster after the purge so that you can remove any students from your class who have been purged 1 Login to Campus Cruiser 2 Click on the PCC Services tab at the top perc Services 3 Verify that Class Roster is selected on the left Faculty Information Class Roster Grading 4 Select the current semester from the drop down list Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Managing Student Re
101. eVVhen your grade book Is properly configured your students will be able to see their average at any point in the semester Keep in mind that if items are in your gradebook that have not been graded the student s average will be skewed This will correct itself close to the end of the semester However you may want to add items to your gradebook only as they re needed if time allows On the following pages you will see the detailed explanation of how to use the Gradbook in Blackboard Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Managing Student Grades Chapter 4 Page 12 Using the Gradebook The Blackboard gradebook is a powerful tool that lets you manage all aspects of your students grades The gradebook also gives you access to your students submitted assignments and tests Before beginning this procedure you must log into your course in Blackboard If you need help logging into Blackboard Refer to Logging into Blackboard 6 3 in this guide 1 Click Control Panel from the navigation bar on the left Tools E Communication Course Tools Eid Course Map EN Control Panel Quick Unenroll E Refresh 8 Detail View Course Statistics Gradebook Gradebook Views The Gradebook Spreadsheet window is displayed LL Gradebook View Spreadsheet ff Add Horm anagelioms lGradebook Settings diae rades GY Download Grades Upload Grades 7 Weg Sor lbema by Catagory Go Fitter
102. ebreaker Test Score less than or equal to 80 Course Days since last access greater Access than 16 IcebreakerTest lt 80 ltem Grade Last Access 15 Creating a Grade Rule 3 Click the Add Grade Rule button on the toolbar Early Warning System gfe user performance based on attendance rul splays for each rule showing the number of u le ay Due Date Rule ay Last Access Rule 4 Key a descriptive name for the rule Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Communication Tools Chapter 5 Page 36 Rule Information Rule Name cebreakerTest lt 80 Rule Type ltem Grade Availability Yes No 5 Choose the Gradebook item from the drop down list 6 Choose criteria from the dropdown list 7 Key a grade Rule Criteria To define the point threshold for a particular Gradebook Item first selec critena and then enter a numerical score in the form of a positive numb Select a Gradebook Item l cebreaker Test 100 Define Criteria Score Hint in the example above This rule will search for any student who has scored and 80 or below on the Icebreaker Test 8 Click the Submit button Your rule will appear in the list ww h Number Available Criteria Oo Last Refresh Warnings Fj Yes 7 days since last login Course Access Days since last access greater than 8 3 26 Jun 4 2007 3 01 PM Creating a Due Date Rule Note in order for this rule to work you
103. ed and organized Conversations are grouped in forums and threads that contain a main posting and all related replies Forums are used to organize discussions on related topics Students and Instructors click discussion links to access a forum from the main Discussion Board page When a discussion 18 started within a forum it is called a thread Before beginning this procedure you must log into your course in Blackboard If you need help logging into Blackboard Refer to Logging into Blackboard in this guide 1 Click the Control Panel link on the main menu Tools Communication E Course Tools Ed Course Map EN Control Panel Quick Unenroll Refresh i Detail View Course Tools Announcements Course Calendar Staff Information Tasks Send Email The Discussion board window is displayed Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Communication Tools Chapter 5 Page 11 CA Forum Search O After Apr 13 2007 Cunem Discussion Board Bolore Ape 12 2007 ri a a ran Tate lara Oriar 4 se loebreaker kis ousseon Forum Post vor Ipebreaker r gdudkoms hare 5 s Modybe 1 Forum Dessous Me b se of Module 1 here To continue choose from the options below If you need to add a forum goto task 3 Otherwise goto task 449 If you need to set forum availability goto task 8 Otherwise goto task 49 If you need to view messages goto task 10 Otherwise goto task
104. ege 2005 All rights reserved Instructor Need to Know Info Chapter 1 Page 15 3 HEL PTE ETTE DNT OT NG Compose Mail Tea men Vag bn Te Class Members of Bas IMPORTANT NOTE In this initial email please be sure to make the students aware that in order to complete enrollment they must follow the steps in the Distance Learning Online Letter to Students found at http www pittcc edu distance_learning welcome_students html To send an email directly from Blackboard see the Communication Tools section End of activity Sending Students Email in Campus Cruiser Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Instructor Need to Know Info Chapter 1 Page 16 Administrative Responsibilities e Understand the 10 Report e Organizing student emails Groupwise Campus Cruiser Download all Student Records from Blackboard The 10 Report It is very important that you have proof of a student s first entry into the course Currently it is required that you save and print the first email that a student sends you This email must be dated before the 10 date for the student to be counted for FTE The date of this email is considered the student s first entry into the course You will need to attach these emails to your 10 roster Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Instructor Need to Know Info Chapter 1 Page 17 Organizing student emails Organizin
105. elp os PITT JE MG COMSUMITY Go COLLEGE Home Help Logout Modity Content Modify Layout My Announcements G I My Courses No system announcements have been Courses you are teaching posted today KA Dist ducation 107 Ho course announcements have been fun vailab posted today Ho Announcements mmHg My Tasks My Calendar No calendar events have been posted today No tasks due You have successfully logged into Blackboard 5 To enter your course click the name of your course in the My Courses section Sometimes announcement titles will be listed below the name of your course Ignore those only click the NAME of the course End of activity Copyright O Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Getting Started Chapter 2 Page 16 Logging into Blackboard 6 3 Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Getting Started Chapter 2 Page 17 Blackboard Class Screen Layout Blackboard Class Screen Layout My a a NO system announcements have been posted today No course announcements have been posted taday My Calendar No calendar everts have been posted today My Tasks No tasks dye On the following pages you will see the detailed explanation of the layout and navigation in Blackboard You will find information on the followin
106. ent test ect in your course to set available by date For this example I m going to create a rule to make the Module 3 folder available on June 11 2007 at 1 45 pm 2 Navigate to the location of that item 3 Click the Edit View link at the top right of the screen to switch into Edit Mode 6 K Module 3 Microsoft Excel Enabled Statistics Tracking 5 Click the first Adaptive Release link Create or EY advan Adaptive Release rules Use this Review Status Enable or disable review for this item Current Status Disabled 6 Scroll down to section 3 Gradebook Item Copyright O Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Building Your Course Chapter 3 Page 77 Select a Gradebook item M2 Test 100 vi Select Condition 3 ltem has at least one a An attempt is recorded for any Gradebook item when submits a test or survey or when a score is entered Score Less than or equalto o 7 Choose a Gradebook Item from the drop down list 8 Choose the conditions as desired Tip Remember that you re telling Bb not to display the item you re managing until the student has met this condition In the example pictured above a student will not see their Module 3 folder until they have at least attempted the M2 Test 9 Scroll down and click the Submit button 10 Click OK on the verification screen Rule created The Rule was created successfully
107. ented with a statement and asked to respond using a selection of pre defined two choice answers such as Yes No Agree Disagree Right Wrong Quiz Bowl The user is shown the answer and responds by entering the correct question into a text box An answer must include a phrase and a question word such as who what or where to be marked as correct Partial credit may be given if the question word is not included in the answer Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Building Your Course Chapter 3 Page 34 Random Blocks Random Blocks enable the Instructor to use a random selection of questions from a Pool Be aware that it is not possible to add a Random Block of questions from another Test or Survey From a Question Pool or Assessments The instructor is allowed to select specific questions from Pools and other Assessments Instructors may choose questions based on category keyword and question type Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Building Your Course Chapter 3 Page 35 How to Set Test Delivery Options e Delivery options allow you to control how your students see the test e You can use different combinations of settings to achieve the test environment you want On the following pages you will see the detailed explanation of how to set test delivery options in Blackboard Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Buil
108. ernal Link Oo External Link Information Smarthinking http vw smarthinking com For example hip vw nysehool edu 6 Type a short description of the site in the Text field IMPORTANT NOTE If the link points to a third party vendor such as Smarthinking Course Compass or any other academic service provider the following disclaimer MUST be displayed in the text field Disclaimer The web link above is in no way associated with Pitt Community College User support for any material service or technical issues therein is solely the responsibility of the third party Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Building Your Course Chapter 3 Page 51 Text Hirmu s t F Tire Mew Forman H r u E i JE iE BF he Bee BOY F da h hme preview SAB fF SMARTHINEING comects stadents to qualfed structors onkme tutors antene from any Internet commecton Disclamer The web bk above is m no way associated wath Pat Community College User support for any matena service oF technical issues therein is solely the responsibility of the third party Content Files can be attached 16 the above information Click Browse 10 select the fle 10 attach and spec y name for the link 10 this file 7 Select your options in Section 2 Content 8 Select your options in Section 3 Options 9 Insection 3 YOU MUST SELECT YES FOR OPEN IN NEW WINDOW IMPORTANT NOTE Please make students aware the
109. g screen Layout My Institution and Class Windows screen Navigation Buttons Menus and Tabs Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Getting Started Chapter 2 Page 18 fm PITT Community College I et Navigating Your Blackboard Class After you have successfully logged into Blackboard you will see your Blackboard My Institution window My Institution Window Layout There are many sections to the My Institution window We are going to cover the sections that are most used Syetem Admin Welcome John C l H Meaty corii lady Laoi E omanneen O Gii Iaik Vien Gde No sjrtem anneunoersnis have been posted todmy Ma Clare announcenmsenis have been posted today pot H Sand Emal 5 Thart j prior My Cabendan eco No calendar events fue been posted today TE My Corses Courses you are teaching id i EF Si ah E Dirt Education 107 fursvallable Bo Arme THES EA ICEBREAKER COURSE No Announcements Comes in which you are enrolled Hao Aenouscomensta Ely Tasks Ha tiiki dyd A The Tools Section This section lists all of the tools available for student instructors to use From the Tools section you will be able to Check Class Announcements Use the Calendar tool Set Tasks for yourself Send Email to other people in your class Use the directory to find email addresses Use an Address Book View and Set Perso
110. g Student Records Chapter 6 Page 3 Chapter Objectives By the end of this chapter you should be able to Export Attendance Records Download the Gradebook Archive Your Course Recycle Your Course Verify Course Rosters Make Your Course Unavailable Enroll Students Remove Students Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Managing Student Records Chapter 6 Page 4 Step 1 Exporting Attendance Records otep 1 Exporting Attendance Records Export Attendance Records Course Recycling Model You ll use this section to guide you through exporting your course statistics These records are based on student logins to the course These statistics will serve as your record of student attendance once the semester is over and the course recycled It is very important that you keep a copy of your attendance records in case they re ever needed to prove a student s attendance or lack of attendance Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Managing Student Records Chapter 6 Page 5 Exporting Attendance Records This section explains how to export your Course Statistics These course statistics contain detailed log in records for each student in your course These records can be used to show proof of attendance or non attendance in your online course if necessary 1 Log into Blackboard and enter your course 2 Click Control Panel from the navigation bar on the
111. g student emails PITT Community Collage pert eg Most email programs will allow you to create folders or organize your emails e At PCC we use either of the following Groupwise Campus Cruiser You should keep a copy of these emails for future use Another important thing to consider with Internet courses is that you never Know when you may need to provide proof of communication We recommend that you save all email a student sends you In addition any assignment files received from a student can be saved in a folder on your hard drive At the end of the semester these files can be copied to a diskette or zip drive and filed away for safekeeping For help with this please contact Tina Farmer or the PCC Helpdesk Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Instructor Need to Know Info Chapter 1 Page 18 Organizing Email Folders in Groupwise How to organize email folders in GroupWise This example illustrates how to create folders for your students in GroupWise If you use a different email program and would like help organizing your emails please contact Tina Farmer or the PCC HelpDesk 1 Right Click on the Filing Cabinet on the left of your screen and choose New Folder 3 Proper tes 2 Click the Next button you do not need to change the defaults 3 Type a name for your folder on the next screen It s a good idea to use a very descriptive yet short name For example CIS147SE
112. ght O Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Building Your Course Chapter 3 Page 57 Be advised that you may need to turn off any pop up blocker software in order to view this window Example If the message is about corrections to the course syllabus you would select the syllabus document in the pop up window 9 Click the Submit and then the OK button on the Announcement Receipt window Choose date restnctions A hirako pinea oE 223 O Display After tr Select Course Link Distance st Education 101 Sep 05 E 200 GM E z PTF g T Expand al Q Collapse AN E Retresh Eiane Education 101 O Display Until amp Announcements 2 Course information Allan ap DE 101 Course lntoernatice Sep j 10 me 2005 vi EA 3 Syllabus EE j i 7 Ty Sydisburs l p lad OG hal AM h l op Workshop Outline Stat Inkemation Mes Manette Stilwell Course Link gt anette Stilm Click Browse to choose an item Location Submit l Required Eisg Click Submit to finish Click Cancel to quit The message is displayed in the announcement window If you need to Modify or Remove the announcement click the buttons to the right of the message JEL gt ANNOUNCEMENTS QI Announcements Po Add Announcement VIEW TODAY VIEW LAGT 7 DAYS VIEW LAST 30 DAYE VIEW ALL Thu Sep 08 2005 t Thu Sep 08 2005 Course Assignment 1 Due Course Assignment
113. ghts reserved Instructor Need to Know Info Chapter 1 Page 27 Getting Started Chapter 2 Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Getting Started Chapter 2 Page 1 Getting Started Getting Started Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Getting Started Chapter 2 Page 2 Chapter Objectives By the end of this chapter you should be able to Organize Your Blackboard Course Log into Blackboard Navigate in Your Class Change Your Password Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Getting Started Chapter 2 Page 3 How to Organize Your Course 404 How to Organize Your Course SE Community College JE eran To begin to organize your course you need to Plan Create Course Components Offline Build Your Course in Blackboard Begin Your Course Slowly Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Getting Started Chapter 2 Page 4 Planning Planning simple Planning Steps 1 Define the learning objectives 2 Ask yourself the important questions 3 Layout objectives in the course Plan Before You Start Organization is one of the most important aspects of course design You should always begin the process of developing an online class on paper first Create a skeleton outline first then fill in all areas during the development process Define learning objectives for your course Perhaps
114. il Use the Discussion Board Use the Virtual Classroom Add a Chat or Virtual Classroom Session send Early Warning Alerts M Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Communication Tools Chapter 5 Page 3 How to Send a Course Email How to Send a Course Email ALBI You can automatically send email in Blackboard to other members of their course All email is routed to CampuscCruiser accounts On the following pages you will see the detailed explanation of the how to senda course in Blackboard Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Communication Tools Chapter 5 Page 4 sending a Course Email Instructors can send email to individuals who participate in the course or organization from the Send Email page Emails can be sent to individual users or to groups of users within the course such as all Teaching Assistants 1 Click the Control Panel link Discussion Board VIEW TODAY VIEW LAS Extemal Links No announcements fou Tools E Communication Course Tools Ed Course Map EN Control Panel Quick Unenroll E Refresh 8 Detail View Course Tools Announcements Course Calendar Staff Information Tasks Send Email Discussion Boar The Send Email window opens 3 Click on an Email option Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Communication Tools Chapter 5 Page 5 COURSES gt DISTANCE EDUCA
115. information about the Gradebook Before beginning this procedure you must log into your course in Blackboard 1 Click Control Panel from the navigation bar on the left Tools Communication E Course Tools Eid Course Map EN Control Fanel 4 Quick Unenroll E Refresh i Detail View Course Statistics Gradebook Gradebook Views 3 On the Gradebook toolbar click the Add Item option aaf Add Item s o Gradebook Settings fewe sort Items by GO Filter Items by 4 Key in the name of the Assignment Hint Keep the name as short as possible Long names take up too much space in the Gradebook Copyright O Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Managing Student Grades Chapter 4 Page 25 5 Choose a category for the item Categories are very important if you plan to set up weighted grades If you are weighting grades be sure to only use categories that are weighted with items actually used in calculating the grade For example if you re adding an item to display a midterm letter grade don t choose a category that you ve set up with a weight This could skew your weighted results For more information on weighted grades Refer to Weighting Gradbook Items in this guide 6 You can key in a brief description of the item if you like There is no need to change the date of the item 7 Enter the points the assignment is worth This can be set to 0 if you re just displaying information
116. ing the Modify button to the right of each item The settings under the Modify option are explained in the Adding Gradebook Items section of this guide Remove items from the gradebook It s important to note that you can only remove items that you have added You can not remove an Assignment or a Test from this screen To remove these items you need to navigate to the area of the course where the item is located and remove it there For more help on removing content items Refer to Modifying Copying Removing Course Content in this guide 4 Click the OK button at the bottom of the screen to return to the Gradebook End of activity Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Managing Student Grades Chapter 4 Page 32 Managing Modifying Gradebook Items Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Managing Student Grades Chapter 4 Page 33 Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Managing Student Grades Chapter 4 Page 34 How to Grade Added Items How to Grade Added Items e Grading items you ve added to the gradebook Is a quick and easy process On the following pages you will see the detailed explanation of how to grade added items in Blackboard Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Managing Student Grades Chapter 4 Page 35 Grading Added Items This procedure explains how to grade items other than
117. ional instructions for the test here Modify select a question type from the Add Question drop down list and click Go The Add Modify Multiple Choice Question window opens 8 Type the question text in the area provided E Add Modify Multiple Choice Question Add the question 19 54 then set the point value and the number of answers Add the answer chosoes indicale the comect answer and pride feedback for user responses G Multiple Choice Question Question Text a Mirr ka 9 Assign a point value to the question 10 Set the options for partial credit 1f allowed Point Value T Options F partial credit ts allowed each incomect answer can specify whai porceniiigg Kal points should be gren for that answer Answer Numbering Mare Answer Onentatee Verbtal Allow Partial Credit 2 Show Answers m Random Order C 11 Select the number of answers you would like from the dropdown box Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Building Your Course Chapter 3 Page 27 12 Type in the answers in the areas provided 13 Next select the radio button by the answer to denote it as the correct answer Select the number of answer choegad fill in the fields with possible answers and select the correct answer Number of Answers Answer 1 Fama s 3 w Temas New Reman 14 Enter any correct response feedback in the area provided 15 Enter any incorrect response feedba
118. is even more valuable to the students that review the work Reviewing the work of another student enforces classroom learning and helps the reviewer practice important communication skills The Discussion Board is the perfect place in a course for peer review Each student may start a thread and include their work in the initial post Other students then review the work assign a rating to the initial post and include comments in a response As users respond the feedback expands as users reinforce and build on points made by other students Users can respond to a post using a 5 star rating system 26 To enable this feature select Allow members to rate posts when creating or modifying the forum Allow members to rate posts Force moderation of posts Grade No grading in forum Grade forum Points possible 100 0 Grade threads Rating a Discussion Board Post 27 Click the desired forum 28 Open a thread and view the posts Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Communication Tools Chapter 5 Page 16 Each post has an Overall Rating field with five stars The stars show the overall rating that the post has received from users 29 Click on the Rate this Post drop down list and select a rating from 0 to 5 stars Your rating is now included in the Overall Rating and your individual rating appears in the Rate this Post field A user may not rate the same post more than once Reply Modify
119. isplay Until Jul 17 4 2005 Sep 22 x 2005 02 05 PM 09 25 v AM v Password Require a password to access this Test Password Make Link Available This one is pretty simple If it s set to NO the students can t take the test If it s Yes they can Be sure to set this to Yes if you intend to use the Display After date choices below Add anew announcement for this test If you choose Yes Blackboard will generate an announcement directing the students to the test Allow multiple attempts Normally you d leave this at No However there may be some instances when you d want students to be able to take a test more than once a practice test for example The student s previous attempt will be discarded each time they enter the test Only the most recent submission will be saved Force Completion This option is VERY important By default this option is not checked You will want to check this option in most cases When this box is not checked Blackboard will allow the student to save their test come back at a later Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Building Your Course Chapter 3 Page 39 date and time re enter the test and change add answers Normally you would not want this Set Timer This allows you to put a time limit on the student s test If you use a time limit please keep in mind that some
120. item settings Be sure to click the Submit button when you ve made your changes STAN SFO MODIFY FOLDER QI Modify F Folder Information Name Module 4 SPR ar Choose Color of Name E Text Noma E 3 E Tes New Fom GS Be os u ERR VE EG BD sh Bom BH 7A Jx lt himi gt Preview 68 BAB DE This folder cantams Module 4 Overview R Background amp Readings End of activity 4 Click on the Copy button to the right of any existing item folder or link Copyright O Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Building Your Course Chapter 3 Page 13 COURSES gt DIETAH LL Course Documents hem Gp Folder fk External Link E Course Link Fis Test Select LeamingUnt 1 E Module 4_sPos This folder contains Module 4 Cvemew Background amp Readings This folder contains Module 5 Overview Background and Readings Actmities 5 Click the Browse button 6 Pick a destination for the copied item from the pop up window Note Click the Plus signs next to view subfolders within the main areas 7 Click the Submit button and then OK o ee pit sdd ouse le Home Help Logout ee Select Location Distance Education 101 System Admn is Expand All a Collapse AN 2 Refresh Distance Education 101 A Course Information H Course Documents ro Assignments Content Information Books A Extemal Links Name Moduled SPOJ E Destination Destination Course Distance Educ
121. k the GO button This will check all users who meet the criteria for the rule ho ul First Name 11 This will display the students who met the conditions of this rule 12 With the desired students selected click the GO button beside the Notify box An email will be created based on the criteria of the rule You can make any changes to it that you like gt d Send Notification Email Information To Bryan Cochran Jacob Merntt Additional Recipients bcc From Tina Farmer Subject Early Warming System Notification This message is to remind you to log in Regular attendance 13 required Message 13 Click the Submit button to send the message Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Communication Tools Chapter 5 Page 44 Viewing the Notification Log The Notification log allows you to access information about any notices that have been sent out using the EWS 14 Click the Notification Log button on the right hand side of the toolbar ble M Unavailable All notices sent are listed The search feature can be used to look for specific notices Search Notification Date 1 Before Jun 03 2007 O After Jun v 03 w 2007 m ee r Ea Y Notification Date LastName First Name Username Rule Type Rule Name Recipients thomasa_chapman webmail pittec edu Jun 4 2007 3 03 PM Lodge Bakari bakari lodge Course Access days since
122. kboard course This process cleans your course of old user information and prepares it to be used again for the new semester Be certain you have completed steps 1 3 prior to recycling Once you recycle your course all of your student records from the previous semester will be erased After recycling your old students will no longer be able to access your course Incompletes must now be handled outside of Blackboard or by re enrolling the user in the next semester s course Be sure you have a record of the student s work before it is removed during the recycling process Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Managing Student Records Chapter 6 Page 18 Recycling Your Course This section explains how to recycle your course Recycling is a process that wipes your course clean to prepare it for your new students You can control the areas that are cleaned out to a degree There is no UNDO for recycling so please be certain you have your student records safely downloaded from Blackboard We also recommend that you let your current students know the date you intend to recycle Once you recycle the course they will not be able to access it Ideally you ll want to recycle close to or after the last day of exams 1 Log into Blackboard and enter your course 2 Click Control Panel from the navigation bar on the left 3 Complete the steps to download your student grades and statistics if you have
123. left 3 Click the Course Statistics link Assessment Test Manager Survey Manager Pool Manager This page may take a second or two to load There is no need to make any changes to the default settings on this screen ip Select Report Select Report r Filter Options Time Period From this date Ol Start Date Mar 26 2006 Until this date End Date Mar 27 2006 vi All Users Selected Users 4 Click Submit This screen is sometimes very slow to load 5 Click the Export Data button Print Export Data way statistics are ot all totals are consiste Applicatio Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Managing Student Records Chapter 6 Page 6 6 Click OK on the box that appears Microsoft Internet Explorer f A Change file extension to v cs v if necessary 7 Click the Save button File Download Do you want to open or save this file ag Mame stats csy h Type Microsoft Office Excel Comma Separated Values File From blackboard pittec edu Cancel iinet can be useful some files can potentially JF ou do not trust the source do not open or save this file Whats the risk Note You will need to choose a location in which to save your files You may wish to create a folder on your hard drive to store your student records or you may prefer to save to a floppy disk and file
124. ll need those records You should only remove students who have dropped during drop add or who never attend If a student has logged into the class and is later dropped you should set them to Unavailable instead of removing them Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Managing Student Records Chapter 6 Page 33 Removing Students Before beginning this procedure you must log into your course in Blackboard If you need help logging into Blackboard WARNING THIS PROCEDURE IS ONLY TO BE COMPLETED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SEMSETER WHEN A STUDENT HAS BEEN PURGED BY THE REGISTRAR S OFFICE AND OR HAS NO ATTENDENCE OR ACADEMIC RECORDS FOR THE COURSE There is no UNDO option Once the student is removed all of their attendance or grade records for the class are lost and can not be retrieved A student with any records in the class should never be removed Instead simply set the student s course availability to no For help refer to the Setting Student Availability chapter in this guide 1 Click on the Control Panel Discussion Board External Links Tools No announcements four Tools Communication X Course Tools Eid Course Map ey Control Panel 4 Quick Unenroll G Refresh i Detail View 2 On the Control Panel window click on the Remove Users from Course link Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved M
125. lock while a student is actually taking a test Numbers Numbers represent how many points a student earned for a test or assignment You can click on the score to view their assignment or test results End of activity Using the Gradebook Click Control Panel from navigation bar on left 1 Click Gradebook link in Assessment section 2 Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Managing Student Grades Chapter 4 Page 15 Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Managing Student Grades Chapter 4 Page 16 How to Weight Grades e Blackboard makes It easy to weight grades by categories such as assignments tests projects etcetera e You will probably want to have your syllabus in hand when setting up weighted grades The nice thing about weighting grades by category is that you can add things as you go You don t have to have your entire course mapped out before you enter the first grade Weighting by category gives you greater flexibility in your course On the following pages you will see the detailed explanation of how to weight grades in Blackboard Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Managing Student Grades Chapter 4 Page 17 Weighting Gradebook Items This procedure explains how to set up categories and assign weights to them If you have not already done so you should read the section titled Using
126. lp logging into Blackboard Refer to Logging into Blackboard 6 3 in this guide To modify copy remove course content you should 1 Decide if you need to modify copy or remove content and then click on the Edit View link in the upper right hand corner of any of the content area screens Home Help Logout 3 System Admin Admin COURSES gt DISTANCE EDUCATION 101 gt COURSE DOCUMENTS EDIT VIEW Course Documents Module 4 SP04 I This folder contains Module 4 Overview Background amp Readings Activities If you need to modify current item content goto task 2 If you need to copy move course content goto task 4 If you need to remove a course item goto task 8 Otherwise goto task 1 The screen will change to the Edit View In the edit view you can modify a variety of different content items 2 Click on the Modify button to the right of any existing item folder or link Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Building Your Course Chapter 3 Page 12 Litt gt COURSE DOCUMENTS CI Course Documents hem Folder fk External Link FB Course Link Fis Test Select Learning Unit Modify iManage Copy Remove Module Qvemew Background amp Readings Acinties 2 E Module 5 SP04 Modify Manage Copy Remove This folder contains Module 5 Overview Background and Readings Actmities 3 From the Modify Item Folder window you may change most of the
127. ly A Begin Your Class Slowly a Community College panne rm eg Tru Go easy during the first week of class Many students will be experiencing the online course environment for the first time They will need a little time to grow comfortable navigating the Blackboard environment Don t overload the first week with content heavy assignments instead give them an easy icebreaker assignment that allows them to become comfortable with the Blackboard learning environment Copyright O Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Getting Started Chapter 2 Page 12 How to Log into Blackboard z Address 4 hitp bladboard piter edu Blackboard Learning System Basic Edition Community College ett Distance Learning Homepage OQ Campus 9 Campus EE Cruiser lt 7 Cruiser Online Orientation website tutorials P C C Blackboard Support Links e Contact P C C Blackboard Support Frequently Asked Questions Student Manual You are now ready to learn how to log into Blackboard correctly On the next page you will find the steps in logging onto the PCC Blackboard system Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Getting Started Chapter 2 Page 13 Logging into Blackboard Instructor 1 Connect to the Internet as normal navigate to the PCC home page www pittcc edu and click on the Blackboard icon D Welcome to PITT COMMUNITY COLLEGE Internet Explorer Provided b
128. n Progress Score out of 100 points Instructions Please answer all questions This test 15 open book open notes Clear Attempt Click Clear Attempt to clear this user s attemp i Question 1 True False 0 of 3 points P Diagnostic tools help test system components monitor system resources such as memory and processing power undo changes made to system files angi Given Answer X Mone Greni Corect Ainsaar s True Question 2 True false Although avadable m nomremovable form most hard disks can be removed from the computer 5 Click the Clear Attempt button to reset the test Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Managing Student Grades Chapter 4 Page 48 LL Grade Assessment M1 Test hii Test Sally Student In Progres out of 100 points Instructions Please answer all questions This test rs open book open notes Clear Attempt Click Clear Attempt to clear this user s attemp Gieh Hemet Question 1 True False 0 of 3 points P Diagnostic tools help test system components monitor system resources such as memory and processing power undo changes made to system files and more Given Answer X None Cran Correct Ansaar Tre Question 2 True False of 3 points Although avaiable in normremevable form most hard disks can be removed from the computer 6 Click OK on the Confirm Removal box 7 Repeat the process for other students if necessary En
129. n is Ben s favorite colors are and the correct answer is Ben s favorite colors are red and blue but the Student types blue red the answer will be marked incorrect Fill in Multiple Blanks This question type builds on fill in the blank questions with multiple fill in the blank responses that can be inserted into a sentence or paragraph Separate sets of answers are defined for each blank Multiple Answer Multiple answer questions allow users to choose more than one answer Partial credit is not given for partially correct answers but Instructors may manually change the number of points a Student receives on the Grade Assessment page Matching Matching questions allow Students to pair items in one column to items in another column Instructors may include a different numbers of questions and answers in a Matching question Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Building Your Course Chapter 3 Page 32 Students will be granted partial credit for matching questions if they answer part of the question correctly For example if the question is worth eight points and the student gives the correct answers for half of the matches they will receive four points Ordering Ordering questions require Students to provide an answer by selecting the correct order of a series of items Students will be granted partial credit for ordering questions if they answer part of the question correctly For example if th
130. nal Information 1 e passwords B The My Courses Section This section is just a set of links to all of the courses you are currently enrolled in as a student or instructor C The Announcement Section This section displays system announcements You should check this section often to be aware of important system information Course Window Layout Once you have clicked on a course link you will see a screen similar to the following Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Getting Started Chapter 2 Page 19 The screen layout is the same in all Blackboard courses e The System Navigation Bar is where you would return to the BB login page get system help and log out of the system e The Tabs section is where you would find links to other courses you are enrolled in and your BB tools panel e The Menu area is the main navigation area for each course You can find information about each course the course staff documents and more Each button in the Menu section will be discussed later in this document e The Content Display Area is where all the course content is displayed The Course Menu Area Announcements Button The Announcements section always appears in the center portion of the screen each time you enter your course The most recent announcement appears at the top with the date it was posted The Announcements area is used to post short notes to the class about important items Note the arrow bel
131. nation of criteria On the following pages you will see the detailed explanation of how implement Adaptive Release options in Blackboard Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Building Your Course Chapter 3 Page 66 Adaptive Release Information Adaptive Release is a tool that can be used in several different ways Adaptive Release allows instructors to create custom learning paths by determining when students can access content items discussions assessments assignments or other learning activities An Adaptive Release rule consists of a set of criteria that defines the visibility of a content item to users Criteria are the parts that make up the rule For example date and membership are two types of different criteria Each content item may have multiple rules and each rule may consist of multiple criteria To view an item a user must meet all of the requirements of the rule This means that if a rule has multiple criteria the user must meet all criteria before the item is available Basically Adaptive Release let s you turn on or turn off your content based on one or many things that can include date completion of a previous assignment grade on a test or assignment membership in a group individual user name or review of material A key to understanding Adaptive Release is that an event or combination of events is used to trigger a change the visibility of a content item Befor
132. ndandacdeastunbertoncawioc 6 14 Amins Yor Course COMEN Aarsman E a E EE Ena 6 15 SEPT keye ins the C OUISe rer 6 18 Recycling Your CE onsena EE E EE 6 19 SEPT Verily Ino CO Re ne seaiads 6 22 Verily ino Course RO eee 6 23 SEP FO Enron Siden S srera a a tuaternnemedsecodsads 6 27 Seline Coure NAD Ne 6 28 Flode 6 30 SEPT REMOVING SUN Sess gta e rE EEE E EEE E EEEE E Eea E O ar NENES HESS 6 33 Removine MIN 6 34 CHING ENDR 6 37 Fod ote aera gates laa RE NE NR ER EE 6 40 Copyright O Oracle 2004 All rights reserved PCC Blackboard Instructor User Manual Table of Contents ili Copyright Oracle 2004 All rights reserved PCC Blackboard Instructor User Manual Table of Contents IV Instructor Need to Know Info Chapter 1 Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Instructor Need to Know Info Chapter 1 Page 1 Instructor Need to Know Info Instructor Need to Know Info Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Instructor Need to Know Info Chapter 1 Page 2 Introduction Introduction The purpose of this guide This guide has been developed to aid all instructors in using Blackboard in the classroom or teaching an online course at Pitt Community College What this guide does not include e Specific academic department procedures are NOT included in this guide You should contact your department chairperson for that information Copyright Pitt Community College 2
133. not already done so 4 Click the Recycle Course link Settings Recycle Course Course Copy 5 Check the areas you wish to recycle This screen gives you a list of all the areas in your course that can be wiped clean Keep in mind that any area you check will be COMPLETLEY wiped out and left totally empty Warning This action is final and cannot be undone gt E Course Information These are the course content areas C Staff Information CI Course Documents You probably do not want to recycle C Assignments F ExtemalLinws these areas We recommend that you Ene DO NOT check the boxes for this section Copyright O Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Managing Student Records Chapter 6 Page 19 P H Announcements The areas checked in this example Discussion Board Dropbox are the ones we recommend you LI GI ee krem Choose as well Please see the notes C Groups below this image for more information C Messages Statistics about the Discussion Board and Gradebook C Tests Surveys and Pools Users Note about the Discussion Board option this will completely erase your Discussion Board DB including any forums you ve set up For most users it is easiest to recycle the DB and create the forums again However you may want to be sure you have a copy of your forum topics prior to recycling If you have a lot of complicated forums it may be easier to go into the DB and remove the stu
134. nouncements page of ALL BlackBoard courses This announcement will appear at the top of the page above all other announcements Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Instructor Need to Know Info Chapter 1 Page 4 Virtual Learning Community a collaboration headed by the System Office of the community colleges in NC Courses are developed by the VLC and can be used and customized free of charge by participation colleges Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Instructor Need to Know Info Chapter 1 Page 5 Contact Information PITT Community College eer Distance Learning Office e Jonathon Sweetin Distance Learning Coordinator 252 493 7608 jsweetin email pittcc edu Jon can help you with policy issues and provide many ideas and techniques for teaching online e Tina Farmer Course Development Support Coordinator 252 493 7615 tfarmer email pittcc edu Tina can help you with questions or problems with BlackBoard give you hints and tips for teaching your course online and provide group or individual training for online instruction e Kim Rouse Administrative Assistant 252 493 7256 krouse email pittcc edu Kim can answer many of your questions dealing with enrollment and courses available both at PCC and other community colleges in the state Office of Information Technology Services Billy Vines BlackBoard Administrator 252 493 7539 bbadmin email pittcc edu
135. o create rules or standards for Gradebook items Due Dates or Attendance In this chapter you ll learn to run these rules and to send alerts when those standards are not met by students 1 Navigate to the Control Panel of your course 2 Click the Early Warning System link under the Assessments area Assessment Gradebook Gradebook Views Performance Dashboard ha ull Available am Criteria Course Days since last access greater Access than 8 Icebreaker FE Icebreaker 5 Last attempt AssionmentLate gt ger Jun 4 2007 Icebreaker Test Score less than or equal to 80 Course Days since last access greater Access than 16 IcebreakerTest 80 Item Grade Last Access 15 The columns give you information about the rule Notice the Number of Warnings and Last Refresh columns in particular In the above example I last looked for students who had not accessed the course in more than a week on June 4 2007 At that time there were 3 out of 26 students who had gone more than a week with no access to the course Refreshing a Grade Rule You ll need to refresh your rules whenever you want to see which students meet their criteria This is not an automatic process 3 Select the rule you d like to refresh by checking the box to its left in the list Tip You can refresh several rules at once if you d like Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Communication Tools Chapter 5 Pag
136. o allow the student to go in and take it again If a student lost their internet connection for some reason a padlock will appear An exclamation point means there s something about the test the instructor needs to look at or grade Typical examples of this will be exceeding the time limit or a short answer question A number grade will appear if the test was successfully taken Unless you want to review the actual test you do not need to take any action 3 Click on the Padlock symbol in the column for the student s test Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Managing Student Grades Chapter 4 Page 47 The Modify Grade screen is displayed Note NEVER key a grade directly into the Grade box on this screen It will overwrite the student s attempt and you will not be able to view the student s test Take note of the date and time under the Last Submitted Modified heading Based on this date and time be sure you re not resetting a test that a student is still taking 4 Click the View button to open the student s test frem hale I s S kte Berit dirare Fimis ae Be cape ok ae Og Modity Grade The image below depicts what you ll typically see when a student loses an internet connection prior to submitting a test Notice the None Given comment instead of a student s answer LL Grade Assessment M1 Test Name kl Test User Sally Student Status I
137. oft Excel Enabled Statistics Tracking 5 Click the first Adaptive Release link Manage Module 3 Microsoft Excel Create or ra aros Adaptive Release rules Use this Review Status Enable or disable review for this item Current Status Disabled 6 Scroll down to section 2 Membership To limit the visibility of an item by individual users 7 Click the Browse button in the Membership section Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Building Your Course Chapter 3 Page 72 Membership This content item is visible to all users until a Membership criteria is created Users in the Username list or must be in a selected Group Enter one or more Username values or Browse to Search Separate multiple Userna commas Username 8 A Search window will appear Search For Sa ly Search String Contains Exact Match Search Field Username 9 Type the the student s first name last name or user ID in the Search box 10 Change the Search Field to match the information you typed in the Search box 11 Click the Search button A list of students matching your search criteria appear on the right ha sl Sally Student sally student Student Search For Sally Search String Caneel A Submit A 12 Select the desired student s using the check box 13 Click the Submit button Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Buil
138. og into Blackboard and enter your course 2 Click Control Panel from the navigation bar on the left 3 Click the Export Course link on the bottom left of the screen Course Options Manage You will be taken to the Export Archive Manager screen SE Export Archive Manager Er Export Archive Cm No packages exist for this course 4 Click the Archive button as shown above 5 Click the Submit button A screen appears letting you know that the request has been queued and advising that you Il receive an email when it s complete STOP at this point and wait to receive an email before continuing on This may take several minutes Alternately you can right click and choose refresh until the Archive file appears on the page 6 Right click and choose refresh from the pop up menu to Your archive file should now be listed on the screen as shown below Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Managing Student Records Chapter 6 Page 15 SE Export Archive Manager EF Export Qa Archive Date Created sd apc ArchiveFile cis111 tarmer 20070413123428 zi AM 3 07 12 35 PM Detailed Log Note If you experience errors during this step please contact the Distance Learning Office 7 Right click on the File name link 8 Choose Save Target As Note You will need to choose a location in which to save your files You may wish to create a folder on your hard drive to store your student records
139. ollege 2005 All rights reserved Building Your Course Chapter 3 Page 41 will appear grayed out If you ve chosen to turn it on automatically with a display date it should list that date End of activity Setting Test Delivery Options Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Building Your Course Chapter 3 Page 42 Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Building Your Course Chapter 3 Page 43 How to Add Assignments The word Assignments here Is a little confusing As you know an assignment can be almost anything from a post on the Discussion Board to reading the chapter This section specifically describes how to add an assignment wherein the students must send their responses back to you Most often these assignments are In the form of a Word file If your students need to submit work back to you this method is by far the best It displays the assignment and gives them a place to submit their work right in the same spot It also sets the entry up in your gradebook and gives you an easy method to download their responses Other types of assignments i e reading or discussion board can be given simply by Adding an Item as described in a previous section of this guide On the following pages you will see the detailed explanation of how to add an assignment in Blackboard Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved
140. ommunity College 2005 All rights reserved Building Your Course Chapter 3 Page 30 Adding Modifying a Test Test you wish to give your students is listed in box Adding Modifying a Test Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Building Your Course Chapter 3 Page 31 Blackboard 6 3 Test Question Types True False questions allow the user to choose either true or false True and False answer options are limited to the words True and False Multiple Choice Multiple choice questions allow the users a multitude of choices with only one correct answer In multiple choice questions users indicate the correct answer by selecting a radio button The number of answer choices is limited to 20 Fill in the Blank Fill in the Blank answers are evaluated based on an exact text match Accordingly it is important to keep the answers simple and limited to as few words as possible Answers are not case sensitive but are evaluated based on spelling Consider the following tips when creating Fill in the Blank questions and answers Provide answers that allow for common spelling errors Provide answers that allow for abbreviations or partial answers Create the question that indicates to Students the best way to answer the question Keep answers limited to one or two words to avoid mismatched answers due to extra spaces or order of answer terms For example if the questio
141. on Tools Chapter 5 Page 27 Using the Virtual Classroom Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Communication Tools Chapter 5 Page 28 Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Communication Tools Chapter 5 Page 29 How to Add a Chat or Virtual Classroom Session How to Add a Chat or Virtual Classroom Session If you would like students to participate in real time lessons and discussions you should try adding a Chat or VC session to your Course On the following pages you will see the detailed explanation of the how to add a chat or Virtual Classroom in Blackboard Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Communication Tools Chapter 5 Page 30 Adding a Chat or Virtual Classroom Session Instructors would add Chat or Virtual Classroom session when they want students to participate in real time lessons and discussions Before beginning this procedure you must log into your course in Blackboard If you need help logging into Blackboard Refer to Logging into Blackboard 6 3 in this guide 1 Click the Control Panel Discussion Board VIEW TODAY l VIEW LAS Extemal Links No announcements four Tools El Communication 2 Course Tools Ed Course Map EN Control Panel Quick Unenroll Refresh 8 Detail View av me E 2 Click on the Collaboration link in the Course Tool section Course Tools Announcements Co
142. or this example we are going to add a Learning Unit to the Course Documents area 3 Click on the GO button with the Learning Unit option selected in the dropdown box Copyright O Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Building Your Course Chapter 3 Page 18 STANGE EDUCATION 101 gt CONTROL FANE gt COURSE DOCUMENTS LL Course Documents Er item Gp Folder fe Extemal Link FB Course Link Clp Test Select Learning Unit Go 1 Module i SP 04 Modety Manage Copy Remove item is not available This folder contains The Add Learning Unit window is displayed i i i MENTE ADD LEARRA UNIT LL Add Learning Unit Learning Unit Information Home Choose Color of Name a rn 3 Terea New fer Br UY E g J E RF he eben BOY 4A vir tph lt himl gt Preview SB BAB Oe 4 Type ina Title for your Learning Unit in the Name field 5 Inthe Text field type a brief description of what the unit will include Learning Unit Information Name Module 0 Choose Color of Name m _ Text Normal jw 3 Times New Roman B Z U EB j E GE Rh amp ROA So Qoyv 4 ix lt html gt Preview SG BaBDE Ths wut wil melude how to blah blah I blah blah blah blah blah blah 6 Decide if you want to enforce sequential viewing of the Learning Unit Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Building Your Course Chapter 3 Page 19 re 8
143. orum title to view the messages The forum window is displayed Thread Ma Remove Collect Lock g Unlock def Grade Forum Change Status to Published Ge Display Pubished i co Search om a ee a oo in Current Forum C BeforelApr 12 2007 Date Author Status Unread Posts ot Posts T2007 1 36 PM Farmer Tina Published 6 6 113 07 5 34PM Hi There Brown James Published 3 3 114 07 7 19 PM del Hall Cami Published 7 7 TAO 7 27 PM st Speller Patricia Published g g ni LAN eh Be rone ackson Jamie 11 To view a message click on the thread line The message is displayed End of activity Adding New Threads Follow the steps below to start a new thread a new thread 12 Click the title of the Discussion Board you would like to participate in In the example below you could click on Math Forum or Statistics Forum hath Forum Statistics Forum Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Communication Tools Chapter 5 Page 14 13 To add a thread or topic click the Add New Thread button EE Thread 14 Enter the subject or title of your discussion post in the Subject field 15 Enter your message in the Message text box 16 If you would like to attach a file to the post click the Browse button to select the file you would like to attach Message Subject Message S X x Mormal iv 3 Times New Roman iw Hf U TIHBAS on N AEE
144. our categories 5 Review the list of categories QJ Manage Categories TAY Add Category Category Description Assignment Attendance Essay Exam Extra Credit If all of the categories you need are already displayed goto task 11 Otherwise goto task 6 6 Click the Add Category button in the toolbar at the top of the page Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Managing Student Grades Chapter 4 Page 19 Manage Categories Add Csatoonne tay Pv Category Category Description Assignment Attendance The Add Modify Item Category window is displayed 7 Key ina Name and if you like a description for your category 8 Click Submit EJ Add Modify Item Category Q Category Information Submit Click Submit to finish Click Cancel to quit Required Field submit J 9 Click OK on the confirmation page Gradebook Category successfully updated Category Updated Thursday September 15 2005 11 32 00 AM EDT 10 Repeat task 6 9 to set up all necessary categories Note You can only remove or modify items that you have added You cannot remove or modify existing categories The extra categories will not cause any problems Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Managing Student Grades Chapter 4 Page 20 11 Click OK on the Manage Category window 12 Click OK on the Gradebook settings window to return to the Gradebook N
145. our students e Think of them as a type of lesson plan for your students On the following pages you will see the detailed explanation of how to add Learning Units in Blackboard Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Building Your Course Chapter 3 Page 17 Adding a Learning Unit Learning Units enable the Instructor to set a structured path for progressing through the content within a course The Instructor may either allow Students to access content nonlinearly within a Learning Unit or enforce a sequential path Once added the Instructor can add items files and links within the Learning Unit Learning Units can be modified like any other item within a content area The fields on the Add Learning Unit page and Modify Learning Unit page are the same and the pages function in a similar manner The difference being the Add Learning Unit page opens with empty fields while the Modify Learning Unit page opens with populated fields 1 Click the Control Panel link Discussion Board VIEW TODAY VIEW LAS Extemal Links Tools No announcements four Tools E Communication X Course Tools Ed Course Map EN Control Panel Quick Unenroll E Refresh i Detail View 2 Click on a Course Content Area in Course Tools on the Course Control Panel window Content Areas Course Information Books Course Documents i External Links Assignments The content area window is displayed F
146. our tests are online they re virtually maintenance free and they re graded for you In this guide we cover only the basics of testing Contact the Distance Learning office when you are ready to put your tests online There are a few shortcuts we can help you with On the following pages you will see the detailed explanation of the procedure of adding or modifying tests in Blackboard Copyright O Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Building Your Course Chapter 3 Page 23 Adding Modifying a Test Tests can be used to measure a Student s understanding of the course This overview describes how to create a Test The sections that follow provide details about each Web page Students take the Test online and the Test is automatically graded with the exception of essay questions Before beginning this procedure you must log into your course in Blackboard If you need help logging into Blackboard Refer to Logging into Blackboard 6 3 in this guide 1 Click on the Edit View link in the upper right hand corner of any of the content area screens E Home Help Logout System Admin COURSES gt DISTANCE EDUCATION 101 gt COURSE DOCUMENTS EDIT VIEW ES Course Documents Module 4 SP04 This folder contains Module 4 Overview Background amp Readings AL 2 Click the Add Test Button on the Add Content toolbar LJ Course Documents Che item Gp Folder fk External Link zip Test Select
147. out the Gradebook Before beginning this procedure you must log into your course in Blackboard 1 Click Control Panel from the navigation bar on the left Tools Communication X Course Tools Ed Course Map EN Control Panel Quick Unenroll E Refresh fi Detail View 2 Click the Gradebook link in the Assessment section Assessment Test Manager Course Statistics Survey Manager Gradebook Pool Manager Gradebook Views The Gradebook View Spreadsheet window is displayed As students submit assignments an exclamation point will appear in the gradebook 3 Click on the exclamation point for the student s work you want to view Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Managing Student Grades Chapter 4 Page 53 CI Gradebook View Spreadsheet aii Add Hem FT Manage Rems amp Gradebook Settings Weight Grades AW Download Grades Af Upload Grad Sort Items by Category KE Filter tems by Category All w Go Filter Users by Pr Pease Pts Fossile Wegt Wagh 0 The Modify Grade window is displayed 4 Click the View button Co p E i Li Modity Grade Enter or moddy grade forthe sgnment Chek View te acciao flea gent by the uker bo anbar feedback or irraibe of 10 sand f 10 the Laer smed Hae er Hans femlkde La Smed hdd ei iat ell Pome Fosside r age Ole Bapberiber E Wiii Siih rs T iT ET i Kl Fie eee Aa gt ad bale n I 100 ps i an 06 iA Sk
148. ow pointing to the tabs across the top These tabs allow you to view announcements from different time periods Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Getting Started Chapter 2 Page 20 PET COMMUN Y COLE j ANHE Tel Cosse information i Shall Information Course Pocumenis Communication Virtualk agar Exininal Lirks Tools B Communication All Announcements a Mon Sep 20 2004 Welcome Posted Cy Maser Gillie ll Welcome Distance Ed 101 Participants Today you wil begin a brief but information ich worshop on Distance Education that targets the follmeng topics specific to online web based ms rUE G Bet Practices Course Information Button The Course Information section may contain the following folders and documents Course Syllabus Catalog course description Course objectives Course overview Course materials e g textbook supplementary materials hardware and software requirements etc Course requirements and grading policies Attendance policies Student Navigation Guide if this is available you should read it when you first log into your class Getting Started Copyright O Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Chapter 2 Page 21 PITI COMMUNITY COLLEGE J Course Information DE 101 Course Information Distance Education 101 Workshop Description This 12 15 hour workshop mil farulianze partecapants with best pra
149. ow that you have your categories in place you need to assign weights to them 13 Click the Weight Grades button in the toolbar manage tems Gradebook Settings weight Grades The Weight Grades window is displayed 14 Be sure the Weight by Category option is selected You don t need to worry about the Weight by Item items listed on the right 15 Key in the percents you d like to assign to each category Leave a 0 in any category you don t want weighted Important Note Be sure the percentages add up to 100 QJ Weight Grades Weighting eight by Category O Weight by Item Assignment 0 homework signmen1 Attendance 0 n Essay Exam 0 Extra Credit o 16 Click the Submit button at the bottom of the Weight Grades window and click OK on the Weights Updated window This should return you to the Gradebook You should now see a weight percentage below the name of each item in the gradebook These numbers will change automatically as you add more assignments Note Your student s Weighted Total will not calculate correctly if you have assignments that are not graded This is almost always the case until close to the end of the semester It s Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Managing Student Grades Chapter 4 Page 21 normal for this number to appear off However at the end of the semester when everything is graded this Weighted
150. ownload Grades Upload Grades er Users by Last The Download Gradebook window is displayed Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Managing Student Records Chapter 6 Page 10 4 Choose your delimiter type Comma is a safe bet when you intend to work with your grades in Excel 5 Click the Submit button Download Gradebook Select Delimiter Select the delim j pe for the downloaded file Delimiter Type amp Comma Tab Submit Click Submit to finish Click Cancel to q el _Submit_ 6 RIGHT click the Download button and choose Save Target As Open Link r ET s Open Link in New Window SS COMMURITT Save Target As SCOLEEGE i Print Target My Institution Courses System Admin Save Pacture As COURSES gt BASIC PC LITERACY FALLOS SEC 07 gt CONTROL PANEL gt GRADEROOK gt DOWNLOAD Emai Picture Ie Print Picture GO Download Gradebook Go to My Pictures Set ar Background Set ar Desktop Item Instructions Copy The Gradebook has been saved to a delimited file Download this file and view tt Copy Shortcut Click on Download with the right mouse button and select Save As to save the Add bo Favaribes Dewnia Properties The Save As window is displayed 7 Browse to the location where you want to save your file 8 Change the filename to reflect your class name Be sure to leave the 3 letter file extension intact
151. parker Brann Casey casey brann 6 Clicking on the view grades E icon will display the User Options student name page Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Managing Student Grades Chapter 4 Page 8 From here the instructor can access the user grade list and modify grades access the user detail information and view statistical information for the user and view the user contact information User Options student valerie P User Grade List View and modify the user s grades P User Detail View detailed statistics for the user p Us Vi Printing the Performance Dashboard 7 Click on the Print button in the Performance Dashboard to print a copy of this information Last Name FirstName Username Lodge Bakari bakari lodge Griffin Betty bety griffin7097 prs nr momi am A om Se re End of activity Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Managing Student Grades Chapter 4 Page 9 Navigating the Performance Dashboard Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Managing Student Grades Chapter 4 Page 10 Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Managing Student Grades Chapter 4 Page 11 How to use the Gradebook How to use the Gradebook PITT Community Collage The Blackboard Gradebook Is your one stop shop for grading and averaging
152. per right hand corner of any of the content area screens Home Help Logout System Admin COURSES gt DISTANCE EDUCATION 101 gt COURSE DOCUMENTS EDIT VIEW ES Course Documents Module 4 SPO4 I This folder contains Module 4 Overview Background amp Readings Activites The screen will change to the Edit View In the edit view you can add or modify a variety of different content items Note that the Edit View is an instructor only thing Your students never have access to this screen Ch tem OE Folder fe Extemal Link EG Course Link Ab Test y Select Leaminglna Go E Module 4_sPo4 Modify Manage Copy Remove This folder contains klodule 4 Cveniew Background amp Readings Actnties Copyright O Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Building Your Course Chapter 3 Page 5 You can click on the add content tool bar to add an item a folder an external link a course link or a test 2 To add an Item click on the Add Item button 3 Under the Content Information section type in a name in the name field 4 Type in a description of the item in the Text Area 5 Scroll down the window to see more options J Add item Content Information Hame Blackboard lage Choose Color of Name Gra Text Posna ba JEG Tima Hem ae a EH f g te e ay ce RB Om BOY F fe oe chime Preview BEARDS This 15 the blackboard loge dm Note Steps 6 8 allow you to upload a
153. prior to being able to complete the Chapter 3 Assignment The Performance Dashboard is used to track a student s progress through Review Status items For more information on the Performance Dashboard please see that chapter in this guide Follow the steps below to enable Review Status on any existing content item 1 In your course navigate to an existing content item item test assignment ect 2 Click the Edit View link at the top right of the screen to switch into Edit Mode GI1S111 TFARMER IN B CIS111 TFARMER IN B gt ASSIGNMENTS gt ICEBREAKER EDIT VIEW 2 Select Learning Unit i vi 1 fl Icebreaker Lacie Manage Copy Remove Enabled Statistics Tracking i 4 Click the Review Status option Manage Icebreaker Adaptive Release Create or modify a basic Adaptive Release rule ple ay for this item Current Status Disabler 5 Click the Enable option Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Building Your Course Chapter 3 Page 62 6 Click the Submit button You have now enabled Review Status for your content item 7 Click the OK button 8 Click the Display View button at the top right of your screen to switch out of edit mode Icebreaker O Mark Reviewed Icebreaker Assignment Due June 4th The purpose of this assignment is to familiarize you with the learning environment Blackboard and to allow you to meet your classmates The in
154. r due dates must be correct You can set due dates for each item under the Manage Items button in the Gradebook 9 Click the Add Due Date Rule button on the toolbar Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Communication Tools Chapter 5 Page 37 Early Warning System Define rules that measure user perforniiice based on attendance and items in the aay Grade Rule C jue Date Rule aif Last Access Rule Ma Remove 10 Key a descriptive name for the rule Rule Information Rule Name Icebreaker Assignment Late Rule Type Due Date Availability Yes No 11 Choose a gradebook item from the drop down list Note the due date appears in parenthesis to the right of each item 12 Choose the Attempt from the drop down box if applicable 13 Choose the Criteria from the drop down box 14 Set the Offset days if desired Note this adds days to the due date If you set the days after to 2 then the warning would only go to students who were more than 2 days late The days before box could be used to warn students who had not yet turned in a big assignment that it was quickly approaching say in 3 days Select a Gradebook Item Icebreaker 5 6 4 07 v 4 specify Attempt Last Attempt Define Criteria later than Date Offset Do not apply offset FO Days After O 1 Days Before 15 Click th
155. rade List View and modify u ltem Detail View detailed statistics for the Gradebook item ltem Information Modify the name description availability and other properties of the Gradebook item Item Download Download files submitted by students for this item ltem File Cleanup Delete files submitted by students for this item The View Item Grades window is displayed Notice that the students who have submitted an assignment have an exclamation point in their grade box The date they submitted the assignment is also displayed in the Last Submitted column Copyright O Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Managing Student Grades Chapter 4 Page 68 QI View Item Grades M2 Grand Prix Category AS Sgnmern Display As Score Points Possible 100 Weight 1 05 Last Name First Mara Username Student ID item Date May 18 3005 May 18 2005 May 18 2004 May 18 2004 May 18 2006 May 18 2005 Friday June 24 2005 12 26 06 PM Friday June 24 2005 1226 05 PM Friday June 24 2005 12 2605 PM Tuesday July 12 2005 4 55 20 PM Friday June 24 2005 1226 08 PM Note You cannot enter student feedback to the students from this screen only grades Part 2 Viewing Assignments amp Recording Grades 5 Navigate to and open the previously downloaded zip file of student assignments Refer to Downloading Assignments in this guide 6 Double click on the first student s txt file and review
156. rning is communicated The Instructor can use the default message or modify it to more accurately communicate the seriousness of the situation When using the Early Warning System please keep the following key points in mind The Early Warning System does not continuously monitor the course The Instructor must check the Early Warning System periodically and click Refresh to discover incidents of Student performance that trigger an alert The Early Warning System consolidates these incidents and allows the Instructor to easily report problems it does not automatically detect problems and notify Students Remember to refresh rules manually on a regular basis The Early Warning System keeps a log of alerts sent to users The log is searchable and can be used to verify that a Student was alerted to a problem The Early Warning System can also be used to send alerts based on GOOD performance Early Warning System and the Performance Dashboard The Performance Dashboard includes information about Early Warning System alerts The Early Warning Column shows the number of warnings and the number of total rules that may trigger a warning Clicking on the data in this column will open the Early Warning System Early Warning System Rules Rules determine when the Early Warning System flags student performance It is up to the Instructor to communicate the warning to the user through the Notification Log There are three options for rule
157. s Grade Rule Identifies when student performance on an Assignment Assessment or manually graded item is equal to or below a certain level It is also possible to set a Grade Rule that identifies when a user exceeds a performance level This can be a useful tool for positive feedback Due Date Rule Identifies when a Student does not complete course work when it is due A Due Date Rule can only be used to track an Assignment or Assessment created through the Blackboard Learning System Due Date Rules cannot be created for manually graded items Last Access Rule Identifies the last time a Student accessed the course online Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Communication Tools Chapter 5 Page 35 Please keep in mind that rules are not constantly running in the background checking for events Regularly refresh the Early Warning System to run the rules and check for events that will trigger a warning Creating Rules 1 Navigate to the Control Panel of your course 2 Click on the Early Warning System link under Assessments Gradebook Gradebook Views Performance Dashboard Any existing rules will be listed Notice in particular the Number of Warnings and Last Refresh columns Available Criteria gt 7 days since last Course Days since last access greater login Access than amp Icebreaker ee Icebreaker 5 Last attempt Assignment Late Deere after Jun 4 2007 Ic
158. s Take advantage of the one area that every student will see as soon as they enter the class Announcements should be short and to the point If you need to use more than one or two sentences post the information in another area of the course and direct them there Remind them of deadlines let them know about happenings on campus inform them when grades have been posted Think of announcements as the place to tell your internet students the type of things you might tell your onsite students the first few minutes of class Course Information This area includes documents such as Syllabus Course description Learning goals and outcomes Required texts and other materials participation guidelines including netiquette and other communication policies for e mail and discussions Grading policies incomplete and drop policies Special instructor s notes How often will instructor log on to course How quickly will instructor respond to e mail Will instructor hold regular online office hours using the collaboration tools Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Getting Started Chapter 2 Page 9 Suggested Uses for Course Content Areas continued suggested Uses for Course Content Areas continued PITT Community College a Course Documents Assignments Course documents Use the course documents area for lecture notes handouts and PowerPoint presentations If you post long readings studen
159. screen You will now be back at the Gradebook End of activity Recording a grade for a group of students 7 Click the Name of the Gradebook Item _ Gradebook View Spreadsheet fay Add item Manage Items Gradebook Settings Weight Grades day Download Sort tems by Category v GO Filter tems by Category Al hu Mi Iin The Lab Mi Scave 7 Fice Email Icebreaker Test Module Project s signnen zsigrnvenk Assignnvent Pts Possible 100 Pte Possible 100 Pts Possible 100 Pts Possible 100 Weight 10 Weight 1 14 Weight 1 14 Weight 1 14 Mame Last First 8 From the Item Options window click Item Grade List Copyright O Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Managing Student Grades Chapter 4 Page 37 ltem Options Ice Email em al aide ist 3 View and modify use ltem Detail View detailed statistics for the Gradebook item Item Information Modify the name description availability and other properties of the Gradebook item OK J The View Item Grades window is displayed 9 Key in your grades or make changes to existing grades as desired You can move quickly between students by pressing the Tab key View Item Grades Ice Email Category Assignment Display As score Points Possible 100 Weight 1 14 Current L st Hane First Name Username Student iD hem Date Stats Grade August 21 2005 100 100 August 21 2006 100 100 tagust 21 2006 A
160. se to the location where you saved your file Locate the file you just downloaded will be the name of the assignment zip and double click to open the file Download complete Saks Download Complete Saved M2 Grand Prix zip from blackboard pittcc edu O Downloaded 211 KEin 1 sec Download to C Documents V2 Grand Prix zip Transfer rate 211 KB Sec Close this dialog box when download completes Open Folder Once the file is opened in WinZip you will see a list of the individual files from your students You will see a txt file from each student in addition to their main assignment file normally a doc Word file unless you asked them to send a different type of file These txt files contain the student s comments Students must enter something in the comments box to submit work So for each student you have 2 files to look at Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Managing Student Grades Chapter 4 Page 63 Open Favorites pununnnnnnnn eee ElM2 Grand Prix _joseph_dolbear txt Text Doc 9 19 2005 10 10 Mim2 Grand Prix joseph dolbear Grand Pri Microsoft 9 19 2005 10 10 Elm2 Grand Prix sandra butler txt Text Doc 9 19 2005 10 10 mMim2 Grand Prix sandra butler Grand Prix Microsoft 9 19 2005 10 10 M2 Grand Prix mitchell russell2601 txt Text Doc 9 19 2005 10 10 M m2 Grand Prix mitchell russell2501 Gran Microsoft 9 19
161. stall Once you have entered a folder by clicking on its title you can go back by using the Back button on your browser or by clicking the link directly left the Current Location text Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Getting Started Chapter 2 Page 22 PITT COMMUNITY COLLEGE PCR COURSES gt DISTANCE EDUCATION 10 gt COURSE INFORMATICS SYLLABUS Course informaben LI Syllabus Staff information 3 Toarse Duress Syllabus Communication course Syllbus Content would be here Vita Clussroom Discussion Board Staff Information Button The Staff Information section provides information about your instructor If other resource personnel are available they will be listed here also PRET COMMUNITY COLLEGE Mrs Nanette Stillwell Email nstilwefe Work Phone 252 321 4355 Office Location Vernon White 53 Alternate email nanette stillwell webmail pitter edu spam mn Office Hours Posted beside office door VirtuakClassroom Friday momings 9 00am 12 00no00n Personal Link http wwaw stillwells net Discussion Board Notes EK Groups Contact me by email for quickest response Communication External Links Course Documents Button The Course Documents section is often used to provide study guides or other materials useful for your course Study guides however may be provided in the Course Information or Assignments sections Your course will probably
162. t Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Building Your Course Chapter 3 Page 8 Adding Course Content Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Building Your Course Chapter 3 Page 9 Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Building Your Course Chapter 3 Page 10 How to Modify Copy Remove Course Content How to Modify Copy Remove Course Content Key points when adding content Save a backup copy of all content outside of Blackboard f you upload files be sure the students have the necessary software to read them Organize your content into appropriate folders On the following pages you will see the detailed explanation of how to modify copy or remove content from a course in Blackboard Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Building Your Course Chapter 3 Page 11 Modifying Copying Removing Course Content Course Content is defined as any instructional information or material you use to teach the course There are three areas in Blackboard to modify course content Course Information Area Course Documents Area and Assignments Area The modifying course content procedure is the same in all of the areas For the demonstration we are going to modify a folder item to the Course Documents area Before beginning this procedure you must log into your course in Blackboard If you need he
163. t is much more efficient to download all of your students assignment documents and then record the grades in Blackboard If you have not already done so you should Refer to Downloading Assignments in this guide Part 1 Setup to record grades in Blackboard Before beginning this procedure you must log into your course in Blackboard 1 Click Control Panel from the navigation bar on the left Tools Communication Course Tools Ed Course Map EN Control Fanel 4 Quick Unenrall Refresh i Detail View Course Statistics Gradebook Gradebook Views The View Gradebook Spreadsheet window is displayed 3 From the gradebook window click the NAME of the assignment you want to grade Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Managing Student Grades Chapter 4 Page 67 Gradebook View Spreadsheet ay Add Item Manage Items Sort Items by Name Last First Category M1 Project Module Projects Pts Possible 100 Weight 17 25 OG 10 B Gradebook Settings 2weight Grades AA GO Filter tems by Category 7 M1 Ic 3 Assiqnmen Pts Possible 100 Weight 1 05 g i 10 F M2 Grand Prix hl M2 Paris Assignment Assignment Pts Possible 100 Pts Possible if Weight 1 05 100 100 00 100 00 Th ei Wu UU The Item Options window for that assignment is displayed 4 Click the Item Grade List option Item Options M2 Grand Prix ltem G
164. t may have difficulty keeping their place and maintaining attention You may want to consider breaking long readings down into shorter pieces or providing a link to the Word document so the student can download the file to their computer Assignments Use the assignments area as your main focus in the class This is where students will come to see what they must complete Everything the student should do for this unit should be listed under Assignments Give the students a checklist at the beginning or end of the module This helps them know exactly what they re supposed to submit Be sure to state due dates very clearly in terms of date and time HINT To save yourself time in subsequent semesters only type the due date for an assignment in ONE place That way you only have to change it once next semester A key to developing a successful internet course is being very very specific in your instructions The more clearly you state what you want the easier it is for the student to understand the assignment Spell out absolutely everything you can about each assignment Each unit might contain some of the following Module description Learning Objectives Readings for the module Lecture notes or handouts These will normally reside in the course documents area but be sure to mention them under Assignments Quizzes Discussions and Links for further research on a module s topic Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved
165. t they find a place with a more stable internet connection to take their test Give the students a fair opportunity but keep in mind that this can be a method of cheating On the following pages you will see the detailed explanation of how to reset a student s test in Blackboard Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Managing Student Grades Chapter 4 Page 46 Resetting Student Tests This procedure explains how to reset tests in Blackboard This will need to be done if a student loses their internet connection during a test or needs a Po attempt at a test for some reason If you have not already done so you should read the procedure titled Using the Gradebook for general information about the Gradebook Before beginning this procedure you must log into your course in Blackboard 1 Click Control Panel from the navigation bar on the left Tools Communication Course Tools Eid Course Map EN Control Fanel Quick Unenroll E Refresh i Detail View 2 Click the Gradebook link in the Assessment section Assessment Test Manager Course Statistics Survey Manager Gradebook Pool Manager Gradebook Views The View Gradebook Spreadsheet window is displayed If a student has entered a test one of three symbols will be displayed in the gradebook A Padlock means that they have entered the test but have not finished it Normally when you see a padlock you ll need to reset the test t
166. ted with 2 options A Modify the Test allows you to make changes to the actual test questions B Modify the Test Options allows you to set options for the test delivery This section will explain the choices under Modify the Test Options 5 Click the Modify the Test Options link 4 Modify Test P Modify the Test ik the Test in the Test Canvas Modify ihe Test options pas availability and feedback The Test Options window is displayed 6 In Section 1 Test Information edit the Name and Description if desired optional 7 Itis important that you leave Open test is a new window set to NO If this is changed to YES you will have problems from students with pop up blockers installed Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Building Your Course Chapter 3 Page 38 Test Information Name Choose Color of Name Description Times New Roman Test for Module 4 Powerpoint Open Test in new window Yes Explanation of options in Section 2 Test Availability Test Availability Make the link available Yes No Add a new announcement for this Test Yes No Allow multiple attempts Permit users to take this Test multiple times Force Completion Test must be completed the first time it 1s launched Set timer Set expected completion time Selecting this option also records completion time for this Test Hours 1 Minutes 00 vi Display After D
167. th a very simple Adaptive Release rule Our plan is to make available a content item on a certain date Yes I know you ve been able to do this in Bb for a while now by setting date options on the folder But let s just use this common example as a learning tool for Adaptive Release Follow the steps below to enable a simple Date Based Adaptive Release on an existing content item 1 Mentally pick an existing content item folder document test ect in your course to set available by date For this example I m going to create a rule to make the Module 3 folder available on June 11 2007 at 1 45 pm 2 Navigate to the location of that item 3 Click the Edit View link at the top right of the screen to switch into Edit Mode 6 Module 3 Microsoft Excel Enabled Statistics Tracking 5 Click the first Adaptive Release link Create or ina kar Adaptive Release rules Use this Review Status Enable or disable review for this item Current Status Disabled Copyright O Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Building Your Course Chapter 3 Page 68 The Adaptive Release screen can be a little intimidating Just break it down into chunks We simply want to use a date for this rule 6 Set the Display After date to your chosen date amp time Note This is the date amp time the content will first be available to your students Because we re going to leave the content available for th
168. that s not really a grade 8 Choose a display type Normally you ll leave this set to Score However you do have several options which can be useful for displaying final letter grades and such Be sure to set the points for the assignment to zero if you choose any type other than score or percentage Add Modify Gradebook Item Item Information ltem Name Category Assignment Descriptio Date Sep v 06 w 2005 F Points Possible Display As 9 Under Section 2 Options choose whether to display the grade to your students Normally this will be yes Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Managing Student Grades Chapter 4 Page 26 10 Choose whether to include this score in the gradebook calculations Normally this will be yes However if you chose a display type of anything other than score or percentage you should always set this option to no Select Ho for the first option to make this Gr ok item unavailable in the Student Gradebook Select Mo for the second option to exclude this Gradebook om summary calculations Gradebook tems excluded from summary calculations are also excluded from v g Also note that some weighted items are included in calculahons and oiher weighted tenes are mot weight cal ulatians wall be skewed Make item available to users Yes O No Include item in Gradebook score calculations G yas Ha If you add an item for displa
169. the Add Attachments section click the Add button if you wish to send a file along with the email Sending an attachment is optional 7 Click the Submit button Then click the OK button on the email receipt window G Add Attachments Click Submit to finish Click Cancel to quit End of activity Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Communication Tools Chapter 5 Page 7 Sending a Course Email Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Communication Tools Chapter 5 Page 8 Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Communication Tools Chapter 5 Page 9 How to Use the Discussion Board How to Use the Discussion Board Community College seng In the Discussion Board you can View messages form students Add new questions or topics for discussion using Forums Lead the direction of the discussion using Threads On the following pages you will see the detailed explanation of the how to use the discussion board in Blackboard You will find information on the following Adding New Forums Viewing Messages Adding New Threads Copyright O Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Communication Tools Chapter 5 Page 10 Using the Discussion Board The Discussion Board is a communication medium for posting and responding to messages An advantage of the Discussion Board is that conversations are logg
170. the Gradebook for general information about the Gradebook Before beginning this procedure you must log into your course in Blackboard 1 Click Control Panel from the navigation bar on the left Tools Communication E Course Tools Ed Course Map S Control Panel Quick Unenroll E Refresh i Detail View Course Statistics Gradebook Gradebook Views There are 2 ways to weight grades by Category or by Item By Category is the choice of most instructors These instructions assume yov ll be setting your grades up to weight by Category 3 On the Gradebook toolbar click the Gradebook Settings option manage tems Gradebook Settings weight Grades s by Category 4 Click the Manage Gradebook Categories link Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Managing Student Grades Chapter 4 Page 18 Gradebook Settings spreadsheet Settings Change the way student information is displayed in the Spreadsheet Manage Gradebook Categories Manage categories for weighting kjering Gradebook items Manage Display Options Create and modify grade display options and set their values To weight grades you must first set up categories You want a separate category for each weight Example If you want your assignments to be 50 your quizzes to be 40 and the final exam to be 10 you ll need those 3 categories Note You re not actually assigning weights here just creating y
171. to set a time limit 11 Click the Submit button Files can be aitached to the above informaben Click Browse to select the file to attach and speedy a name for the bak to thes file Amach local file CDocumants and Setings Bull dr Browse Name of Link to File BE lage Special Action Create link to this file Options Make the content available Yan Otho Track number of views es GI MG Choose date and time restrictions Display After a Display iint Sep bd UD 06 B OG bd 2005 a B E 408 aw amp gog AM E Submit Click Submit to Anish Click Cancel to quit Required Fjeld 12 Lastly click the OK button to return to the course documents window Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Building Your Course Chapter 3 Page 7 COURSES gt DISTANCE EDUCATION 101 gt CONTROL FANEL gt COURSE DOCUMENTS gt SUCCESS QO Success Item successfully modified Blackboard logo Tuesday September 2005 11 21 53 AM EDT The new link is created and added to the bottom of the course content area you are working from 11 Test Folder Modity Manage Copy Remove Hen 5 pol araabia This folder contains content 12 Blackboard logo pdify Wanage Copy BS logo 2 826 kb This is the blackboard logo End of activity For information on how to modify copy remove course content items Refer to Modifying Copying Removing Course Content in this guide Copyrigh
172. tton to display all users SEARCH STARTS WITH ADVANCED LIST Search by O Last Displayed on your screen is a list of students currently enrolled in your Blackboard course You may choose to print this screen using File Print or you may simply want to view it on the screen 12 Compare this Blackboard roster to the roster you generated from Campus Cruiser 13 Make note of any students that need to be added to or removed from your Blackboard course 14 Click the OK button to return to your Control Panel End of activity Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Managing Student Records Chapter 6 Page 25 Verifying Course Rosters Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Managing Student Records Chapter 6 Page 26 Step 6 Enrolling Students Step 6 Enrolling Students Enroll Students You ll use this section to guide you through enrolling students in your Blackboard course This process should be done initially the first day of the semester You will then need to repeat this process several times during and immediately after registration After registration you can repeat this process as needed if students are added late If you choose to enroll your students prior to the first day of class you should set your course to unavailable Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Managing Student Recor
173. uction page is http blackboard pittcc edu 3 Enter your User Name and Password in the fields provided Welcome to Blackboard Leaming System Basic Edition Enter you username and password to access the system Have an Account Login Here Erte begin imlgematise hare ard lid ha Login Tenin inal ges Uker O Piia Doppi BE 1969 2504 Miboga leg Pyipnig Pening Al nghin mki Acorisb ry roormmatbon gaa be fae gi tig pos kirkene men Your User Name will be The first initial of your first name then your last name Be sure to use all lowercase letters Example jsmith Your Initial Password will be Your username and then 01 Example jsmithO1 You should change your password after you login to Blackboard for the first time You can change your password by clicking on the Personal Information link in the Tools section of the Blackboard My Institution screen Then you should select Change Password on the Person Information window 4 After you have entered your user name and password click the Login button Welcome to Blackboard Leaming System Basic Edition Enter your usemame and password to access the system Have an Account Login Here Dnie Login iv fgamnaseen hers mme Glick rar Login Bengt poll Es ek Blackboard id ce Pausi Your Blackboard homepage will be displayed Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Getting Started Chapter 2 Page 15 File Edt View Favorites Tools H
174. uesday July 12 2005 4 55 20 PM EDT Needs Grading A Note The students that have submitted an assignment will have a check box to the left of their name Placing a check in this box selects that file to be downloaded B Notice the choices at the top of the list You can quickly check all files just un graded files or you can choose to uncheck all files It is recommended that you choose Check All the first time you download an assignment If you need to come back and download additional submissions 1 e late work then you would want to choose Check Ungraded 5 Click Check All to select all submitted assignments and click the Submit button Select Students Check All Check Ungraded Uncheck All Student Name Da Friday June 24 2005 1 Friday June 24 2005 1 Friday June 24 2005 1 The Download Assignment window is displayed 6 Right click on the Download Assignments Now link and choose Save Target As Copyright O Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Managing Student Grades Chapter 4 Page 61 Download Assignment M2 Grand Prix The assignments have been exported Download eee Friday September 18 2005 4 54 12 PM EDT Open in New Window Save Target As Print Target Note If you left click this link your assignments will not be downloaded 7 Browse to the location where you intend to save your student s work and click Save
175. ugust 21 2005 100 100 10 When you have finished your grading for this item click the Submit button at the bottom right of the View Item Grades window 11 Click OK on the Grade Updated screen You will now be back at the Gradebook End of activity Copyright O Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Managing Student Grades Chapter 4 Page 38 Grading Added Items You need to record a grade fora single student Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Managing Student Grades Chapter 4 Page 39 Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Managing Student Grades Chapter 4 Page 40 How to View Modify Student Test Points How to View Modify Student Test Points PITT Community College pee e Often you ll need or want to look at a student s actual test e To adjust a test grade you ll need to make changes to the points awarded for questions On the following pages you will see the detailed explanation of how to view or modify test points in Blackboard Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Managing Student Grades Chapter 4 Page 41 Viewing Modifying Student Test Points This procedure explains how to view and or modify student test points You would view modify a student s test points when an exclamation point appears in the test column The exclamation point means there s something about the
176. urse Calendar Staff Information Tasks Send Email Discussion Board 3 Click on the Add Collaboration Session button Copyright O Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Communication Tools Chapter 5 Page 31 CATION 101 gt CONTROL PANEL gt COLLABORATION Collaboration Sessions CE Collaboration Session Ga Fike Search by Session Hame C Start Date End Date MUWDD YY Show All h GO Search F hal Session Mame Tool Start Date fa Lecture Hall Virtual i Classroom 4 On the Add Collaboration Session window type in the title for the chat virtual classroom session in the Session Name field Note The Distance Learning Office recommends creating a chat session for online office hours at the beginning of every semester 5 If you want to schedule a chat or virtual classroom to become active on a specific date set the date in the Start After and End After fields 6 Under the Available option select Yes 7 Select the Collaboration Tool you wish to create Chat or Virtual Classroom Note The default selection is set to Chat 8 Click the Submit button and OK on the Add Session confirm window Session Name session Name Office Hours a Schedule Availability Select Dates of Aailability Star After 1 End After Sep 08 206 sere 2008 EG mT 18 p ug sA r 8 Available G Yes No Collaboration Tool Choose tool for this Session Chai E qtu Submit Click Su
177. using the all at once method as a student answers questions there is not communication with Blackboard until the very end of the test However using the one at a time method there is communication after every question This can help prevent students from being kicked off of the internet while testing a common problem This can be especially important on long tests Prohibit Backtracking This is used in conjunction with the one at a time delivery option It prevents students from changing the answer on a question they have already answered and submitted Normally you d want to leave this option off Randomize questions This will place the questions in a random order on the test 8 When you have set all of your test options click the Submit button to save your changes One ata Time Present one question at a time C Prohibit Backtracking Prevent changing the answer to a question that has already been submitted Randomize Questions Randomize questions for each Test attempt Submit Click Submit to update options for this Test Click Cancel to quit 8 Cancel Submit 9 Click OK on the Test Options Modified screen 10 Click OK on the Modify Test screen Locate your test and be sure it s availability options are properly set If you choose to make it available for students without a date restriction it should appear dark black If it s not available it Copyright Pitt Community C
178. ust take responsibility for their own learning Many students don t realize that in Distance Learning courses the student is primarily in charge of their own learning Make a personal commitment to succeed 2 Time Management Time management is a very important skill in Distance Learning One of the main reasons for pursuing a Distance Learning course is to save the time spent commuting However how to manage this asset is an acquired skill It is important to allocate the time needed to complete the course assignments Students should designate a time each day that will be devoted to course study and they should not deviate from that schedule 3 Managing Study Space The student should have a certain designated area for studying or working on a computer During the time designated for study family or friends should not be permitted to intrude on that space and should be asked to respect the study area 4 Communicate with the Instructor Students should maintain communication with their instructor They should not hesitate to contact the instructor with questions or problems 5 Discussion Groups When a course has an established discussion group students should make time to participate in class and with other students 6 Develop Successful Online Student Skills Encourage students to develop successful online student skills which will help them assure a rewarding Distance Learning experience Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All ri
179. utton you will find the following links Address Book E Personal Information Calendar Digital Dropbox 8 The Electric Blackboard Glossary User Manual Address Book will allow you to store names and addresses of anyone you d like Calendar is where you can post reminders to yourself and where your instructor may post reminders of due dates for assignments Digital Dropbox is where you can send your files essays reports etc requested by your instructor for completion of course objectives Glossary is where your instructor can create a customized list of terms for the course My Grades will contain your results on online tests Other grades such as participation in Discussion Board activities may be added by your instructor Personal Information allows you to correct your email address and other personal information Tasks will allow you to set up reminders of tasks that you are supposed to be working on Electric Blackboard will allow you to make notes to yourself Just type in your notes and click the Submit button Your notes will appear the next time you pull up your Electric Blackboard User Manual will guide you through all the components of the Blackboard learning environment End of activity Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Getting Started Chapter 2 Page 26 Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Getting St
180. wers the correct answers feedback for the questions and the final score are presented This area lets you choose how much information to display to the students after they have taken the test This is up to you as an instructor The most common choice is the last one that will display the correct answer and any feedback that may be set up Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Building Your Course Chapter 3 Page 40 Section 4 Test Presentation Test Presentation Presentation Mode All at Once Present the entire Test on one screen One ata Time Present one question at a time 0 Prohibit Backtracking Prevent changing the answer to a question that has already been submitted Randomize Questions Randomize questions for each Test attempt All At Once This displays all of the test questions on one page Students can scroll up and down and answer the questions in any order that they like They can also change their answer to any question This is the most user friendly and commonly used presentation type One At A Time This displays the questions one at a time The students have to click on a little arrow to go to the next question There is a slight learning curve on this type of presentation mode If you choose to use it you should explain to your students beforehand how to move from question to question This method does have it s advantages though When testing online
181. wing pages you will see the detailed explanation of how to download assignments in Blackboard Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Managing Student Grades Chapter 4 Page 58 Downloading Assignments This procedure explains how to download submitted assignments It s important to note that these instructions refer only to assignments created using the Assignment content option described in this guide For more information on creating this type of assignment Refer to Adding Assignments in this guide If you have not already done so you should read the procedure titled Using the Gradebook for general information about the Gradebook Before beginning this procedure you must log into your course in Blackboard 1 Click Control Panel from the navigation bar on the left Tools Communication X Course Tools Ed Course Map EN Control Panel Quick Unenroll E Refresh fi Detail View 2 Click the Gradebook link in the Assessment section Assessment Test Manager Course Statistics Survey Manager Gradebook Gradebook Views Many times you will want to save a copy of a student s work locally The View Gradebook Spreadsheet window is displayed 3 Click the NAME of the assignment you re ready to download Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Managing Student Grades Chapter 4 Page 59 Gradebook View Spreadsheet aay Add item Manageltems
182. xplanation of the how to use the Virtual Classroom in Blackboard You will find information on the following VG Menu Bar Record Menu Classroom Toolbox Chat tool Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Communication Tools Chapter 5 Page 24 Using the Virtual Classroom The Virtual Classroom is a Collaboration Tool that allows Instructors and Students to participate in real time lessons and discussions and also view archives of previous Collaboration sessions The main area of the Virtual Classroom includes all of the functions available to users From this area Instructors can manage the session through the system controls interact with participants and use the Whiteboard to post content open Web pages and draw The Instructor has the ability to control access and functionality for other participants in the session For help in adding a Virtual Classroom session Refer to Adding a Chat or Virtual Classroom Session in this guide 1 Click the Control Panel link on the main menu Tools EI Communication E Course Tools kid Course Map EN Control Panel Quick Unenrall G Refresh i Detail View 2 Click Collaboration in Course Tools of the Control Panel window Course Tools Announcements Collaboration Course Calendar Digital Dropbox Staff Information Glossary Manager Tasks Messages Send Email Manage Chalk Title Discussion Board 3 Click Join next to
183. y Cox High Speed Internet Pie t Wew Feyi Too Hep E Fese dren a a a BUSNESSA ALUMNI amp FRIENDS oS f Y FACULTY er COLLEGE Q Suite sand Fall Schedule Academic Programs School Calendar Online Application infomation About sr Ga PCC HEADLINES Tommy Eason New POC Baseball Coach PCC Student Vine Coca Cola Scholarshe Hea Student Onentetegn Juby 20 ACE Lab Helps Students Prepare Ice Placamert Tesbng VIESIOHE Progam Honors First Graduates More GANS Ard Nav Thin site in bast woeeed using Internat Erstorer G Maeda 1 7 d Firkfan 1 Presidents Massage amp PCC Future Plana Address Info SEARCH INDEX CONTACTS 2 Click on the Login button on the PCC Blackboard introduction page Blackboard Learning System Basic Edition Blackboard Welcome tothe PCC PITT nl Blackboard 6 2 Server B Community College Distance Leaming Home O Campus GQ Campus Online Orientation website tutorials P C C Blackboard Support Links Contact P C C Blackboard Support Frequently Asked Questions e Student Manual Legal Holice Same links contained in the courses on ihig Server re mot hosted by Pat Community College Therefore those sites do not necessarily express the opinions of ihe Faculty Staff and Students of Pitt Community College Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Getting Started Chapter 2 Page 14 The URL address for the PCC Blackboard introd
184. y may need to disable any pop up blocking software on their computer in order to view these links 10 Click the Submit button E Content Filed can be aneched p the above wlorrutien Chik Ergai 16 dokke the Ble 16 Miach ad Gpbeby toate foe he brie 16 Gai Ble Arash local file Browse Hama of Link to File Special Action Create a brk to then Ha Options Wake the commen available ver He Dpen in n s rind Tisk Bimi of vr Cyan DC bio Ch tie reairicticet Display Ades I Display Unii Sep 6s 2 A Se ee OB Be Ds AM Be Dy AM O Submit Lak Submit io bwsh Cai Cancel ta qt Regured Fada 11 Click OK on the Success window to complete the addition The link is displayed on the External Links page Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Building Your Course Chapter 3 Page 52 FARGES p HATA E EATIDA 15 LL External Links Ge tem Gs Folder QR External Link ES Course Link Zip Test Select Leaming Unit l Go SMARTHINKING connects students to qualified a structors online tutors anytime from any Internet connection Disclamer The web link above is in no way associated with Pitt Community College User support for any material service or technical issues therem is solely the responsibilty of the third party 12 You can modify any link by clicking on the Modify button to the right of the link as shown above The fields on the Add Link page and Modify Link page are the same
185. y purposes only be sure to use a category that does not have a weight assigned to it 11 Click the Submit button A page is displayed verifying that you have added an item TIP If you have multiple items to add you can save some time by clicking the Back button of your browser at this point 12 Click the OK button to return to your gradebook The item s you just added will be at the far right of your gradebook End of activity Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Managing Student Grades Chapter 4 Page 27 Adding Items to the Gradebook Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Managing Student Grades Chapter 4 Page 28 Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Managing Student Grades Chapter 4 Page 29 How to Manage Gradebook Items e Its easy to make changes to the Items In your gradebook You can change their order remove them or modify the point values as needed On the following pages you will see the detailed explanation of how to manage Gradebook items in Blackboard Copyright O Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Managing Student Grades Chapter 4 Page 30 Managing Modifying Gradebook Items This procedure explains how to Change the order of Gradebook Items Remove Gradebook Items and Modify Gradebook items If you have not already done so you should read th
186. you re developing an online version of a pre existing classroom course one that already has a set of learning objectives In that case take a look at those teaching points and make sure that they seem complete and that they ring true with your own viewpoint and experience Important questions to ask yourself What do you want your students to understand upon successful completion of your course What tasks do you want your students to be able to accomplish upon successful completion of your course Each appropriate answer to these two questions is a learning objective Learning objectives layout Learning objectives are best arranged in outline form grouped by lesson topic or subject Each outline entry is a sentence that begins the student will understand or the student will be able to qualifying information may be entered under any necessary teaching points according to outline style Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Getting Started Chapter 2 Page 5 Planning continued Planning continued Community College Gee ay Planning Areas Lecture Classroom Questions Text Readings Tasks Plan Your Weekly Lessons Lecture ask yourself If were teaching this in the classroom what would say to my class that s not in the textbook This will help you decide what to include in your lecture notes They may include text graphics or documents Classroom
187. your students can contact if necessary This is necessary per SACS guidelines e Textbook and software requirements e Course Outline including the chapters to be covered and the general time frame e Course Documents The lectures notes assignments and tests quizzes for the first Module Section or the first several weeks whichever is appropriate Copyright Pitt Community College 2005 All rights reserved Instructor Need to Know Info Chapter 1 Page 12 Communicating with students e Several weeks prior to the beginning of the semester you will probably begin to receive emails from your students Set a goal to respond to every student within 24 48 hours One of the biggest complaints we receive from Internet students is a lack of communication from their instructors Set a goal to respond to every student within 24 48 hours Even though you are not teaching the course yet you should be very careful to respond promptly and courteously to their emails If they ask questions try to answer their questions thoroughly Many students will simply send you an email letting you know they ve enrolled while others may email you prior to registering for the course to ask questions We recommend that you create a short welcome letter giving your students basic information about yourself and the course such as your contact information the book required for the course the bookstore contact information and Blackboard access information

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